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The Movement of People – relocation, migration, tourism www.philipseaton.net © Philip Seaton, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Introduction to Japanese Society 2020/1/6 1 • Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu: New Year in Japan. • Domestic Travel/Transport • Foreigners in Japan • Crime, detention, and flight … • Active Learning • Japanese emigration • Tourism Today’s Class www.philipseaton.net © Philip Seaton, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Introduction to Japanese Society 2020/1/6 2 • How was yours? Hatsumode, O-sechi ryori, Kohaku …? • New Year Holidays and the “rush” home (帰省ラッシュ) … actually a big slow traffic jam. • And the big news stories … bush fires in Australia, the assassination of an Iranian general, Carlos Ghosn’s “great escape”. Happy New Year 2020 www.philipseaton.net © Philip Seaton, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Introduction to Japanese Society 2020/1/6 3 Domestic Travel/Transport www.philipseaton.net © Philip Seaton, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Introduction to Japanese Society 2020/1/6 4 • Japan is the land of the train and the bicycle. • “My car” as private recreational space vs “My car” as essential for everyday life. • Airports … too many of them? • Peak seasons, peak times: price gouging on planes but not on trains. Characteristics of Domestic Travel www.philipseaton.net © Philip Seaton, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Introduction to Japanese Society 2020/1/6 5 Foreign Residents in Japan (2018) www.philipseaton.net © Philip Seaton, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Introduction to Japanese Society 2020/1/6 Oceania 1% Europe 3% S America 10% N America 3% Asia 84% Total: 2,731,093 6
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The Movement of People – relocation, migration,
tourism
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• Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu: New Year in Japan.
• Domestic Travel/Transport
• Foreigners in Japan
• Crime, detention, and flight …
• Active Learning
• Japanese emigration
• Tourism
Today’s Class
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• How was yours? Hatsumode, O-sechi ryori, Kohaku …?
• New Year Holidays and the “rush” home (帰省ラッシュ) … actually a big slow traffic jam.
• And the big news stories … bush fires in Australia, the assassination of an Iranian general, Carlos Ghosn’s “great escape”.
Happy New Year 2020
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Domestic Travel/Transport
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• Japan is the land of the train and the bicycle.
• “My car” as private recreational space vs “My car” as essential for everyday life.
• Airports … too many of them?
• Peak seasons, peak times: price gouging on planes but not on trains.
Characteristics of Domestic Travel
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Foreign Residents in Japan (2018)
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Oceania1%
Europe3%
S America10%
N America3%
Asia84%
Total: 2,731,093
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Foreign Residents in Japan (2018)
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China
Korea
Vietnam
Philippines
Brazil
Nepal
Taiwan
USA
Indonesia
Thailand
0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000
52,323
56,346
57,500
60,684
88,951
201,865
271,289
330,835
449,634
764,720
Countries with over 50,000 nationals living in Japan
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• Crime - the quickest way to lose all freedom of movement in Japan.
• White Paper on Crime gives statistics in English (executive summary).
• Japan’s crime rate has been dropping since 2002, but some crimes are under-reported.
• Crimes that grab media attention: random knife attacks, child abuse, abduction, deaths caused by elderly drivers, train gropers, telephone/computer fraud, crimes by foreigners …
• … and those that result in the death penalty.
Crime in Japan
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• Immigration, crime, detention, flight … The key talking points:
• Renewed criticism of Japan’s “hostage justice”.
• Renewed focus on the issue of detention, both pre-trial and for immigrants.
• The attention given to foreigner crime.
• An unfolding story …
The Carlos Ghosn Case
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Active Learning End of Term Exam
Make-up Exam Data Sheet
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Japanese Living Abroad (2018)
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Japanese Living Abroad (2018)
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250,000
375,000
500,000
米国
中国
オーストラリア
タイ
カナダ
英国
ブラジル
ドイツ
フランス
韓国
シンガポール
マレーシア
台湾
ベトナム
ニュージーランド
インドネシア
フィリピン
イタリア
メキシコ
アルゼンチン
スイス
オランダ
インド
スペイン
ベルギー
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• Many countries have significant Nikkei diaspora, especially USA and Brazil.
• Large-scale emigration during the late nineteenth century. Many Nikkei are now return migrants living and working in Japan.
• Nobuko Adachi: “Japanese and Nikkei at Home and Abroad”
Nikkei: The Japanese Diaspora
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International Travel
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International Visitors to Japan
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• Lack of tourism infrastructure to cope with such rapid growth.
• Overtourism in Kyoto and other places.
• Unregulated tourism in the internet age (Air BnB, Uber) and related safety/competition issues.
• Vulnerability to political, seismic, weather and economic shocks.
• Tourism policy in Asia will be a major factor in regional efforts to combat global heating.
Issues in Inbound Tourism
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The Japanese Abroad
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• Change over from a net outbound to a net inbound tourism country in 2015. Implications for the balance of payments.
• Domestic economic conditions (exchange rates, kakusa shakai etc.) have a major impact on destinations.
• Destination political and safety issues (e.g. the “history issue” in Asia; the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris) also greatly affect destination choice.
• Changing patterns: From mass tourism to independent travel.
Issues in Outbound Tourism
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Next Time
• Japan in International Society – international relations, defense, contributions to international society
• Handbook Chapter 11, Kingston Chapters 10-13, 21-22.
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