Foreigners' rights in Japan : boundaries between stayers and deportees / by Kiyoto Tanno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanno, Kiyoto, 1966- author.

Standardized Title:

Gaikokujin no Jinken no Shakaigaku. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens--Japan--Social conditions--20th century.

Noncitizens.

Noncitizens--Japan--Social conditions--21st century.

Sexual minorities--Japan--Social conditions--20th century.

Sexual minorities.

Sexual minorities--Japan--Social conditions--21st century.

Noncitizen criminals--Japan.

Noncitizen criminals.

LGBTQ+ people.

Physical Description:

viii, 279 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

English edtion.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Trans Pacific Press Co., Ltd., 2024.

Summary:

"Do foreigners really have ‘human rights’ in Japan? This book sheds light on the way Japan views foreigners by examining court cases initiated in the wake of the issuance of deportation orders. ‘Special permission to stay’ is issued to foreigners who have been given deportation orders when the state finds special circumstances that should be taken into consideration that merit the granting of residence status. A ‘residence status’ is required for foreigners to live in Japan, and what foreigners can do in Japan varies greatly depending on which status they have. This is the system through which Japan, as a nation, ‘evaluates’ foreigners and determines the extent to which it will afford them rights. This book closely observes the court records of various cases involving requests for special permission to stay in Japan, and analyzes the decision-making process made by the government. It examines the logic and ideology applied by the state to define the line between ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’ foreigners, shedding light on the structures embedded within Japan that determine who can stay in the country and who cannot."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

1. A Socio-Legal Study of ‘Fake Nikkei’: Japan’s Treatment of Foreign Workers

2. The Sociology of Foreign Juvenile Delinquency

3. LGBT Foreign Nationals and the Sociology of Deportation Orders in Japan: Protecting the Rights of a Minority within a Minority

4. The Sociology of LGBT Foreign Nationals and Post-Deportation Concerns

5. The Sociology of the Hate-Speech Rally Ban: The Case of Kawasaki

6. Japanese Management through the Lens of Foreign Labor: The Significance of Foreign Workers to Enterprises and the Community

7. The Sociology of ‘Foreigners’ Human Rights’

8. Re-examining ‘Foreigners’ Human Rights’: Approaching ‘Long-Term Residence’ from the Historical Sociology of Residence Status

9. Discovering Justification for Special Permission to Stay: A Constitutional Order Approach

10. The Japanese System for Evaluating ‘Foreigners’ Human Rights’: Shifting the Epistemological Perspective from ‘Foreigners’ Human Rights’ to ‘the Rights of Humans, Including Foreigners’.

Notes:

"Originally published in Japanese in 2023, Gaikokujin no Jinken no Shakaigaku (Sociology of Foreigners' Rights in Japan) by Yoshida Shoten"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781920850203

1920850201

OCLC:

1419865361