Vortrag

Name: Vortrag am 10. Juni 2021, 13 Uhr CET „Municipal Politics of De/Re-population in Japan“ (Ken Hijino)
Start: 2021-06-10T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-06-10T14:00:00+02:00

Juni 2021
Vortrag am 7. Juni 2021, 14 Uhr CET „Migrant Labor in Japan’s Agriculture: New Schemes and Social Inclusion“ (Glenda Roberts, Noriko Fujita)

7. Juni 2021 @ 14:00 - 15:00

This study queries newcomer migrant labor in Japan, from the perspectives of various stakeholders: the government, farmers and other employers, and local communities. Migrant labor schemes have existed in Japan under the guise of homeland visitation (Brazilian Japanese workers since 1990) and ‘Technical Interns and Trainees’ (TITP, widely understood as short-term workers in the guise...
Vortrag am 10. Juni 2021, 13 Uhr CET „Municipal Politics of De/Re-population in Japan“ (Ken Hijino)

10. Juni 2021 @ 13:00 - 14:00

For decades, many of Japan’s communities have seen exodus of the young in search of education and employment opportunities in the major cities. During 2010-2015, 1,419 (82.5%) municipalities out of 1,719 in Japan experienced population decline. The responses to and impacts of such depopulation, mainly but not exclusively in rural areas, have been widely documented...