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Crossing National Borders: Human Migration Issues in Northeast Asia United Nations University Press is the publishing arm of the United Nations University. UNU Press publishes scholarly and policy-oriented books and periodicals on the issues facing the United Nations and its people and member states, with particular emphasis upon international, regional and trans-boundary policies. The United Nations University is an organ of the United Nations estab- lished by the General Assembly in 1972 to be an international community of scholars engaged in research, advanced training and the dissemination of knowledge related to the pressing global problems of human survi- val, development and welfare. Its activities focus mainly on the areas of peace and governance, environment and sustainable development, and science and technology in relation to human welfare. The University op- erates through a worldwide network of research and postgraduate train- ing centres, with its planning and coordinating headquarters in Tokyo. Crossing national borders Map of Northeast Asia Crossing national borders: Human migration issues in Northeast Asia Edited by Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva United Nations a University Press TOKYO u NEW YORK u PARIS 6 United Nations University, 2005 The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations University. United Nations University Press United Nations University, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8925, Japan Tel: þ81-3-3499-2811 Fax: þ81-3-3406-7345 E-mail: [email protected] General enquiries: [email protected] http://www.unu.edu United Nations University Office at the United Nations, New York 2 United Nations Plaza, Room DC2-2062, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: þ1-212-963-6387 Fax: þ1-212-371-9454 E-mail: [email protected] United Nations University Press is the publishing division of the United Nations University. Cover design by Mea Rhee Printed in Hong Kong UNUP-1117 ISBN 92-808-1117-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crossing national borders : human migration issues in Northeast Asia / edited by Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9280811177 (pbk.) 1. East Asia—Emigration and immigration. 2. East Asia—Emigration and immigration—Statistics. I. Akaha, Tsuneo, 1949– . II. Vassilieva, Anna. JV8756.5.C76 2005 304.80 095—dc22 2005022324 Contents Listoffiguresandtables ............................................. vii Listofcontributors ................................................... x Foreword.............................................................. xii Robert A. Scalapino Acknowledgements ................................................... xiv Listofabbreviations.................................................. xvi Introduction: Crossing national borders . ............................ 1 Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva Part I: Population trends and migration patterns in Northeast Asia ........................................................ 9 1 Population trends and migration patterns in Northeast Asia . 11 Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr., Stephen Lam, Brian Ettkin and Glenn Guarin Part II: Chinese migration to the Russian Far East ................. 45 2 ChineseintheRussianFarEast:Regionalviews ............... 47 Victor Larin vi CONTENTS 3 Migration and economic security: Chinese labour migrants in theRussianFarEast .............................................. 68 Elizabeth Wishnick Part III: Russian, Chinese and Korean communities in Japan ..... 93 4 The Russian presence in contemporary Japan: Case studies in Hokkaido and Niigata ............................................. 95 Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva 5 Chinese migrants in contemporary Japan: The case of Niigata 120 Daojiong Zha 6 KoreansinJapanandShimane................................... 141 Mika Mervio¨ Part IV: Migration issues in the Korean peninsula and Mongolia... 163 7 NorthKoreansinChina:Sortingfactfromfiction............... 165 Hazel Smith 8 The realities of South Korea’s migration policies ............... 191 Shin-wha Lee 9 ForeignmigrationissuesinMongolia ............................ 215 Tsedendamba Batbayar 10 Conclusion: Implications for regional international relations . 236 Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva Index ................................................................... 248 Figures and tables Figures MapofNortheastAsia................................................ ii 1.1 Population size, East Asian and Northeast Asian states: estimatesandprojections,1950–2050......................... 15 1.2 Vital rates and epidemiologic transition, Northeast Asian states: estimates and projections, 1950–2050 . 18 1.3 Population pyramids, Northeast Asian states: estimates and projections,1950–2050......................................... 