In this treatise by veteran Japanese immigration specialist, Hidenori Sakanaka-the former director of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau-proposes sweeping changes to Japan's immigration policy to address the interrelated problems of a rapidly declining population and a decrease in working-age adults.

• Contents
• Translators’ Preface
• Author’s Preface
• Chapter One: The Need for an “Immigration Revolution” and a “Japanese Revolution”
• Chapter Two: The Development of the “Human Community” Concept
• Chapter Three: Politician, Bureaucrat, Revolutionary
• Chapter Four: Japanese Immigration Policy Is Preceded by Global Praise
• Chapter Five: Leader of the National Commitment to Immigration
• Chapter Six: The Spirit of the Japanese-style Immigration Nation
• Chapter Seven: Economics, Finances, and Immigration Policy
• Chapter Eight: Population and Immigrants
• Chapter Nine: The Human Community—Global Citizens—Hybrid Japan
• Chapter Ten: The Return of Japanese Left Behind in North Korea
• Chapter Eleven: The Path Travelled by the Director of the Japan Immigration Policy Institute
• Conclusion
• Contributor Biographies
• Index