Immigrant JapanPub Date : 2020-04-15DOI: 10.7591/9781501748646-010
Gracia Liu-Farrer
{"title":"7. Children of Immigrants: Educational Mobilities","authors":"Gracia Liu-Farrer","doi":"10.7591/9781501748646-010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501748646-010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333676,"journal":{"name":"Immigrant Japan","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127532249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immigrant JapanPub Date : 2020-04-15DOI: 10.7591/9781501748646-008
{"title":"5. To Leave, to Return","authors":"","doi":"10.7591/9781501748646-008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501748646-008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333676,"journal":{"name":"Immigrant Japan","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128595284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immigrant JapanPub Date : 2020-04-15DOI: 10.7591/cornell/9781501748622.003.0006
Gracia Liu-Farrer
{"title":"To Leave, to Return","authors":"Gracia Liu-Farrer","doi":"10.7591/cornell/9781501748622.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501748622.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter looks at the narratives of immigrants who have lived in Japan for a substantial period of time before leaving. Hundreds of thousands of people arrive in Japan every year on visas that grant them the opportunity to stay for durations ranging from six months to three years. Yet only three million in total have remained. Some of them left the country because they chose to; others had to leave because they lost the means to stay on. Indeed, the prospect of leaving Japan, either to go to a third country or to return to their home country, is an idea lurking in the back of the minds of most immigrants who are currently staying in Japan. Japan is not considered an immigrant destination, and many aspects of the country remain uncompromisingly ethno-nationalistic. As a result, at least initially, migrating to Japan means a temporary sojourn. Leaving seems to be a distinct future possibility, if not an imminent decision to make. For some, it is a crutch to lean on when they feel frustrated with aspects of life in Japan or are nostalgic or restless.","PeriodicalId":333676,"journal":{"name":"Immigrant Japan","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130434512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immigrant JapanPub Date : 2020-04-15DOI: 10.7591/9781501748646-014
Gracia Liu-Farrer
{"title":"Appendix B: Profiles of Informants Whose Names Appear in the Book","authors":"Gracia Liu-Farrer","doi":"10.7591/9781501748646-014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501748646-014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333676,"journal":{"name":"Immigrant Japan","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131651002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immigrant JapanPub Date : 2020-04-15DOI: 10.7591/9781501748646-005
Gracia Liu-Farrer
{"title":"Migration Channels and the Shaping of Immigrant Ethno-Scapes","authors":"Gracia Liu-Farrer","doi":"10.7591/9781501748646-005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501748646-005","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explains that migration is a collective action orchestrated by different actors, both human and nonhuman, that either facilitate or hamper mobility. It presents the demographic and residential profiles of the major immigrant groups in Japan. The chapter then categorizes the channels and processes of migration that have helped shape such particular demographic profiles of Japan's immigrants. These channels include side doors for the importation of “unskilled workers” and selective talent programs for skilled migrants; marriage migration; and the expanding networks of global mobility such as student exchange programs, research collaborations, and recruitment agencies. The chapter uses the logic of different dimensions of this migration infrastructure to discuss the particular outcomes of different types of migration.","PeriodicalId":333676,"journal":{"name":"Immigrant Japan","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126430923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}