Atsushi Yamagata
Biographic Data
| ID | 358802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Atsushi Yamagata |
| GIVEN NAMES | Atsushi |
| FAMILY NAME | Yamagata |
| SIGNATURE | YAMAGATA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9178-5883 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Discursive Strategies to Legitimise Restrictive Approaches Toward Asylum Seekers
In this article, I critically examine how the Japanese government sought to legitimise a controversial bill to amend Japan’s Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act by analysing discursive strategies employed by the Immigration Services Agency (ISA), a Japanese government agency responsible for immigration control administration. Although the bill was presented as an effort to improve Japan’s Refugee Status Determination system and its de…
A Critical Analysis of Japan’s Decision to Accept Ukrainians Following the Russian Invasion in 2022
Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that Japan would accept Ukrainians who had fled to third countries. While this prompt decision should be welcomed, the Japanese government has been criticised for its reluctance to accept refugees for years. Because of Japan’s past restrictive approach to refugees and asylum-seekers, the decision to accept Ukrainians was met with surprise. Why, …
Newspaper Discourses on the Acceptance of Refugees in Japan from the 1970s to the 1980s
Japan has been criticised internationally for its reluctance to accept refugees. In the late 1970s, however, the Japanese government decided to implement special measures to accept refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Between 1978 and 2005, 11,319 Indo-Chinese refugees were resettled in Japan. In this article, I analyse newspaper discourses on the acceptance of Indo-Chinese refugees and the subsequent arrivals of Chinese asylum seekers in Ja…
Conflicting Japanese Responses to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
This article explores Japanese responses to the Syrian refugee crisis since 2011. In particular, it examines the rationales of the Japanese government and others who expressed opinions on the crisis. Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in March 2011, a large number of civilians have been forced to flee their country of origin. Japan has been reluctant to accept refugees although it has pledged a large amount of financial assistance to inte…
A Critical Analysis of Japan’s Decision to Accept Ukrainians Following the Russian Invasion in 2022
Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that Japan would accept Ukrainians who had fled to third countries. While this prompt decision should be welcomed, the Japanese government has been criticised for its reluctance to accept refugees for years. Because of Japan’s past restrictive approach to refugees and asylum-seekers, the decision to accept Ukrainians was met with surprise. Why, …
Newspaper Discourses on the Acceptance of Refugees in Japan from the 1970s to the 1980s
Japan has been criticised internationally for its reluctance to accept refugees. In the late 1970s, however, the Japanese government decided to implement special measures to accept refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Between 1978 and 2005, 11,319 Indo-Chinese refugees were resettled in Japan. In this article, I analyse newspaper discourses on the acceptance of Indo-Chinese refugees and the subsequent arrivals of Chinese asylum seekers in Ja…
Conflicting Japanese Responses to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
This article explores Japanese responses to the Syrian refugee crisis since 2011. In particular, it examines the rationales of the Japanese government and others who expressed opinions on the crisis. Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in March 2011, a large number of civilians have been forced to flee their country of origin. Japan has been reluctant to accept refugees although it has pledged a large amount of financial assistance to inte…
Conflicting Japanese Responses to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
This article explores Japanese responses to the Syrian refugee crisis since 2011. In particular, it examines the rationales of the Japanese government and others who expressed opinions on the crisis. Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in March 2011, a large number of civilians have been forced to flee their country of origin. Japan has been reluctant to accept refugees although it has pledged a large amount of financial assistance to inte…
Newspaper Discourses on the Acceptance of Refugees in Japan from the 1970s to the 1980s
Japan has been criticised internationally for its reluctance to accept refugees. In the late 1970s, however, the Japanese government decided to implement special measures to accept refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Between 1978 and 2005, 11,319 Indo-Chinese refugees were resettled in Japan. In this article, I analyse newspaper discourses on the acceptance of Indo-Chinese refugees and the subsequent arrivals of Chinese asylum seekers in Ja…
A Critical Analysis of Japan’s Decision to Accept Ukrainians Following the Russian Invasion in 2022
Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that Japan would accept Ukrainians who had fled to third countries. While this prompt decision should be welcomed, the Japanese government has been criticised for its reluctance to accept refugees for years. Because of Japan’s past restrictive approach to refugees and asylum-seekers, the decision to accept Ukrainians was met with surprise. Why, …
Discursive Strategies to Legitimise Restrictive Approaches Toward Asylum Seekers
In this article, I critically examine how the Japanese government sought to legitimise a controversial bill to amend Japan’s Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act by analysing discursive strategies employed by the Immigration Services Agency (ISA), a Japanese government agency responsible for immigration control administration. Although the bill was presented as an effort to improve Japan’s Refugee Status Determination system and its de…
Political science (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 works) · Cabinet (room (1 works) · Criminology (1 works)