CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors and Editors -- Introduction -- Globalization and Global Movements -- Human Movement and Technology -- Dynamics of Migration: Households, Gender and Ethnicity -- Labor Markets and Remittances -- Production and Trade -- Logistics and Transport -- Architects and the Urban Landscape -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 1: Brain Drain, Brain Gain, and Brain Circulation in a Half-GlobalizedWorld Yuan T. Lee -- Reference -- Chapter 2: Transnational Business and Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific Alfonso T. Yuchengco -- The Phenomenon of Globalization -- The Globalist Revival in Our Time -- Beneficiaries of our new episode of globalization -- Transnational Business in a "Flat"World -- This new episode of globalization might give the world economy its biggest stimulus yet -- The Balance of Economic Power is Shifting to the "Emerging Economies" -- The Political Implications of Economic Globalization -- Globalization's Positive Effects on Relationships Between the Big Powers -- Leveraging economic power for political goals -- Diplomacy in this ChangingWorld -- The problem of the economies being left behind -- Economic migrants flowing to the rich countries -- Deadlock in the Doha Round of theWTO -- Small States are Forming Regional Communities to Gain Economies of Scale -- ASEAN-10 plus China conclude a free-trade pact -- The Future of Transnational Business and Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific -- Toward an Asia-Pacific Community -- The Pacific peace will be built on the balance of mutual benefit -- References -- Chapter 3: International Mobility of the Highly Skilled: The Role of the Global Knowledge Network Yasuo Uchida -- The Global Knowledge Economy and Professional Networking -- The Definition of the Highly Skilled -- Brain Circulation in Taiwan -- The International Mobility of the Highly Skilled in Japan.

Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: International Migration in Asia and the Pacific: Key Features and the Role of the United Nations Keiko Osaki -- Contemporary International Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region -- Key Features of International Migration -- Debates on International Migration and Development at the United Nations -- References -- Chapter 5: Globalizing Householding: Toward a Multicultural Age in East Asia Mike Douglass -- The Household and Globalization -- Global Householding in East Asia -- Marriage -- Bearing and adopting children -- Child rearing and education -- Daily household maintenance and reproduction -- Labor migrant and household remittances -- Retirees and the elderly: foreign care givers and retiree emigration from East Asia -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Migration Policy: Major Issues for Japan and Other OECD Countries Susumu Yamagami -- Introduction -- The Current Status of International Migration -- Immigrants in OECD Countries -- Factors Affecting the Migration Policies of OECD Countries -- Immigration Control Policies Undertaken by OECD Countries -- Employer sanctions -- Human smuggling and trafficking -- Increasing numbers of asylum seekers -- Strengthening Immigration Control and Amnesty for Illegal Migrants -- Measures to facilitate the entry of foreign workers -- Measures for security since September 2001 -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: The Occupational and Geographical Locations of Transnational Immigrant Minorities in Japan Tony Fielding -- Introduction: Japan as an Unlikely Country of Immigration -- The Historical Background to Contemporary Japanese Migration -- Japanese Emigration -- "Oldcomer" Immigrants in Japan -- "Newcomer" Immigrants in Japan -- The "New Immigration Model" Applied to Japan -- The model -- The application of the model to Japan -- Limitations of the model.

