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Local Citizenship and Foreign Workers in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Tsuda Takeyuki
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While Japan has a significant population of foreign workers, the national government has done little to provide citizenship rights or social services for them. In a number of cases, local municipalities and NGOs have stepped in to offer basic rights and social services to immigrants residing in their communities, leading to a type of local citizenship. If localities are emerging as important sites for the struggle for immigrant rights and social integration, there remain serious limitations to such efforts in a milieu in which the national government sharply restricts the rights of immigrants.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , e19
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