Beneficial or Disadvantageous for Japan?

Reception of Blue-collar Migrants:
Beneficial or Disadvantageous for
Japan?
Chris Burgess Seminar
Minatsu Murayama
Yomiuri
Shinbun
(2015)
Structure
1)Introduction
2)Defining Terms
3)Evidence for Beneficial
4)Evidence for Disadvantageous
5)Analysis
6)Conclusion
Structure
1)Introduction
2)Defining Terms
3)Evidence for Beneficial
4)Evidence for Disadvantageous
5)Analysis
6)Conclusion
2) Define Terms
Reception of Blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial
or Disadvantageous for Japan?
• Blue-collar Migrants
Unskilled workers and semi-skilled workers
2) Define Terms
Reception of Blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial
or Disadvantageous for Japan?
• Beneficial
‘improving a situation’ and something is ‘having a helpful or useful
effect (Oxford English-English Dictionary 2010:101)’
2) Define Terms
Reception of Blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial
or Disadvantageous for Japan?
• Disadvantageous
‘causing somebody to be in a worse situation compared to other
people (Oxford English-English Dictionary 2010:354)’
2) Define Terms
Do reception of unskilled workers and semiskilled workers improve a situation of Japan?
Or
Do it cause to be in a worse situation
compared to other countries?
Structure
1)Introduction
2)Defining Terms
3)Evidence for Beneficial
4)Evidence for Disadvantageous
5)Analysis
6)Conclusion
3) Evidence for Beneficial
3-1: It is possible to ease Japanese
problem
economic
3-2: It will raise Japanese power to compete
internationally
3) Evidence for Beneficial
3-1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem
・Economic growth
⇑0.6 (0.5)
Beneficial:
It is improving
a situation
and having a
・Consumption
tax
18%
⇒
10%
helpful or useful effect for Japan.
「単純労働者を受け入れれば、労働力人口の減少に伴う経済成長率
の低下や社会保障負担の増大を緩和できる可能性がある。」
source: Nihon Keizai Dantai Rengoukai (2003: 08)
3) Evidence for Beneficial
3-2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally
Example: Singapore
少子化が深刻（出生率１．２）⇒移民でカバーし、人口構造が安定。
１９８０年当時の人口の２倍に
Beneficial:
現在、３～４人に一人が移民
It is improving a situation and having a
helpful or useful effect for Japan.
⇒一人当たりのGDPは日本より高い。
⇒日本のGDPも、移民の受け入れで
上がる可能性はある
Figure1: シンガポールの人口構造
（1999-2009）
Source: Ohta (2011)
Structure
1)Introduction
2)Defining Terms
3)Evidence for Beneficial
4)Evidence for Disadvantageous
5)Analysis
6)Conclusion
4) Evidence for Disadvantageous
4-1: It risks losing job of Japanese people
4-2: It makes Japanese public security worsen
4) Evidence for Disadvantageous
4-1: It risks losing job of Japanese people
source: Ohta(2011)
One example: France 移民との仕事の奪い合い⇒どの年代も失業率が高い
Figure2:
ヨーロッパ各国の移民人口
(1999-2013)
4) Evidence for Disadvantageous
4-1: It risks losing job of Japanese people
source: Ohta(2011)
One example: France 移民との仕事の奪い合い⇒どの年代も失業率が高い
Figure3：フランスの失業率
(1994-2005)
Disadvantageous:
It is causing to be in a worse situation
compared to other countries
4) Evidence for Disadvantageous
4-2: It makes Japanese public security worsen
Disadvantageous:
It is causing to be in a worse situation
compared to other countries
source: Sankei News(2015)
Structure
1)Introduction
2)Defining Terms
3)Evidence for Beneficial
4)Evidence for Disadvantageous
5)Analysis
6)Conclusion
5) Analysis
3-1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem
3-2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally
4-1: It risks losing job of Japanese people
4-2: It makes Japanese public security worsen
4) Analysis
Beneficial1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem
Source: Hagiwara, Nakajima (2014)
4) Analysis
Benificial2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally
Table1: International competitiveness (2009-2014)
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
1
Swiss
Swiss
Swiss
Swiss
Swiss
2
USA
Sweden
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
3
Singapore
Singapore
Sweden
Finland
Finland
4
5
6
Japan
7
8
Japan
9
Japan
10
Number of
Countries
Japan
Japan
133
139
142
144
148
Source: Takemura(2014:6)
4) Analysis
Disadvantegeous1: It risks losing job of Japanese people
Source: Sankei Biz(2015)
4) Analysis
Disadvantaeous2: It makes Japanese public security worsen
Figure4:
(2002-2014)
source: Sankei News(2015)
Structure
1)Introduction
2)Defining Terms
3)Evidence for Beneficial
4)Evidence for Disadvantageous
5)Analysis
6)Conclusion
5) Analysis
Beneficial1: It is possible to ease Japanese economic problem
Benificial2: It will raise Japanese power to compete internationally
Disadvantegeous1: It risks losing job of Japanese people
Disadvantaeous2: It makes Japanese public security worsen
6) Conclusion
Reception of blue-collar Migrants: Beneficial or Disadvantageous for
Japan?
Not be concluded.
Reception of Blue-collar Migrants:
Beneficial or Disadvantageous for
Japan?
Thank you for listening

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