遠藤研究科長と岩本先生らの著書「Open Borders, Open Society? Immigration and Social Integration in Japan」が出版されました | A new book written by our Prof. Endoh and Prof. Iwamoto, "Open Borders, Open Society? Immigration and Social Integration in Japan," has been published.

遠藤研究科長（編者）や岩本英和先生（観光）他、移民・多文化共生政策のエキスパートが著作した本 「Open Borders, Open Society? Immigration and Social Integration in Japan」（英語）がドイツのVerlag Barbara Budrich社から出版されました。

本書では、ウクライナからの避難民やミャンマー、シリア、クルドなどの難民、スリランカ人女性ウシュマさんなど多くの犠牲者を出している日本の入管制度、外国人住民への日本語教育や災害対策、急増するベトナム系住民の多様性、そして「外国人」の目から見た日本社会や産業などの問題を取り上げ、政治学、文化人類学、社会学、観光学、言語学、政策研究の視点から解説しました。

多文化が進む社会と追いつかない国の政策のギャップを浮き彫りにし、課題解決への示唆や政策の提言をしています。ぜひ、ご一読下さい。

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A new book written by experts on immigration and multicultural policy, including Prof. Endoh (Dean of GSIA and the editor of the book) and Prof. Iwamoto (Prof. of Tourism), "Open Borders, Open Society? Immigration and Social Integration in Japan," has been published by Verlag Barbara Budrich in Germany.

This book covers issues such as refugees from Ukraine, Myanmar, Syria, and Kurdistan, Japan's immigration system which has claimed many victims including a Sri Lankan woman named Ushma; Japanese language education for foreign residents and disaster preparedness; the diversity of the rapidly growing Vietnamese population; and Japanese society and industry as seen through the eyes of "foreigners," and is explained from the perspectives of political science, cultural anthropology, sociology, tourism, linguistics, and policy research. 

It highlights the gap between an increasingly multicultural society and national policies that have not kept pace, and offers suggestions and policy recommendations to resolve the issues. Please take a look and read our faculty’s new book.