Citation

이지영. Korean Journal of International Relations 2012; 52(2): 257-287.

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(Copyright © 2012)

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Abstract

This paper attempts to explain the impact of migrant policies on women's migration and female migrants in Japan. Migrant policies consist of three sub-policy sector: immigration control, migrant labor, and integration policy. First, restrictive immigration control policy has not permitted to entrance of domestic and unskilled workers from abroad. But it has induced women's migration from Asia as entertainers and foreign wives in the interest of men. According to international blame on Asian entertainers and wives in situation of human trafficking, Japan made policy reinforcing control of migration, limiting entrance of entertainers and arresting illegal international marriage rather than protecting them or securing their human rights. consequentially the number of Asian entertainers and wives has decreased in Japan. Second, migrant labor policy has maintained closed for unskilled workers. Since the economic recovery has created a large demand for foreign labors, Japan established technical trainees policy for serving as unskilled labors. But technical trainees are not full wage labor, but in long time work and low wage level. A result of controling entrance of Asian entertainers and wives, Asian women migrate to Japan as technical trainees and work in manufacturing industry. But female trainees are in worse labor condition than male trainees because of sexism. One side, the falling birthrate and the aging of society has been under gone, the problem of lack of care generated. It made Japan change migrant labor policy to accept care workers in EPA with Asian nations. However it could not considered as opening the labor market, in reason of acceptance few care workers and rigid conditions for their residence in Japan. Third, integration policy has changed from system integration to social integration. Japan has protected female migrant and secured their human rights under social integration: multiculural coexistence policy. But its protection and securing is based on not individual female migrant but foreign wives and multicultural families. Japanese migrant policies has induced women's migration for its intersets to specified pattern and layed burden upon female migrants. Now Japan is required gendering its migrant policies and integrating female migrant to mainstream.