Debito Arudou
Biographic Data
| ID | 8798917 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debito Arudou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debito |
| FAMILY NAME | Arudou |
| SIGNATURE | ARUDOU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California System |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5752-0312 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Embedded Racism
Despite domestic constitutional provisions and international treaty promises, Japan has no law against racial discrimination. Consequently, businesses around Japan display “Japanese Only” signs, denying entry to all 'foreigners' on sight. Employers and landlords routinely refuse jobs and apartments to foreign applicants. Japanese police racially profile 'foreign-looking' bystanders for invasive questioning on the street. Legislators, administrato…
Japanese Government Pressures American Publisher to Delete Textbook Treatment of Wartime Sexual Slavery
The debate on Japan's history of wartime sexual for political purposes.“ slavery (the ”Comfort Women“ issue) has heated up again, with the Japanese government extending its efforts to revise school textbooks to overseas publishers. Last November, McGraw-Hill, publisher of a world history textbook, “Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past” Volume Two, by history professors Herbert Ziegler and Jerry Bentley, was contacted by Jap…
An Introduction to Japanese Society’s Attitudes Toward Race and Skin Color
Japanese Only
Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan
A new bilingual book by lawyer Higuchi Akira and author-activist Arudou Debito went on sale in March 2008. The book includes advice on securing stable visas, establishing businesses and secure jobs, resolving legal problems, and planning for the future from entry into Japan to death.　In this extract, they explain the rationale behind the project and offer advice for how to deal with problems in Japan and integrate into Japanese society
Japan's Future as an International, Multicultural Society
Despite an express policy against importing unskilled foreign labor, the Government of Japan (GOJ) since 1990 has been following an unacknowledged backdoor "guest worker" program to alleviate a labor shortage that threatens to become chronic. Through its "Student", "Entertainer", "Nikkei repatriation", "Researcher", "Trainee", and "Intern" Visa programs, the GOJ has imported hundreds of thousands of cost-effective Non-Japanese (NJ) laborers to st…
Gaijin Hanzai Magazine and Hate Speech in Japan
A recent event making headlines worldwide was the publication of GAIJIN HANZAI URA FAIRU (The Underground Files of Gaijin Crime). This magazine, which went on sale at major Japanese bookstores and convenience stores nationwide, depicts foreigners as "dangerous" and "evil". Despite Japan's lack of a legal framework, or a civil society capable of curbing hate speech, activists managed to have the magazine removed from stores and put out of circulat…
The Coming Internationalization
With the recent ethnic riots in France, The Economist (London) ran a thoughtful article ("Minority Reports") on their causes. It posed an important question: Why are some countries able to assimilate immigrants and their children more peacefully than others? It took a stab at comparing "integrationist" vs. "assimilationist" public policies in France, England, Germany, Holland, and the United States
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The Coming Internationalization
With the recent ethnic riots in France, The Economist (London) ran a thoughtful article ("Minority Reports") on their causes. It posed an important question: Why are some countries able to assimilate immigrants and their children more peacefully than others? It took a stab at comparing "integrationist" vs. "assimilationist" public policies in France, England, Germany, Holland, and the United States
Japan's Future as an International, Multicultural Society
Despite an express policy against importing unskilled foreign labor, the Government of Japan (GOJ) since 1990 has been following an unacknowledged backdoor "guest worker" program to alleviate a labor shortage that threatens to become chronic. Through its "Student", "Entertainer", "Nikkei repatriation", "Researcher", "Trainee", and "Intern" Visa programs, the GOJ has imported hundreds of thousands of cost-effective Non-Japanese (NJ) laborers to st…
Gaijin Hanzai Magazine and Hate Speech in Japan
A recent event making headlines worldwide was the publication of GAIJIN HANZAI URA FAIRU (The Underground Files of Gaijin Crime). This magazine, which went on sale at major Japanese bookstores and convenience stores nationwide, depicts foreigners as "dangerous" and "evil". Despite Japan's lack of a legal framework, or a civil society capable of curbing hate speech, activists managed to have the magazine removed from stores and put out of circulat…
Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan
A new bilingual book by lawyer Higuchi Akira and author-activist Arudou Debito went on sale in March 2008. The book includes advice on securing stable visas, establishing businesses and secure jobs, resolving legal problems, and planning for the future from entry into Japan to death.　In this extract, they explain the rationale behind the project and offer advice for how to deal with problems in Japan and integrate into Japanese society
An Introduction to Japanese Society’s Attitudes Toward Race and Skin Color
Japanese Only
Embedded Racism
Despite domestic constitutional provisions and international treaty promises, Japan has no law against racial discrimination. Consequently, businesses around Japan display “Japanese Only” signs, denying entry to all 'foreigners' on sight. Employers and landlords routinely refuse jobs and apartments to foreign applicants. Japanese police racially profile 'foreign-looking' bystanders for invasive questioning on the street. Legislators, administrato…
Japanese Government Pressures American Publisher to Delete Textbook Treatment of Wartime Sexual Slavery
The debate on Japan's history of wartime sexual for political purposes.“ slavery (the ”Comfort Women“ issue) has heated up again, with the Japanese government extending its efforts to revise school textbooks to overseas publishers. Last November, McGraw-Hill, publisher of a world history textbook, “Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past” Volume Two, by history professors Herbert Ziegler and Jerry Bentley, was contacted by Jap…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Japanese History and Culture (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)