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Local Government Migrant Policies in Tokyo, Japan: National Exclusion, Local Inclusion
Author(s): Stephen Robert Nagy (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 620 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773430628
- ISBN-13: 9780773430624
Book Description
rawing on extensive in-depth interviews with government officials and the author’s own 4-year tenure as International Relations Coordinator in a local government in Tokyo, the findings demonstrate that in contemporary Japan, the integration of foreigners is being led by local governments and the troika of a graying population, low replacement numbers and economic interdependence within East Asia is fueling migration to Japan, the adoption of integration policies, and the reconsideration of traditional boundaries of citizenship and national identity at the local level.
