{"id":6367,"date":"2010-04-10T10:08:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T01:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6367"},"modified":"2010-04-10T12:12:02","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T03:12:02","slug":"eurobiz-japan-magazine-jan-2010-interview-of-jipis-sakanaka-hidenori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6367","title":{"rendered":"EUROBIZ JAPAN Magazine Jan 2010 Interview of JIPI&#8217;s Sakanaka Hidenori"},"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>Hi Blog. \u00a0Here are some excerpts of the January 2010 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurobiz.jp\/\">EUROBIZ JAPAN<\/a> magazine, the publication of the European Business Council in Japan, edited by a journalist friend of mine. \u00a0Another journalist friend of mine interviewed the person I was interning with last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jipi.gr.jp\">Japan Immigration Research Institute&#8217;s<\/a> Sakanaka-san, the former Tokyo Immigration Bureau chief who retired and actually supports an immigration and assimilation policy for NJ in Japan. \u00a0More on who he is and why in the interview below. \u00a0First up the cover is of the magazine, the table of contents so you can see what else is on tap inside, and then the two-page interview. \u00a0Click on any page to expand in browser. \u00a0Courtesy of Eurobiz, thanks guys. \u00a0Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizcover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6393\" title=\"eurobizcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizcover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizcover.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizcover-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobiztoc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6396\" title=\"eurobiztoc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobiztoc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobiztoc.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobiztoc-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizsakanaka1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6394\" title=\"eurobizsakanaka1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizsakanaka1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizsakanaka1.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizsakanaka1-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizsakanaka2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6395\" title=\"eurobizsakanaka2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizsakanaka2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"739\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizsakanaka2.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eurobizsakanaka2-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some excerpts of the January 2010 issue of EUROBIZ JAPAN magazine, the publication of the European Business Council in Japan, edited by a journalist friend of mine.  Another journalist friend of mine interviewed the person I was interning with last week, Japan Immigration Research Institute&#8217;s Sakanaka-san, the former Tokyo Immigration Bureau chief who retired and actually supports an immigration and assimilation policy for NJ in Japan.  More on who he is and why in the interview below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration-assimilation","category-labor-issues","category-practical-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367","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=6367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}