Journal article
Silent Exits: Risk and Post-3.11 Skilled Migration from Japan to Australia
N Oishi, I Hamada
Social Science Japan Journal | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyy025
Abstract
The number of Japanese citizens emigrating overseas has been increasing. The total number of overseas Japanese is over 1.3 million, and the number of those who hold permanent residency in other countries hit a record high of 484,150 in 2017. Australia is now the second most popular destination for Japanese permanent residents. What is behind the increase in Japanese emigration, and why has Australia become one of the most popular destinations? In contrast to the common understanding of skilled migration from industrialized countries as being oriented toward better lifestyle, this research found that skilled migrants who left Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima disasters..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study is based on the research project 'Global Talent on the Move: The Case of Japanese SIEs in Australia' (Chief Investigator: Nana Oishi), which was supported by a Faculty of Arts Research Grant from the University of Melbourne in 2016.