The Increasing Presence of Foreign Residents in Japan in the 1990s

Abstract

The main focus of this chapter is the theme that ‘people do more than work’. The chapter examines how foreign workers have begun to appear increasingly as social beings rather than just as workers and analyses their involvement in local society. The chapter then investigates the possibility of Nikkeijin workers in Japan becoming long-term residents and details the various types of foreign resident in Japanese society. It also examines the development of networks and the growing purchasing power of foreign residents.