Immigration Law and Policy Paradigms: Assessing the Impact and Potential of Japan's International Human Resource Development Nexus

虽然日本政府和有影响力的游说团体继续强调接纳越来越多的高技能外国专业人员的战略意义，但日本移民框架的一个显著特点是，移民作为国际人力资源开发和/或国际贡献的一种手段得到平行发展。注意到智力贡献、国际人力资源开发和技术转让的概念在日本移民框架中的重要性，以及日本省、经济产业省、外务省和厚生省的政策报告，本研究调查了国际能力建设构成日本移民法律政策的主导因素的假设。通过比较分析，进一步验证了这种移民模式在工业化国家中的独特性。

Whilst Japan's Government and influential lobby groups continue to underscore the strategic significance of of admitting an increasing number of highly-skilled foreign professionals, a conspicuous feature of Japan's immigration framework has been the parallel development of immigration as a means of international human resource development and/or international contribution. Noting the importance of the concepts of intellectual contribution, international human resource development, and transfer of technology in Japan's immigration framework, as well as MOJ, METI, MOFA, and MHLW policy reports, this research investigates the hypothesis that international capacity-building constitutes a dominant element of Japan's immigration law an policy. Through comparative analysis, moreover, it test the proposition that such an immigration model is uniques amongst industrialised nations.