CONTENTS
Acknowledgements = ⅷ
Note on the Text = ⅸ
Glossary of Abbreviations = ⅹ
Introduction = 1
1 Historical Context and Evolution of Foreign Migrant Workers in Contemporary Japan = 15
2 Arrival of Foreign Workers through Various Informal Mechanisms = 55
3 Foreign Workers in the Context of Economic Recession = 93
4 The Increasing Presence of Foreign Residents in Japan in the 1990s = 120
5 Infrastructural Problems - Medical Care for Foreign Residents = 140
6 Infrastructural Problems - Issues Relating to Female Foreign Workers in Japan = 157
7 Marriages Between Japanese Nationals and Foreigners = 173
8 Infrastructural Problems - Provision of Education for Foreign Children = 197
9 Japanese Society and Foreign Residents - Anti-immigrant Extremism and Human Rights = 208
Conclusion = 220
Notes = 230
Bibliography = 238
Index = 256