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Future imperfect: Japan's immigration policies and the winds of change: for too long Japan has dodged the immigration debate. But its population is now dwindling and complacency is not an option. Can integration work? Take Toyohashi--please.(Cover Story)

Japan Inc.

| October 01, 2003 | McNicol, Tony | COPYRIGHT 2003 Japan Inc. Communications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

TOYOHASHI IS A MEDIUM-SIZED city in the middle of Japan. Local residents will tell you that their home city has a population of about 400,000, makes some of Japan's most delicious chikuwa (fish cake) and has an excellent surfing beach. They might even point out Toyohashi's futuristic Shinkansen station.

In short, Toyohashi is an average sort of place in a conservative and some might say ultra-Japanese part of Japan. But Toyohashi also has an energetic and conspicuously un-Japanese population: 10,000 South American immigrant workers, most of whom are Brazilians and Peruvians.

What makes Toyohashi special is that it could possibly provide a template for ...

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