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Joint Workshop

Immigrant workers from Global South to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea: Present situations and future challenges

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Date and TimeAugust 22 (Thu) 2024, 10:00-17:00 (JST)
VenueMain Conference Room (3F), IASA, UTokyo
TitleImmigrant workers from Global South to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea: Present situations and future challenges
LanguageEnglish
Event Page:https://www.ide.go.jp/English/Events/Sympo/240822.html

This event requires advance registration. Please register through the online form by 18:00 (JST) on 16 August 2024. https://www.jetro.go.jp/form5/pub/rob/immigrantworkers2024

Program

10:00- 10:10 Opening remarks 
Fukunari Kimura (IDE-JETRO), H.H. Michael Hsiao (TAEF), Shigeto Sonoda (IASA, The University of Tokyo)
10:10- 10:30 Outline of symposium 
Yukihito Sato (IDE-JETRO), H.H. Michael Hsiao
10:30-11:50 Session I Japan, Taiwan and South Korea from the perspective of the sending countries

Moderator Toshihisa Nakamura (IDE-JETRO)
Speaker 1 Ferry Efendi (Airlangga University, Indonesia)
  “Mobility of Indonesian migrant health workers to Taiwan and Japan: Perspectives from the sending country”
Speaker 2 Hiromu Fukai (IDE-JETRO)
  “Mongolian migrant workers under the employment permit system in South Korea: Focusing on sending/ receiving policies based the governments’ Bilateral Agreements”
Commentator An-chun Cheng (Chiba University)
11:50-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:40 Session II Approach to actual conditions of migrant workers in Taiwan and comparative policies in Taiwan, Korea and Japan

Moderator  Shigeto Sonoda
Speaker 1  Yung-ta Chien(Journalist)
  “Challenges and resilience: the everyday realities of migrant workers in Taiwan”
Speaker 2   Yi-Chun Chien(National Chengchi University)
  “The recent development of East Asian migration regimes”
Commentator Mami Yamaguchi (IDE-JETRO)
14:40-15:50 Session III  Jobs, lives and communities of immigrant workers in Japan
Moderator  Yuko Tsujita (IDE-JETRO)
Speaker 1  Reiko Ogawa (Chiba University)
  “Opportunity or impasse?: Migrant care workers under diverse channels in Japan”
Speaker 2  Nanae Yamada (IDE-JETRO)
  “Employment of foreigners in Japanese agriculture: Focusing on the functions of intermediary organizations and potential for human resource development”
Commentator Yung-ta Chien(Journalist)
15:50-16:05 Coffee Break
16:05-16:55 Session IV Round Table
Moderator  Yukihito Sato
Discussants H.H. Michael Hsiao
       Ferry Efendi
       An-chun Cheng
       Shigeto Sonoda
       Yuko Tsujita
       Reiko Ogawa
       Alan Yang(TAEF)
16:55-17:00 Closing remark  Fukunari Kimura

Event Report

 

 

 

Co-organizer:IDE-JETRO, TAEF, GAS Program, IASA
Contact:gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp