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Race and Immigration in Japan

September 8, 2020March 5, 2021 By Eli Karetny Archive / Podcast

Episode Seventeen of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ podcast, International Horizons, is out now.

In today’s episode John Torpey, Ralph Bunche Institute Director, brings in Michael Sharpe, Associate Professor of Political Science at York College of CUNY, about the role of race and the myth of a homogeneous Japan, touching on such issues as its complex immigration policy and how nationalism and anti-racist trends play out within the country.

You can listen to it on iTunes here, on Spotify here, or on Soundcloud below.

International Horizons – Ralph Bunche Institute · Race and Immigration in Japan

You can also find a transcript of the interview here. Download

2 thoughts on “Race and Immigration in Japan”

James G. Turner, Esq. says:

September 10, 2020 at 8:27 pm

The comprehensive review of Japanese immigration policy, practices, and reality is informative. Professor Sharpe should be heard. He has a lot to contribute. Although I have been studying Japan for 30 years, I still picked up valuable insight.

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October 7, 2020 at 2:21 pm

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John Torpey is Presidential Professor of Sociology and History and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author or editor of ten books, on topics ranging from East German dissidents and intellectuals, the invention of the passport and state practices in its use, reparations for historical injustices, transatlantic relations, and social and technological change throughout history. His writings have been translated into German, French, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Swedish. He has served in leadership positions for the Eastern Sociological Society, on the editorial boards of Theory and Society and the Journal of Human Rights, and as editor of a book series on “Politics, History, and Social Change,” as well as on review committees for many grant awards and book prizes. He writes a regular column for Forbes.com [forbes.com], and has commented for NPR’s “On the Media,” The Hill, OpenDemocracy, Huffington Post, the BBC, and many others.