19 2.1 Chinese tourism in Amur Oblast and Primorskii Krai (000 people), 1997–2003 . ............................ 52 2.2 Chinese visits to Amur Oblast (000 people), 1997–2002 . 53 2.3 Chinese registered in Primorskii Krai by purpose of visit, 2000 ............................................................. 53 2.4 Attitudes towards the idea of ‘‘Chinese expansion’’ in the RussianFarEast,summer2003 ............................... 61 2.5 RFE residents’ attitudes towards different categories of ChinesepeopleinRussia,2003................................ 62 2.6 Future developments in Russia’s relations with Asia-Pacific countries: Views of the southern RFE, summer 2003 . 62 7.1 Map of DPRK provincial boundaries . 168 7.2 Population of North Korea by province and percentage, 2000 ............................................................. 175 vii viii FIGURES AND TABLES Tables 1.1 Recent population data for Northeast Asia states and East Asiastates ...................................................... 12 1.2 Migrationindicators,NortheastAsianstates,1990–2000.... 22 3.1 Population of the Chinese Northeast, 2002 ................... 72 3.2 Full-time employment in north-eastern Chinese provincial capitalscomparedtootherChinesecities,2002 .............. 73 3.3 Reasons for Chinese workers to go to Russian Far East for work............................................................. 73 3.4 Monthly salary of Chinese workers in Russian Far East, 2004 ............................................................. 75 3.5 Occupation of Chinese workers in Russian Far East, 2004 . 75 3.6 Influence of Chinese workers’ experience in RFE on their lifeinChina..................................................... 81 4.1 The number of Russian nationals entering Japan, 1995– 2002 ............................................................. 99 4.2 The number of new Russian visitors to Japan by purpose of entry,2002 ...................................................... 100 4.3 The number of new temporary Russian visitors in Japan, 2002 ............................................................. 100 4.4 The number of registered Russians in Japan by prefecture, end-2003 ........................................................ 101 4.5 The number of Russians registered in Hokkaido, 1991– 2003 (at year-end) . ........................................... 102 4.6 The number of Russians registered in Niigata, 1991–2003 . 103 4.7 The number of Japanese and Russian interviewees and survey subjects in Hokkaido and Niigata City, 2001 and 2003 ............................................................. 106 5.1 RegisteredChineseinNiigata,2001 .......................... 123 5.2 Occupations/professions of Japanese survey respondents . 126 5.3 Age of Japanese survey respondents . ......................... 126 5.4 Highest level of education obtained by Japanese survey respondents ..................................................... 126 6.1 ThelargestconcentrationsofKoreansinShimane,2001 .... 152 6.2 KoreanresidentsinShimane,1913–1990 ..................... 152 6.3 Shimane Korean respondents to 1996 survey ................. 153 6.4 MaritalstatusofKoreansinShimane(%) ................... 154 6.5 Educational background of Koreans in Shimane, 1996 ...... 155 6.6 Respondents’ facility in Korean language (%) ............... 156 6.7 Respondents’ practice of Korean customs at home (%) ..... 157 6.8 Awareness of respondents’ Korean ethnic background among co-workers and neighbours (%), 1996 ................ 157 6.9 EthnicKoreans’useofJapanesealiases(%)................. 158 FIGURES AND TABLES ix 6.10 ShimaneKoreans’plans(%).................................. 159 8.1 OverseasKoreans,2003 ....................................... 194 8.2 TheincreaseinoverseasKoreans,1971–2003................ 195 8.3 Countries with more than 2,000 overseas Koreans, 2003 . 196 8.4 Koreans ‘‘temporarily’’ going abroad, by purpose, 1985– 2001 ............................................................. 196 8.5 OverseasKoreanassociations,1997and2000................ 197 8.6 Educational institutions abroad for overseas Koreans . 201 8.7 Foreign residents in South Korea, 31 December 2002 . 205 8.8 Acceptance of refugees by South Korea, 1994–2003 . 209 9.1 Number of arrivals and departures in Mongolia by country, 2000–2002 . ..................................................... 222 9.2 Outbound Mongolian passengers by point and purpose, 2002 ............................................................. 228 9.3 Mongolian attitudes towards Russians and Chinese (%) . 229 9.4 Mongolian attitudes towards Japanese and Koreans (%) . 229 9.5 Perceived changes in the number of foreigners in Mongolia (%).............................................................. 230 9.6 Desirability of Mongolian
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