Foreigners in Japan

Download or read book Foreigners in Japan written by Gopal Kshetry and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-12-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan began to fascinate the West after the account of Marco Polos sojourn in China. This set off an interest in the oriental world. The Portuguese, being the first, arrived in Japan in 1543 which was followed by others. The experience Japan had with Europeans put upon itself isolation for about 200 years. After the forceful opening by Mathew Perry in 1853, many Westerners again began to arrive in Japan. Later during the 1980s, there was an influx of migrant workers which become a hot topic of debate. The book throws much light onto the historical background as well as the events that lead up to the present state of affairs in relation to issues of discrimination, crimes and problems related to foreigners.