News and Announcements

Mirna Safi (Sciences Po) will present a seminar titled "Migration and Inquality" about her latest book. The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.

Prof. Hilary Holbrow (Indiana University) will present a seminar titled "Low Migration, Gender Segregation, and Gender Inequality." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.

Prof. Christian Joppke (University of Bern, Switzerland) will present a seminar titled "Neoliberal Immigration Policies: Courting the Top v. Fending-Off the Bottom." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.

University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRIS) and Waseda University’s Institute of Asian Migrations (IAM) are proud to invite you to the launch of the special issue of Comparative Migration Studies. We will hear from editors and authors and celebrate the network with the launch of the new NODE portal.

Prof. Kukiko Nagayoshi (University of Tokyo) will present a seminar titled "Desirable Immigration Integration Policy for Japanese/Immigrants: A Social Survey of Japanese and Foreign Nationals"

Prof. Chris Burgess (Tsuda University) will present a seminar titled "The Impact of COVID-19 on Foreign Residents in 'No Immigration'　Japan: 'Unwanted Isolation', Structural Inequity, and the Loss of Social Capital." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.

Prof. Mark Mullins (University of Auckland) will present a seminar titled "Unraveling the Symbiotic Relationship Between Religion, Nationalism, and Politics in Postwar Japan" to mark the publication of his latest book Yasukuni Fundamentalism: Japanese Religions and the Politics of Restoration (2021). The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.

The Belgian-Asian Couples Research Project organizes a seminar series titled "Mixedness and State Policies" at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Our Institute of Asian Migrations member, Eline Delmarcelle, will present a seminar titled "Becoming a national in Japan and Belgium: citizenship acquisition, ethnicity and identity negotiations."

Why has Japan’s immigration policy remained so restrictive, especially in light of economic, demographic, and international political forces that are pushing Japan to admit more immigrants? Michael Strausz will answer this question by drawing on insights from nearly two years of intensive field research in Japan.

University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRIS) and Waseda University’s Institute of Asian Migrations (IAM) are proud to invite you to a second NODE UK|Japan webinar on Vulnerable migrants and Covid-19 in the UK and Japan.
This second joint seminar focuses on the issues faced by victims of forced migration and gender-based violence in the UK, as well as Nepalese restaurant workers in Japan.

University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRIS) and Waseda University’s Institute of Asian Migrations (IAM) are proud to invite you to a NODE UK|Japan webinar on Vulnerable migrants and Covid-19 in the UK and Japan.

Waseda Contemporary Japan Study Group, the Institute of Asian Migrations, and the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies are proud to invite you to a mini-symposium on Nikkeijin Brazilian migration to Japan. The 2-hour mini-symposium will feature two presentations by Suma Ikeuchi and Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer, followed by a discussion lead by Joshua Hotaka Roth.