Migration, Aging and Japan's Sustainable Society

Igor Saveliev, Natalie-Anne Hall

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English

Routledge
09 May 2025

Regional studies; Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology; Psychology of ageing

Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

This book analyzes the relationship between migration and social sustainability in Japan and examines the transformation of its foreign-national and ethnic minority population over the past thirty years while critically assessing Japan’s immigration and integration policies and their domestic and inter-regional social effects.

Edited by: Igor Saveliev, Natalie-Anne Hall
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9781032886503
ISBN 10: 1032886501
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 09 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Introduction PART I Patterns of Migration and Settlement in Japan and Creating a Sustainable Society Chapter 1. The diversification of Japan’s foreign-born and ethnic minority population and its relationship to social sustainability Chapter 2. Japan’s Chinese migrant community in transformation and its symbolic representations Chapter 3. From a Vietnamese village to a Japanese factory: transforming migration patterns of Vietnamese technical interns Chapter 4. Is nurse migration under Economic Partnership Agreements sustainable? Challenges and prospects of the EPA program Chapter 5. Indians in Japan: becoming visible in a ‘closed’ society PART II Discrimination and social vulnerabilities Chapter 6. Understanding online racism in Japan in global and local context Chapter 7 Aging as a Korean resident in Japan: Minority care-giving and the construction of collective memory Chapter 8 Aging and care for Returnees from China: Facets of intercultural care in a postcolonial world Conclusion: Japan’s multi-ethnic future

Igor Saveliev is Professor of History and Cultural Anthropology at the Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University, Japan. Natalie-Anne Hall is a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.

Reviews for Migration, Aging and Japan's Sustainable Society

Migration, Aging, and Japan's Sustainable Society provides essential insights into how Japan is dealing with demographic change by instrumentalizing immigration, as well as the responses of migrants and their communities. It is required reading for anyone interested in contemporary Japanese society and global migration issues. (Sven Saaler, Sophia University, Tokyo)