Japanese migration & settlement patterns

This work was originally funded by the British Council and the Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst, and has been carried out with Günther Glebe of the University of Düsseldorf. The research has involved the analysis of census and registration data, interviews with key individuals (particularly in the housing market), and questionnaires involving Japanese residents.

The primary focus has been on settlement in London and Düsseldorf, but further work has been done on the Japanese as a diaspora group. Recent publications resulting from this research theme include the following:

• White, P.E. (2003). The Japanese in Latin America: on the uses of diaspora. International Journal of Population Geography, 9(4), 309-322.
  doi:10.1002/ijpg.289
• White, P.E. and Hurdley, L. (2003). International migration and the housing market: Japanese corporate movers in London. Urban Studies, 40(4), 687-706.
  doi:10.1080/0042098032000065254
• Goodman, R., Peach, C., Takenaka, A. and White, P.E. (eds.) (2003). Global Japan: The Experience of Japan's New Immigrants and Overseas Communities, Routledge Curzon, London. ISBN: 0415297419
• Glebe, G., Hurdley, L., Montag, B. and White, P.E. (1999). Investment-led migration and the distribution of Japanese in Germany and Great Britain. Espace, Populations, Sociétes, 1999(3), 425-437.
• Hurdley, L. and White, P.E. (1999). Japanese economic activity and community growth in Great Britain. Revue Europénne des Migrations Internationales, 15(1), 101-120.