Immigration at the National and Local Level in Japan
The Impact on Future Economic Growth and Community Relations
in Japan and the United States
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Welcome
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Ulrike Schaede, UC San Diego and Kazuhisa Nishihara, Nagoya University
Introduction
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Ulrike Schaede, UC San Diego and Lindsey Sasaki, New York University
Session 1 – Immigration and its Implication for Japan, the United States, and Europe
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
- Yuri Okina, Japan Research Institute
"Japan's Demographic Situation and Recent Foreign Labor Policy"
- Apichai Shipper, University of Southern California
"Immigration Politics and Activism in Japan, the United States and Sweden"
Discussant
David Fitzgerald, UC San Diego
Session 2 - The Impact of Citizenship Institutions and the Flow of Foreigners in the Global Migration Era
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Hideki Tarumoto - Hokkaido University
“Transformation of Citizenship Institutions in the Global Migration Era”
- Tadamasa Murai, Nagoya City University
“Immigration Policy and Social Integration of Foreigners in Japan: Focusing on the Adaptation and School Achievement of Brazilian Children”
Discussant
Nancy Gilson, UC San Diego
Session 3– The Economic and Demographic Effects of Immigration in Japan and the United States
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Kyoji Fukao, Hitosubashi University
“The Economic Impact of Migration: Productivity Analysis for Japan and the US at the National and the Local Level”
- Junichi Goto, Keio University
“Migration and Alternative Measures in Aging Japan: The Impact on Future Economic Growth”
Discussant
Gordon Hanson, UC San Diego
Session 4 – The Education and Adaptation of Migrant Children in Japan and the United States
3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- June Gordon, UC Santa Cruz
"Transnational Migration: Identity and Schooling of Nikkei Youth"
- Kaori Okano, La Trobe University
“Educating Migrant Children in Japan: Multicultural Education Policies/practices and Ethnic Schools”
- Marcelo Suarez-Orosco, New York University
“Migrations and Schooling”
Discussant
Eiko Ushida, UC San Diego and Ulrike Schaede, UC San Diego
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Session 1 – The Discourse of Immigration Policy and Multiculturalism at the National and Local Level
9:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Teruyuki Komatsu, Nagoya Gakuin University
“Brief history of Japanese immigration abroad since Meiji period”
- Joseph Hankins, UC San Diego
"Multiculturalism in Japan"
Discussant
Megumi Naoi, UC San Diego
Session 2 – The Development of Asian Migrant Communities and Social Movements Inside Japan
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Kazuhisa Nishihara and Mari Shiba, Nagoya University
"Immigrants from Asia to Contemporary Japan: Focus on the case of Chinese agricultural trainees"
- Hwaji Shin, University of San Francisco
"Zainichi Koreans' social movements and citizenship in Japan"
Discussant
Christena Turner, UC San Diego
Session 3 - Civil Society and the Integration of Immigrant Workers in Japan
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
- Keiko Yamanaka, UC Berkeley
"The 2008-09 Economic Crisis, Massive Unemployment of Immigrant Workers, and Efforts to Assist Them in Central Japan"
- Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Nagoya University
"South Americans in Japanese Industrial Cities: Social Environment and the Model of Integration"
Discussant
Ulrike Schaede, UC San Diego and Lindsey Sasaki, New York University
