Waseda University Doctoral Student Network (WUDSN)
January 22nd 2008 Featured Speakers
Implications of Japanese domestic human rights record(for foreign residents or Japanese) on Asian Integration
Speaker 1「Japan’s Internationalization and Asian Regional Cooperation」
ARUDOU Debito, Associate Professor, Hokkaido Information University
ARUDOU Debito (BA Cornell, 1987; MPIA UC San Diego, 1991) is a naturalized Japanese citizen and Associate Professor at Hokkaido Information University. A human rights activist, he has authored two books, Japaniizu Onrii--Otaru
Onsen Nyuuyoku Kyohi Mondai to Jinshu Sabetsu and its English version (Akashi Shoten 2003 and 2004, updated2006),
and is currently at work on a bilingual guidebook for immigrants to Japan. He also puts out a regular newsletter andcolumns for The Japan Times. His extensive bilingual website on human rights issues and living in Japan is available
at http:// www.debito.org

Abstract
Japan is at another one of those crossroads--where it could either head down the path of other developed countries,
accepting migration and immigration as a natural part of global interdependence (preserving an economic and demographic vitality), or else become an economic backwater with an aged society, leapfrogged by China as Asia's regional
representative to the world. Official trends, including increased registering, policing, and scare campaigns towards nonJapanese entrants and residents, have tended towards the latter. However, the last two decades of economic and labor
policy have been clearly towards importing unskilled workers to replace Japanese in the less savory 3K industries. Thisgap has made work and living conditions for many non-Japanese in Japan unequal and difficult, as they receive few
constitutional or legal protections against discrimination. Moreover, many receive no labor rights whatsoever by dint of
their visa. The speaker, an activist, columnist, and author on issues of discrimination, will discuss his research and activism. He will also allude to how Japan's treatment of migrants and immigrants is a reflection of its attitudes towards its
Asian neighbors, and towards regional cooperation and integration in this age of globalization and economic interdependence.
Presentation in English

Speaker 2「Implications of Japanese domestic human rights record (for foreign residents orJapanese) on Asian Integration from the perspective of an NGO andin particular Amnesty International Japan」
Sonoko Kawakami, Official Representative, Amnesty International Japan
川上園子 (E-mail：ksonoko@amnesty.or.jp)
社団法人アムネスティ・インターナショナル日本 (ホームページ：http://www.amnesty.or.jp/)★アムネスティ・メールマガジンのお申し込みはこちらから！ http://secure.amnesty.or.jp/campaign/
Presentation in JapaneseCommentator
Associate Professor Yasushi Katsuma
Field of specialization:
Peace and Human Security; International Human Rights; Theories of Social Development; United Nations Studies
Prof. Katsuma was a consultant for Japanese ODA, conducting development research in Asia and Latin America. Afterobtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, based on his dissertation study in Bolivia, Prof. Katsuma joined the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and worked in Mexico, Afghanistan/Pakistan and Tokyo, asinternational civil servant. Based on his experiences both in the academia and in the practice of international cooperation, Prof. Katsuma hopes to support the academic training necessary for those who wish to contribute to the international community. He also believes that it is important to approach the global issues from the perspective of the mostvulnerable people, linking academic theories with empirical data from the field.

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日時 ：2008年 1月 22日（火） 午後 5時〜7時
Date ：
Tuesday January 22
17：00〜19：00
会場 ：西早稲田 ビル 19号館
710号室
Venue ：
Sodai-Nishiwaseda Bldg 19 Room 710
主催 / Organized by ： WUDSN
協力 / Supported by ： GIARI
申込不要、自由入場 / Open to public, Free of charge