Implications of the Model for the Occupational Class Locations and Spatial Segregations of Immigrant Minorities in Japan in 2000 -- Koreans -- Chinese -- Filipinos -- Thais -- Other South and South-East Asia -- Brazilians -- Peruvians -- Other foreigners -- To summarize -- Themes which Relate to, and Develop out of, this Research -- Testing the "new immigration model" -- Japanese immigration policy -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Between Privilege and Prejudice: Chinese Immigrants in Corporate Japan's Transnational Economy Gracia Liu-Farrer -- Immigrants and Professionals -- Transnationalism: Blurring the Boundaries Between the High and the Low -- Data and Methodology -- The Making of a Labor Market Niche in the Transnational Economy -- Becoming Transnational Employees -- From school to work -- Transnational engineers and bridge software engineers -- Career Mobility in the Occupational Niche -- Horizontal mobility -- Vertical mobility -- Going home -- Becoming transnational entrepreneurs -- The mobility of corporate Chinese women -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Multicultural Coexistence Policies: Responses of Local Governments in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area to the Pressures of International Immigration Stephen Robert Nagy -- Introduction -- Multicultural Coexistence in Three Areas of Tokyo -- Multicultural coexistence in ShinjukuWard -- Multicultural coexistence in AdachiWard -- Multicultural coexistence in Tachikawa City -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Migration under the Japan-Philippines Free Trade Agreement Michael Angelo A. Cortez -- Introduction -- Factors Affecting the Movement of People -- The Historical Flow and Demographic Profile of Filipino Workers to Japan -- Current Level of Remittances and Volume ofWorkers -- Japan's Aging Population -- Filipino nurses and caregivers.

The Japan-Philippines Free Trade Agreement (FTA) -- Implications and Policy Options Concerning the Movement of People -- Language and cultural training -- Mutual recognition -- Cultural apprehensions -- Domestic regulations - Numerical quotas -- Issues of protection -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 11: International Migration, Brain Drain, and the Philippine Economy's Rocky Road to Development Jose V. Camacho Jr. -- Introduction -- The Philippine Economy and Its Human Resources -- Policies on Overseas Filipino Employment -- The Migration of FilipinoWorkers -- The Migration of Filipino Teachers -- The Migration of Filipino Nurses -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 12: The Growing Role of International Remittances in theVietnamese Economy: Evidence from the Vietnam (Household) Living Standard Surveys Wade Donald Pfau and Thanh Long Giang -- Introduction -- Previous Studies of Overseas Remittances -- Data and Methodology -- Results -- Characteristics of remittance flows in Vietnam -- Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of households with remittances -- Relationship between the senders and receivers of international remittances -- Evidence on spending patterns for remittances -- Impact of international remittances on income inequality in Vietnam -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13: Staying in the Global Economy:A Preliminary ViewofVietnam after the End of theAgreement on Textiles and Clothing John Thoburn -- Introduction -- Vulnerability and the Choice of Vietnam as a Case Study -- Vulnerability: Textiles versus clothing -- The choice of Vietnam -- The Global Textile and Clothing Trade -- Global value chains12 -- Increasing pressures on suppliers -- The End of the MFA and its Consequences -- Predictions about the end of the MFA -- The initial events in 200514 -- Performances of suppliers -- Vietnam.

China -- Conclusions and Reflections -- References -- Chapter 14: Emergence of the Global Development Network in the Personal Computer Industry Yumiko Nakahara -- Introduction -- Globalization and the Networking of R&D Activities -- The Global Production Network -- Changes in the Globalization of R&D Activities -- Locating R&D in developing countries - notably in Asia -- Product development -- Reasons behind Changes in the Globalization of R&D Activities -- The multinationals' side - seeking lower development costs -- The developing countries' side - increasing the endowment of skilled R&D personnel -- The technical background - ICT development and the modularity of computer architecture -- The Emergence of the Global Development Network -- The global development network -- The rising presence of Taiwan -- The effects on the mobility of skilled R&D personnel and technology -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: The Changing Global Environment of Logistics: The Cases of Hakata and Kitakyushu in Japan Hiroshi Hoshino -- Introduction -- Port Competitiveness -- Port Development in Asia -- Strategy of Ports in the Kyushu Region -- Positioning the ports of Hakata and Kitakyushu -- Strategy for growth -- Summary of Findings -- References -- Chapter 16: The Development of China's International Shipping Industries Meilong Le -- China -The Most Rapidly Developing Area in theWorld -- Logistics in China -- Chapter 17: The Future of theWorld's Number One Port- Hong Kong: A Case Study Sunny Ho -- Chapter 18: Impact of Port Security on Liquefied Natural Gas and Container Cargo Movements Paul T.-W. Lee and Young-Tae Chang -- Chapter 19: Transnational Architectural Production in Downtown Beijing Xuefei Ren -- Index.