1st Edition

Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies How Attractive for Migrants are Japan and Germany?

Edited By Aeneas Zi Wang, Aimi Muranaka, Florian Coulmas Copyright 2025
214 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited book argues that a new perspective on immigration is needed. As many advanced economies are ageing, and their populations stagnate or decline, immigrants are increasingly required to fill in the gaps left behind by shrinking workforces. Against this backdrop, the outdated view that it is – and can only be – a privilege for immigrants to move temporarily from less to more developed... Read more

1. Attractive immigrants or attractive for immigrants? Two ageing societies and migration, Aeneas Zi Wang 2. Immigration-related language policy in Germany, Christoph Schroeder 3. Multi-language service as omotenashi and tatemae: Japanese local governments’ challenges and limitations, Yoshiyuki Asahi 4. Does easy language promote integration? Japanese and German perspectives, Goro Christoph Kimura 5. The gravitation of “authentic” arts: Field-specific logics of visual art and music students’ mobility, Takuma Fujii 6. The myth of Vietnamese IT and engineering professionals being “shin-nichi”? Their short-term participation in the Japanese labour market, Aimi Muranaka 7. Spurwechsel in German migration policy, Christian Joppke 8. Promised (Deutsch)land? West Germany’s attractiveness as a migration destination for the Greeks in the 1960s, Maria Adamopoulou 9. Changes and continuity in Japan’s deportation regime, Toake Endoh 10. Japan’s Technical Intern Training Programme as transnational total institution: Between exploitation and functionality, David Chiavacci 11. Coming to terms with a changing reality, Florian Coulmas

Biography

Aeneas Zi Wang is an Associate Professor at the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Nanjing University, China.

Aimi Muranaka is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Florian Coulmas is a Senior Professor at the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.