Migration is thought to cause sons of the soil conflict, particularly if natives tend to be
unemployed. Using data from India, the authors investigate the causal effect of domestic …

Abstract In May 2012, Japan launched the Point-Based Preferential Immigration Treatment
for Highly-Skilled Professionals system for highly-skilled migrants. This launch is a …

Citizenship eligibility has emerged as a salient issue in Japan as population diversity has
increased and the political system has aligned around debates over regional security and …

This paper examines the political conditions under which individuals are more likely to
oppose immigration. We focus on immigration attitudes in Africa, which has been overlooked …

The psychological theory argues that serious threats cause negative attitudes from ingroups
to outgroups. However, the factors that can reduce such outgroup bias caused by the health …

Taking the term “companion” in a broad sense to include robot caregivers, playmates,
assistive devices, and toys, we examine ethical issues that emerge from designing …

Recent research finds that, for social desirability reasons, uninformed individuals
disproportionately give “neither agree nor disagree” type responses to survey attitude …

What factors shape attitudes toward immigration? Previous studies have typically debated
whether citizens oppose immigration more for economic or cultural reasons. We broaden …

Japan's unusual position in the realm of international politics encapsulates a three-fold
juxtaposition: both in and out of Asia, both occupied by and a close ally of the United States …

This paper argues that Japan needs English, and better English than just knowledge of
grammar and vocabulary. English is the main language of globalisation, and there are clear …