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A 15 page research paper that looks at the similarities and differences in the immigration policy of Japan and Korea and what this holds for the future of each country. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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how each nation address the incorporating immigrants into their societies. This exploration of literature seeks to investigate the effects of democratization movements and political culture that influence their different immigration
laws. In doing so, a variety of questions will be addressed, such as: Why does Japan grant fewer rights or social services
to their immigrant residents/workers? How effective are the immigrant advocacy groups that bring changes to immigration laws? Why are democratization movements successful in Korea, but not in Japan? Are political
parties largely responsible for the immigration laws that place very restrictive policies on foreign workers employment rights? Background Up until the middle of the previous decade, the immigration
policies of Korea and Japan were virtually identical (Chung, 2010). However, both countries were facing the problem of a phenomenal increase in their immigrant populations, which created heated and polarizing
public debate regarding "border control, national identity and social order" (Chung, 2010, p. 675). While some factions in each society focused on issues, such as "illegal immigration, foreign criminality, and
social disorder," other segments of these populations focused on "immigrant integration, migrant labor rights and the development of a multicultural society" (Chang, 2010, p. 675). While some segments of Korean
society, as with the Japanese, focused on negative factors, the positive orientation was, overall, more prevalent in Korea. On the other hand, acceptance of immigrants was not universal in Korea.
As recently as 1997, Kim Daejung, Koreas president at that time, argued that it was "irrational to employ two hundred to three hundred
thousand foreigners" when Korea was facing massive unemployment (Lim, 2008, p. 39). Interestingly, however, it was at this point that the immigration policy of the countries diverged. Furthermore, in
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