Foreigners and Civil Society in Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID2853533
AuthorsApichai W Shipper (University of Southern California, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume79
Issue2
Pages269-289
Publication date2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
PublisherPacific Affairs (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5509/2006792269
OpenAlexW2314905073
LanguageEN
Citations received7

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

Civil society · Political science · Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia