Migrant Refugees and Japanese Society

Subject | Humanities & Social Sciences

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Migrant Refugees and Japanese Society

migrants
refugees
foreigners
nation-state
international migration

This class will critically examine the challenges of accepting "foreigners" in Japan and how they relate to the stereotypical image of Japan (and Japanese people) as being homogenous and having a closed-off national identity. Behind the indifference toward migrant refugees and discrimination against "foreigners" lies the misunderstanding that Japan is a mono-ethnic nation and that it hasn't been largely impacted by the global migration of people, and the mistaken perception that Japanese people are not migrants or refugees. By analyzing discourse and documents, we will reexamine the relationship between migrant refugees and Japan.

Target
Bachelor, Master, Doctor, General, High school
Language
Japanese
Caption
English
Lecture time
45-60min.
Start month
Anytime
Length
Short
Delivery method
Ondemand

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コンピテンシー
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Content／学習内容

Introduction “foreigners” and “migrant/foreign workers” in Japan
- Lecture video
Refugees in Japan
- Lecture video
History of Human mobility from and to Japan
- Lecture video

Staff／スタッフ

- Teacher
Sasaki Ayako

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global and Transdisciplinary Studies

Chiba University

Competency／コンピテンシー

Learning Goal

1) Gain a basic knowledge of migrant refugees and understand the challenges of accepting “foreigners” in Japan.
2) Be able to use data and documents, gain a basic understanding of what it takes to internationally migrate to and from Japan.
3) Be able to understand the social construct of discourse such as “Japanese homogeneity” and “closed-off national identity” and reexamine the relationship between migrant refugees and Japanese society.