- GAS Initiative
Joint Workshop
Immigrant workers from Global South to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea: Present situations and future challenges
- Finished
- Report
Date and Time | August 22 (Thu) 2024, 10:00-17:00 (JST) |
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Venue | Main Conference Room (3F), IASA, UTokyo |
Title | Immigrant workers from Global South to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea: Present situations and future challenges |
Language | English |
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) |
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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 |
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Contact: | gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp |