International Labor Migration to Japan: Current Models and Future OutlookDavid Chiavacci

ASIEN – Nr. 124 (2012) pp. 8–26

A few years ago, the United Nations Population Division (UNPD) estimated that the number of international migrants would be just under 214 million in 2010. This is slightly more than the entire population of Indonesia or Brazil and means that roughly three percent of the world’s population moves around the globe (UNPD 2009). According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), 90 percent of these global migration flows are work-related: People tend to move across borders in order to acquire new skills and qualifications that will make them more competitive on the global job market, in order to earn a higher income while enjoying better living conditions, or in order to accompany a family member who does so…