{"id":6291,"date":"2010-03-25T03:23:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6291"},"modified":"2010-03-26T16:55:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T07:55:17","slug":"ngo-japan-immigration-policy-research-institute-requests-information-from-meetings-with-nj-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6291","title":{"rendered":"NGO Japan Immigration Policy Institute requests information from, meetings with NJ Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/welcomestickers.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1704\" title=\"welcomesticker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/welcomesticker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" title=\"franca-color\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/franca-color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association forming NGO\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER:  arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS now on iTunes, subscribe free<\/p>\n<p><strong>REQUEST FOR INPUT FROM THE NON-JAPANESE RESIDENT COMMUNITY<br \/>\nBy JAPAN IMMIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE, TOKYO<\/strong><br \/>\nMarch 24, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Mr SAKANAKA Hidenori, head of the Japan Immigration Policy Institute in Tokyo (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jipi.gr.jp\">http:\/\/www.jipi.gr.jp<\/a>), author of books such as \u201cNy\u016bkan Senki\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/sakanakaonimmigration.htm\">Towards a Japanese-style Immigration Nation<\/a>\u201d, is looking for input from Non-Japanese (NJ) long-termers, and immigrants who would like to see Japanese immigration policy (or current lack thereof) head in a better direction?<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sakanaka, former head of the Tokyo Immigration Bureau, has become a leading supporter of immigration to Japan, believing that Japan would be a stronger, more economically-vibrant society if it had a more open and focused immigration policy.  More on his thoughts about \u201cBig Japan vs. Small Japan\u201d on Debito.org in English and Japanese here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/publications.html#otherauthors\"> https:\/\/www.debito.org\/publications.html#otherauthors <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr Sakanaka wants your ideas and input as how Japan should approach a multicultural future, and (sensibly) believes the best way is to ask people who are part of that multiculture.  Please consider getting in touch, if not making an appointment for a conversation, via the contact details at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jipi.gr.jp\/access.html\">http:\/\/www.jipi.gr.jp\/access.html<\/a>, or via email at sakanaka AT jipi DOT gr DOT jp (English and Japanese both OK).<\/p>\n<p>We would like to hold seminars, forums, and other convocations in future, working to make JIPI into a conduit for a dialog between Japan\u2019s policymakers and the NJ communities.<\/p>\n<p>Debito.org is proud to support Mr Sakanaka and his works, and has interned at JIPI with many an enlightening conversation.  This proposal for community outreach is the product of one of those conversations.  Please be in touch with JIPI.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8212; Arudou Debito, Coordinator, Debito.org and NGO FRANCA<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\">https:\/\/www.debito.org<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\">http:\/\/www.francajapan.org<\/a>)<br \/>\nENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr SAKANAKA Hidenori, head of the Japan Immigration Policy Institute in Tokyo (http:\/\/www.jipi.gr.jp), author of books such as \u201cNy\u016bkan Senki\u201d and \u201cTowards a Japanese-style Immigration Nation\u201d, is looking for input from Non-Japanese (NJ) long-termers, and immigrants who would like to see Japanese immigration policy (or current lack thereof) head in a better direction?<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sakanaka, former head of the Tokyo Immigration Bureau, has become a leading supporter of immigration to Japan, believing that Japan would be a stronger, more economically-vibrant society if it had a more open and focused immigration policy. More on his thoughts about \u201cBig Japan vs. Small Japan\u201d on Debito.org in English and Japanese here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.debito.org\/publications.html#otherauthors<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sakanaka wants your ideas and input as how Japan should approach a multicultural future, and (sensibly) believes the best way is to ask people who are part of that multiculture. Please consider getting in touch, if not making an appointment for a conversation, via the contact details at http:\/\/www.jipi.gr.jp\/access.html, or via email at sakanaka AT jipi DOT gr DOT jp (English and Japanese both OK).<\/p>\n<p>We would like to hold seminars, forums, and other convocations in future, working to make JIPI into a conduit for a dialog between Japan\u2019s policymakers and the NJ communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,19,12,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-education","category-immigration-assimilation","category-practical-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}