The Sojourner Community ─ Japanese Migration and Residency in Australia

In Australia, explains Mizukami (sociology, Rikkyo U. Tokyo), there is a long-term discernible pattern of temporary movement related to residency, which serves an important role in the country's economy and culture. He examines in detail foreign residency, in both temporary and permanent forms, of Japanese in Australia. Within the cultural context of Australia, he presents and analyzes data relating to Japanese sojourning, and explains the mechanisms and processes by which it takes place. He thus presents a case study both of foreigners in Australia and of Japanese in foreign countries. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tetsuo Mizukami, Ph.D. in Sociology, Monash University, is Professor of Sociology at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. He has published extensively on Migration Studies and Urban Ethnicity includingIbunkashakaitekio no riron [Theories on Cross-Cultural Adjustment] (Harvest, 1996) andIntegration of Japanese Residents into Australian Society (Japanese Studies Centre, 1993).