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Firman Budianto
Student Member
Firman Budianto is a Ph.D. student at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, and a junior researcher at the Research Center for Area Studies, the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). He received a B.A. from the University of Indonesia and an M.A. from Waseda University. His research interests include international skilled migration, globalization and diversification in contemporary Japanese society, and Indonesia-Japan sociocultural relations. Currently, he works on a PhD research project examining the mobility of Indonesian skilled workers in Japan and South Korea.
Research Projects
2022-2025: “International Migration Routes and Route Selection Mechanism in Indonesia” [Collaborator, JICA Ogata Research Institute Research Project]
2024-2027: “Decision-making of overseas workers: aspirations and capabilities after migration” [Collaborator, JSPS Research Project (C)]
Recent publications
Budianto, F. (2025). Reshaping omotenashi at the workplace: foreign workers’ employment and training in Japanese restaurants. Japan Forum, 1–20. doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2025.2462543
Budianto, F., & Widarahesty, Y. (2024). Asylum Seeking as Survival Strategy: The Narratives of Indonesian Work Seekers in Japan. In L. Momesso & P. Ivanova (Eds.), Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan (pp. 365–388). Springer Nature Singapore.
Budianto, F. (2024). Promoting Diversity, Introducing Islam: Muslim Indonesian Professionals in Contemporary Corporate Japan. The Asia Pacific Journal | Japan Focus, 22(4). doi.org/10.1017/s1557466024029103
Budianto, F. (2023). Welcoming the Opportunities: Deciphering contemporary mobility of Indonesian professionals to Japan. Intermestic Journal of International Studies, 7(2), 656-676. doi.org/10.24198/intermestic.v7n2.13
For the list of Firman Budianto's previous publications, please go here.