Reception of Blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial or Disadvantageous for Japan? Chris Burgess Seminar Minatsu Murayama

Yomiuri Shinbun (2015)

Structure 1)Introduction 2)Defining Terms 3)Evidence for Beneficial 4)Evidence for Disadvantageous 5)Analysis 6)Conclusion

Structure 1)Introduction 2)Defining Terms 3)Evidence for Beneficial 4)Evidence for Disadvantageous 5)Analysis 6)Conclusion

2) Define Terms Blue-collar Migrants Unskilled workers and semi-skilled workers Reception of Blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial or Disadvantageous for Japan?

2) Define Terms Beneficial ‘improving a situation’ and something is ‘having a helpful or useful effect (Oxford English-English Dictionary 2010:101)’ Reception of Blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial or Disadvantageous for Japan?

2) Define Terms Disadvantageous ‘causing somebody to be in a worse situation compared to other people (Oxford English-English Dictionary 2010:354)’ Reception of Blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial or Disadvantageous for Japan?

2) Define Terms Do reception of unskilled workers and semi- skilled workers improve a situation of Japan? Or Do it cause to be in a worse situation compared to other countries?

Structure 1)Introduction 2)Defining Terms 3)Evidence for Beneficial 4)Evidence for Disadvantageous 5)Analysis 6)Conclusion

3) Evidence for Beneficial 3-1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem 3-2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally

3) Evidence for Beneficial ・ Economic growth ⇑ 0.6 (0.5) 3-1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem source: Nihon Keizai Dantai Rengoukai (2003: 08) ・ Consumption tax18% ⇒ 10% 「単純労働者を受け入れれば、労働力人口の減少に伴う経済成長 率の低下や社会保障負担の増大を緩和できる可能性がある。」 Beneficial: It is improving a situation and having a helpful or useful effect for Japan.

3) Evidence for Beneficial 3-2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally Example: Singapore 少子化が深刻（出生率１．２）⇒移民でカバーし、人口構造が安定。 １９８０年当時の人口の２倍に 現在、３～４人に一人が移民 ⇒一人当たりの GDP は日本より高い。 ⇒日本の GDP も、移民の受け入れで 上がる可能性はある Figure1: シンガポールの人口構造 （ ） Source: Ohta (2011) Beneficial: It is improving a situation and having a helpful or useful effect for Japan.

Structure 1)Introduction 2)Defining Terms 3)Evidence for Beneficial 4)Evidence for Disadvantageous 5)Analysis 6)Conclusion

4) Evidence for Disadvantageous 4-1: It risks losing job of Japanese people 4-2: It makes Japanese public security worsen

4) Evidence for Disadvantageous One example: France 移民との仕事の奪い合い⇒どの年代も失業率が高い 4-1: It risks losing job of Japanese people source: Ohta(2011) Figure2: ヨーロッパ各国の移民人 口 ( )

4) Evidence for Disadvantageous 4-1: It risks losing job of Japanese people source: Ohta(2011) Figure3 ：フランスの失業 率 ( ) Disadvantageous: It is causing to be in a worse situation compared to other countries One example: France 移民との仕事の奪い合い⇒どの年代も失業率が高い

4) Evidence for Disadvantageous 4-2: It makes Japanese public security worsen source: Sankei News(2015) Disadvantageous: It is causing to be in a worse situation compared to other countries

Structure 1)Introduction 2)Defining Terms 3)Evidence for Beneficial 4)Evidence for Disadvantageous 5)Analysis 6)Conclusion

5) Analysis 3-1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem 3-2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally 4-1: It risks losing job of Japanese people 4-2: It makes Japanese public security worsen

4) Analysis Beneficial1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem Source: Hagiwara, Nakajima (2014)

4) Analysis Swiss 2USASwedenSingapore 3 SwedenFinland 4 5 6Japan Japan Number of Countries Benificial2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally Table1: International competitiveness ( ) Source: Takemura(2014:6)

4) Analysis Source: Sankei Biz(2015) Disadvantegeous1: It risks losing job of Japanese people

4) Analysis Disadvantaeous2: It makes Japanese public security worsen source: Sankei News(2015) Figure4:( )

Structure 1)Introduction 2)Defining Terms 3)Evidence for Beneficial 4)Evidence for Disadvantageous 5)Analysis 6)Conclusion

5) Analysis Beneficial1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem Benificial2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally Disadvantegeous1: It risks losing job of Japanese people Disadvantaeous2: It makes Japanese public security worsen

6) Conclusion Reception of blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial or Disadvantageous for Japan? Not be concluded.

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