TY - JOUR
T1 - Japan and immigration
T2 - Looking beyond the Tokyo olympics
AU - Liu-Farrer, Gracia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/2/15
Y1 - 2020/2/15
N2 - Japan has so far seen forei gn workers as a stop-gap solution to intensifying labor shortages, as manifested in the labor import scheme for the Olympics. However, due to a gathering demographic crisis, the labor shortage will not disappear when the Olympics ends. Japan needs to create asocial environment where immigrants can more easily fit in. Perhaps the 2020 Olympics, with all its promises and challenges, will be an opportunity for Japan to envision a new form of society and redefineits nationalidentity from an exclusively monoethnic monocultural one to an embracing, inclusive and diverse one.
AB - Japan has so far seen forei gn workers as a stop-gap solution to intensifying labor shortages, as manifested in the labor import scheme for the Olympics. However, due to a gathering demographic crisis, the labor shortage will not disappear when the Olympics ends. Japan needs to create asocial environment where immigrants can more easily fit in. Perhaps the 2020 Olympics, with all its promises and challenges, will be an opportunity for Japan to envision a new form of society and redefineits nationalidentity from an exclusively monoethnic monocultural one to an embracing, inclusive and diverse one.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087491371
SN - 1557-4660
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
IS - 4
M1 - 5345
ER -
