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Why Japan Is Not a Migration State: A Case of Postcolonial Migration Management and Increased Side-Door Policies

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In their article, James Hollifield and Michael Sharpe argue that Japan is an “emerging migration state” due to its increased efforts to liberalize the rights accorded to migrants. However, this paper argues that Japan’s exercise of “side-door immigration policies” like the Economic Partnership Agreements does not warrant such assessment of Japan. The notion of “migration state,” from Hollifield (1998, Hollifield, International Migration Review 38:885–912, 2004), requires a state to be constrained by “embedded liberalism” and “rights-based politics.” These necessary conditions of a “migration state,” however, must be understood in the context of a free-market flow of migration, which contemporary Japan does not exhibit.

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  • Jaisang Sun, 2022. "Why Japan Is Not a Migration State: A Case of Postcolonial Migration Management and Increased Side-Door Policies," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 1357-1376, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joimai:v:23:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s12134-021-00865-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s12134-021-00865-7
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