Reinventing Japan
Subtitle: immigration's role in shaping Japan's future
By: [by] Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Kimberly A. Hamilton.
Contributors: Hamilton, Kimberly A.
Series: International migration policy program ;; 10; International Migration Policy Program (Series) ;; 10.
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace : distributed by Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Japan -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-72) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Why immigration now matters in Japan; title: The "heisei boom" and the onset of labor shortfalls; title: The collapse of the bubble economy; title: Aging, Japan's work force and the Japanese future; title: External influences on immigration to Japan; title: A profile of Japan's foreign population; title: Japanese responses to immigration; title: Turning a blind eye : local vs. national approaches to immigration; title: The rights of foreign workers and the 1990 immigration control act; title: Japan and its Korean community; title: Japan's domestic policy debate about foreign workers; title: Foreign direct investment and overseas development assistance; title: Conclusion; title: Policy epilogue : seven immigration policy "rules" for Japan to consider.