"Japan's Diversity Dilemmas: Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Education" reveals how Japanese society is now in the midst of dramatic transformation brought on by demographic change and globalization. Foreigners are coming to Japan and many more will come in the near future to meet the demands of an economy that needs workers to compensate for an extremely low birth rate. The ramifications of this influx of foreigners into a society that has based its identity on a mythical ethnic purity are enormous.

This book examines the effects of globalization on both new and older ethnic communities. It...