Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies

Considering the situation in Japan and Germany, this book analyses the needs of host countries from a demographic standpoint, the desires of migrants in terms of education, training, and labour market participation, and policies and actions on the part of the state and civil society.

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.

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