Immigrant Japan

Gracia Liu-Farrer

Published by Cornell University Press 2021

Immigrant Japan

Mobility and Belonging in an Ethno-nationalist Society

Gracia Liu-Farrer

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501748646

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Why do people want to come to Japan? Where do immigrants with various resources and demographic profiles fit in the economic landscape? How do immigrants narrate belonging in an environment where they are "otherat a time when mobility is increasingly easy and belonging increasingly complex? Gracia Liu-Farrer illuminates the lives of these immigrants by bringing in sociological, geographical, and psychological theories—guiding the reader through life trajectories of migrants of diverse backgrounds while going so far as to suggest that Japan is already an immigrant country.

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Gracia Liu-Farrer is Professor of Sociology at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, and Director of Institute of Asian Migrations, Waseda University, Japan. She is the author of Labor Migration from China to Japan and coeditor of the Routledge Handbook of Asian Migrations.

Reviews

Roger Goodman, University of Oxford:

"Twenty years of case studies - combined with rigorous and theoretically informed argument - mean that Immigrant Japan more than lives up to its provocative title. It should hit on the head, once and for all, the simplistic assumption that Japan is a country that is incapable of incorporating immigrants."

Deborah Milly, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, author of New Policies for New Residents:

"Liu-Farrer's interpretive analysis of the voices of migrants and immigrants provides a distinctive perspective on the relationship between migration and belonging in Japan. It reveals how these subjects engage Japanese society and policies to create a space for themselves as immigrants."

Ryoko Yamamoto, SUNY Old Westbury, Sociology Department:

"Immigrant Japan is a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarship on global migration. The personal narratives presented are vibrant and the analysis is nuanced and insightful."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Japan as an Ethno-nationalist Immigrant Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Immigrating to Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Migration Channels and the Shaping of Immigrant Ethno-scapes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
3. Working in Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
4. Weaving the Web of a Life in Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5. To Leave, to Return Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6. Home and Belonging in an Ethno-nationalist Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
7. Children of Immigrants: Educational Mobilities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
8. Growing Up in Japan: Identity Journeys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Conclusion: Realities, Challenges, and Promises of Immigrant Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Appendix A: Methodological Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Appendix B: Profiles of Informants Whose Names Appear in the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
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References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
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- Main content: 276
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- Illustrations: 3
- Tables: 3
- Other: 3 charts
Keywords: Immigration; Japan; Belonging; Ethno-nationalist society; immigrant country

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Published: April 6, 2020
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