Chinese students are the largest international student population in the world, and Japan attracts more of them than any other country. Since the mid-1980s over 300 thousand Chinese have arrived in Japan and the majority of them enter Japan's labour market. This book investigates this educationally channelled labour migration.

Chinese students are the largest international student population in the world, and Japan attracts more of them than any other country. Since the mid-1980s when China opened the door to let private citizens out and Japan began to let more foreigners in, over 300 thousand Chinese have arrived in Japan as students. Student migrants are the most visible, controversial and active Chinese immigrants in Japan. The majority of them enter Japan's labour market and many have stayed on indefinitely. Based on the author's original fieldwork data and government statistics, this book gives a comprehensive...