Brokered Homeland Japanese Brazilian Migrants in Japan

Name: Brokered Homeland Japanese Brazilian Migrants in Japan
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ISBN: 9780801488085

ISBN-10: 0801488087

ISBN-13: 9780801488085

Edition: 2002

Authors: Joshua Hotaka Roth

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Faced with an aging workforce, Japanese firms are hiring foreign workers in ever-increasing numbers. In 1990 Japan's government began encouraging the migration of Nikkeijin (overseas Japanese) who are presumed to assimilate more easily than are foreign nationals without a Japanese connection. More than 250,000 Nikkeijin, mainly from Brazil, now work in Japan. The interactions between Nikkeijin and natives, says Joshua Hotaka Roth, play a significant role in the emergence of an increasingly multicultural Japan. He uses the experiences of Japanese Brazilians in Japan to illuminate the racial, cultural, linguistic, and other criteria groups use to distinguish themselves from one another.…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 7/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Transnational Identifications at the Conference for Overseas Japanese



On the Line at Yusumi Motors



Accidents, Apologies, and Compensation



Money and Community at the Brazilian Culture Center



Internationalization and the Hamamatsu Kite Festival



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index