Open Borders, Open Society? Immigration and Social Integration in Japan

Toake Endoh, Ph.D., is professor of political science at Josai International University, Japan.

• Introduction Part I National Immigration Policies Chapter 1: Problems from Leviathan’s Cells (Toake Endoh) Chapter 2: Refugee Policy (Ryuji Mukae) Part II Who Foreign Workers/Residents Are: From Micro-level Perspectives Chapter 3: Forty-Five Years of Multiculturalism in Japan: A Personal Narrative (J. F. Morris) Chapter 4: Socially Different: Diversity of Vietnamese Residents in Japan (Setsuko Shibuya) Chapter 5: The Unexplored Potential of Foreign Workers in Japan’s Travel and Tourism Industries (Hidekazu Iwamoto) Part III Issues of Migrant Integration on the Subnational Level Chapter 6: Japan’s Immigration Policy and Japanese Language Requirements (Uichi Kamiyoshi) Chapter 7: The Significance of Multicultural Coexistence in Post-Pandemic Japan (Akiyoshi Kikuchi) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Contributors Index