Population aging and International health-caregiver migration to Japan

"This book introduces Japan’s current policy initiatives directed at eldercare and international labor migration, and, wherever appropriate,it adds a comparative perspective from Germany. The book shows how eldercare is currently being organized and discusses integration policies for foreigners. It studies the policy-making process behind the system, and contextualizes the migration avenue within the strong roots of Japan’s eldercare in local communities and the non-preparedness of the nation to grant local citizenship to international newcomers. Through applying an approach of multi-level policy making, putting a strong focus on the local level and introducing new approaches, this book is of interest to policy makers and scholars in aging, migration, health care, and contemporary Japan."-- Read more... Abstract: "This book introduces Japan’s current policy initiatives directed at eldercare and international labor migration, and, wherever appropriate,it adds a comparative perspective from Germany. The book shows how eldercare is currently being organized and discusses integration policies for foreigners. It studies the policy-making process behind the system, and contextualizes the migration avenue within the strong roots of Japan’s eldercare in local communities and the non-preparedness of the nation to grant local citizenship to international newcomers. Through applying an approach of multi-level policy making, putting a strong focus on the local level and introducing new approaches, this book is of interest to policy makers and scholars in aging, migration, health care, and contemporary Japan." Acknowledgements 6 Contents 8 1 Introduction: Population Aging, Health-Caregiving to the Elderly, and International Labor Migration to Japan 10 Abstract 10 1.1 Introduction 10 1.2 Main Argument of the Book 11 1.3 Design and Content of the Book 11 References 13 2 Health-Caregiving to the Elderly in Japan: Professionalized Labor, Community-Based Approaches, and International Migration 14 Abstract 14 2.1 Introduction 14 2.2 Research Design 17 2.2.1 Perspectives of the Chapter 18 2.2.2 Political Demography and Health-Caregiving 19 2.2.3 Social Capital and Health-Caregiving 21 2.3 Demand and Supply: Health Care to the Elderly in Japan 22 2.3.1 Population Aging 22 2.3.2 Long-Term Care Insurance 27 2.3.3 Health-Caregiving Outside the Family 29 2.4 Growing of a Market: Professionalized Approaches to Health-Caregiving in Japan 31 2.5 Activation of Social Capital: Community-Based Approaches to Health-Caregiving in Japan 33 2.6 Expanding Perspectives: International Migration and Health-Caregiving in Japan 36 2.7 Discussion of Findings and Concluding Thoughts 38 References 41 3 International Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan and Germany: Policies Designed to Fail 46 Abstract 46 3.1 Introduction 46 3.2 Research Design 47 3.3 Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan and Germany: Backgrounds and Systems 49 3.3.1 Japan and Germany: Paths to Health-Caregiver Migration 50 3.3.1.1 Japan’s Path 50 3.3.1.2 Germany’s Path 52 3.3.2 Japan’s Economic Partnership Agreements and Germany’s Triple Win Program 54 3.3.2.1 Japan’s Economic Partnership Agreements 55 Policy Design 56 Basic Numbers 59 Migrants 60 Employers 61 System Evaluation and Policy Responses 62 Implications for the Health-Caregiving Labor Market and Future Migration Policy-Making 62 3.3.2.2 Germany’s Triple Win Program 63 Policy Design 64 Policy Implementation 65 Triple Win 65 Employers 67 Migrants 67 Basic Data and System Evaluation 68 3.4 Discussion of Findings and Concluding Thoughts 69 References 72 4 International Migration to Japan: Political and Societal Responses to the Challenge of Integration 76 Abstract 76 4.1 Introduction 76 4.2 Research Design 78 4.2.1 Regionalism from Below and Trust-Learning 79 4.2.2 Trust-Learning, Democracy, and Diversity 80 4.2.3 Local Citizenship 82 4.3 Migration and Integration: The Composition of Japan’s Foreign Population and Their Contribution to the Labor Market 84 4.3.1 The Composition of Japan’s Foreign Population 86 4.3.2 The Contribution of Japan’s Foreign Population to the Labor Market 92 4.4 Migration and Integration: The Path to Local Citizenship in Japan via Labor, Welfare, and Community 94 4.5 Discussion of Findings and Concluding Thoughts 102 References 103 5 Outlook: International Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan 107 Abstract 107 5.1 Lessons Learned from the Case Study 107 5.2 Discussion of Current Policy Reforms 109 References 111 "This book introduces Japan current policy initiatives directed at eldercare and international labor migration, and, wherever appropriate, it adds a comparative perspective from Germany. The book shows how eldercare is currently being organized and discusses integration policies for foreigners. It studies the policy-making process behind the system, and contextualizes the migration avenue within the strong roots of Japan eldercare in local communities and the non-preparedness of the nation to grant local citizenship to international newcomers. Through applying an approach of multi-level policy making, putting a strong focus on the local level and introducing new approaches, this book is of interest to policy makers and scholars in aging, migration, health care, and contemporary Japan."-- Provided by publisher Annotation This book introduces Japan's current policy initiatives directed at eldercare and international labor migration, and, wherever appropriate, it adds a comparative perspective from Germany. The book shows how eldercare is currently being organized and discusses integration policies for foreigners. It studies the policy-making process behind the system, and contextualizes the migration avenue within the strong roots of Japan's eldercare in local communities and the non-preparedness of the nation to grant local citizenship to international newcomers. Through applying an approach of multi-level policy making, putting a strong focus on the local level and introducing new approaches, this book is of interest to policy makers and scholars in aging, migration, health care, and contemporary Japan Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Introduction: Population Aging, Health-Caregiving to the Elderly, and International Labor Migration to Japan (Gabriele Vogt)....Pages 1-4 Health-Caregiving to the Elderly in Japan: Professionalized Labor, Community-Based Approaches, and International Migration (Gabriele Vogt)....Pages 5-36 International Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan and Germany: Policies Designed to Fail (Gabriele Vogt)....Pages 37-66 International Migration to Japan: Political and Societal Responses to the Challenge of Integration (Gabriele Vogt)....Pages 67-97 Outlook: International Health-Caregiver Migration to Japan (Gabriele Vogt)....Pages 99-103