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Dr. Solano compares integration policy frameworks across 56 countries to highlight three main dimensions along which integration policies differ. By moving beyond the traditional Western focus, the talk offers a broader view of how states respond to migration and reveals both common patterns and important differences in how countries approach the inclusion and long-term incorporation of migrants.

We are pleased to announce that an edited volume on Japan's online far right has been published.
"The Digital Rise of the Far Right in Japan, edited by Yuki Asahina and Naoto Higuchi", Manchester University Press, 2026.

This event is co-organized with the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH). Three presentations will explore public attitudes toward foreigners, Muslim women’s everyday experiences of Islamophobia, and the growing targeting of Japan’s Kurdish community.

IAM researchers Gracia Liu-Farrer and Helena Hof discuss the social construction of skill in international migration in a recent episode of the Borders & Belonging podcast.

In a new Foreign Affairs article, Gracia Liu-Farrer, Takeshi Miyai, and Yu Korekawa analyze the contradictions shaping Japan’s immigration experiment—caught between economic necessity and political hesitation.

This panel brings together academics and practitioners who have participated in, researched about, serviced and supported Japanese migration into Europe.

This talk and accompanying film "Chinese go home" (18 mins, dir. R. Leow) explore the history of mass deportations of ethnic Chinese to China during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960).

This talk considers bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) between countries of origin in South and Southeast Asia and Asia’s biggest destination economies, as well as relevant recruitment cost data, to identify the most beneficial recruitment policies for migrant workers.

This presentation explores the constraints faced by Japanese migrant women during the process of divorce or separation in the context of French-Japanese mixed marriages.

The burgeoning literature on migration and information and communication technologies (ICTs) provides rich empirical evidence of how social media and networking platforms are becoming integral to cross-border migration, increasingly blurring the boundaries between physical and virtual worlds.

This talk highlights recent empirical findings and the need for critically rethinking existing theories of migration and integration in the context of digital globalization.

Organized by: Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series, Chiba Studies on Migration and Refugees