Labour migration from China to Japan : international students, transnational migrants
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Bibliographic Information
Labour migration from China to Japan : international students, transnational migrants
(The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series)
Routledge, 2013, c2011
- : pbk
Available at 17 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First published 2011 by Routledge"--T.p. verso
"First issued in paperback 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-190) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Chinese students are the largest international student population in the world, and Japan attracts more of them than any other country. Since the mid-1980s when China opened the door to let private citizens out and Japan began to let more foreigners in, over 300 thousand Chinese have arrived in Japan as students. Student migrants are the most visible, controversial and active Chinese immigrants in Japan. The majority of them enter Japan's labour market and many have stayed on indefinitely.
Based on the author's original fieldwork data and government statistics, this book gives a comprehensive portrayal of an often neglected group of international migrants in a society that for decades has been considered a non-immigrant country. It introduces Chinese students' diverse mobility trajectories, analyses their career patterns, describes their transnational living arrangements, and explores the mechanisms that give rise to their identity as 'new overseas Chinese'. This book contributes to our understanding of international migration and international education in an age of globalization. It points out that student migrants are key to the internationalization of Japanese society, and potentially in other countries where immigration is still considered a challenging reality.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Sociology and Labour Studies.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Japan and the Educationally Channeled International Labour Migration 1. Fuji Dongying: A Century of Chinese Student Migration to Japan 2. Parting at the Starting Point: Visa Overstaying as a Social Process 3. Labouring to Learn: Student Migrant Life in Japan 4. Careers in Japan's Transnational Economy 5. Global Economies From Below: Migrants' Transnational Entrepreneurship 6. Lives Spanned Across Borders Conclusion: International Students, Transnational Migrants
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