Foreigners and Civil Society in Japan

Introduction Migrant labour is increasingly widespread in East Asia, as the lure of economic growth and diversification in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore attracts workers from across the continent, as far away as Pakistan and Iran. Although Japan has one of the most controlled borders in the industrialized world, the number of resident foreigners rose to over two million by the end of 2005. While many foreigners are old immigrants from Korea and China who were born in Japan (zainichi), over half are new immigrants from China, Brazil, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Peru, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Iran.1 Zainichi, who work mostly in the service sector, get higher pay and better jobs and working conditions than other foreign workers. New foreign migrants come to work for Japanese small-medium manufacturers. Newcomers also include another

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