GAS Joint Workshop “Immigrant workers from Global South to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea: Present situations and future challenges”

July 16, 2024

We cordially invite you to GAS Joint Workshop on August 22nd (Thu) 2024, cohosted by IDE-JETRO, TAEF, GAS Program, IASA.
This event will be held only in-person. To join this event, please inform to gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp in advance.

Date and time: August 22 (Thu), 2024, 10:00-17:00 (JST)

Venue: Main Conference Room (3F), IASA, University of Tokyo

Title: Immigrant workers from Global South to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea: Present situations and future challenges

Language: English

Programme:

10:00- 10:10	Opening remarks　Fukunari Kimura (IDE-JETRO), H.H. Michael Hsiao (TAEF), Shigeto Sonoda (IASA, The University of Tokyo)
10:10- 10:30	Outline of symposium　Yukihito Sato (IDE-JETRO), H.H. Michael Hsiao
10:30-11:50	Session I　Japan, Taiwan and South Korea from the perspective of the sending countries Moderator Toshihisa Nakamura (IDE-JETRO) Speaker 1　Ferry Efendi (Airlangga University, Indonesia) “Mobility of Indonesian migrant health workers to Taiwan and Japan: Perspectives from the sending country” Speaker 2　Hiromu Fukai (IDE-JETRO) “Mongolian migrant workers under the employment permit system in South Korea: Focusing on sending/ receiving policies based the governments’ Bilateral Agreements” Commentator An-chun Cheng (Chiba University)
11:50-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:40	Session II　Approach to actual conditions of migrant workers in Taiwan and comparative policies in Taiwan, Korea and Japan Moderator Shigeto Sonoda Speaker 1　　Yung-ta Chien（Journalist） “Challenges and resilience: the everyday realities of migrant workers in Taiwan” Speaker 2 　 Yi-Chun Chien（National Chengchi University） “The recent development of East Asian migration regimes” Commentator Mami Yamaguchi (IDE-JETRO)
14:40-15:50	Session III　 Jobs, lives and communities of immigrant workers in Japan Moderator Yuko Tsujita (IDE-JETRO) Speaker 1　　Reiko Ogawa (Chiba University) “Opportunity or impasse?: Migrant care workers under diverse channels in Japan” Speaker 2　　Nanae Yamada (IDE-JETRO) “Employment of foreigners in Japanese agriculture: Focusing on the functions of intermediary organizations and potential for human resource development” Commentator Yung-ta Chien（Journalist）
15:50-16:05	Coffee Break
16:05-16:55	Session IV　Round Table Moderator　Yukihito Sato Discussants H.H. Michael Hsiao Ferry Efendi An-chun Cheng Shigeto Sonoda Yuko Tsujita Reiko Ogawa Alan Yang（TAEF）
16:55-17:00	Closing remark　 Fukunari Kimura

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Organizers: IDE-JETRO, TAEF, GAS Program, IASA

Contact: gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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