I think it is interesting that while there were immigrants from different areas in Asia in Japan there are certain areas in the workforce where a certain nationality was most preset. For example, Bangladeshis ins the printing industry and Chinese in the restaurant business similarly the Filipina sex workers and Korean hostesses. With the women working in the sex industry, there is also a trend with perhaps the color of their skin as the Korean hostesses worked in higher well-established and expensive establishments and the Filipinos worked in lower level establishments still within the sex industry.
I also thought it was interesting that the consensus of why the Japanese didn’t want as many foreign workers was because it would disturb the organization the country had. In the ready there is talk about Japan not being as unique as is was because then it would have people from all over much like many other countries. In addition, there was a general concern of disrupted social order with the inclusion of foreign workers which I think is tied to the idea from earlier readings of a strong Japanese pride in nationality which they want to protect.
On the flip side of Japanese migrating to other places to work I thought it was interesting that one of the places that they resided in was Hawaii which is another island area. This makes me think if the reason being was to be in an area that in a way resembled home as many Japanese decided to stay in Hawaii and continue to live their today. I was also surprised that most of the jobs that the Japanese had abroad were in farms and plantations which is different from the jobs that migrants from other countries going to Japan had. The work in the farms and migrations seemed more labor intensive than the jobs that immigrants entering Japan were having in restaurant and hostess jobs or cleaning jobs.
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