List of Tables and Figures - Acknowledgements - List of Contributors -PART 1: INTRODUCTION - Opposing Visions: Migration and Citizenship Policies in Japan and the United States; M.Weiner - PART 2: THE CHALLENGE OF MIGRANT INCORPORATION IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES - Historical Conditions in the United States for Assimilating Immigrants; R.Ueda - The Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States; N.Glazer - A History of Japanese Emigration and Immigration, 1860s-1990s; M.Tsuchida - The Challenge of Incorporating Foreigners in Japan: 'Ethnic Japanese' and 'Sociological Japanese'; T.Kajita - PART 3: DO JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES NEED MIGRANTS? - Does Japan Need Immigrants?; K.Koshiro - The Economic Consequences of Immigration: The United States and Japan; B.Chiswick - PART 4: RIGHTS AND BENEFITS - Japanese Policies on the Rights and Benefits of Foreign Workers, Residents and Illegals; T.Hanami - The Legal Rights of Citizens and Aliens in the United States; P.H.Schuck - PART 5: GERMANY'S MIGRATION POLICIES THROUGH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE EYES - What We Can Learn from the German Experiences Concerning Foreign Labour; Y.Iguchi - The Perils and Promise of Pluralism: Lessons from the German Case for Japan; T.U.Berger - PART 6: CONTROLLING MIGRATION - Japan's Dilemma: Can International Migration be Controlled?; Y.Kuwahara - Appearances and Realities: Controlling Illegal Immigration in the United States; W.R.Cornelius - PART 7: REFUGEE AND ASYLUM POLICIES - Japan's Responses to Refugees and Political Asylum-Seekers; I.Takeda - US Responses to Refugees and Asylum-Seekers'; M.Teitelbaum - Index