Sachi TAKAHATA

Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, School of International Relations, University of Shizuoka

Degree: Ph.D.(Osaka City University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901034007432828
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External link: https://db.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/show/prof429.html

Born in Osaka and grown up in Akita, Japan, Sachi Takahata is a sociologist who have conducted field research on Filipino migrants in Japan since the early 1990's.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Sociology /

Research History

Oct, 2018 - Present

Professor, School of International Relations, University of Shizuoka
Apr, 2011 - Sep, 2018

Associate Professor, School of International Relations, University of Shizuoka
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2011

Associate Professor, Department of Contemporary Sociology, Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2010

Full-time Lecturer, Department of Contemporary Sociology, Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
Apr, 1995 - Mar, 2006

Part-time Lecturer, Osaka University of Foreign Studies
Apr, 2001 - Mar, 2004

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Education

Apr, 1995 - Mar, 2001

Major in Sociology, Graduate School of Arts and Letters,, Osaka City University,
Apr, 1991 - Mar, 1994

Major in South Asian Languages and Area Studies, Graduate School of Foreign Studies,, Osaka University of Foreign Studies,
Apr, 1987 - Mar, 1991

Department of English, School of Foreign Studies,, Osaka University of Foreign Studies,

Committee Memberships

Jun, 2016 - Present

Member, Qualification Screening Committee, Japanese Association for Social Research
May, 2022 - May, 2025

Member, Editorial Committee, Kansai Sociological Association
May, 2022 - May, 2025

Executive Committee Member, Kansai Sociological Association
Jun, 2022 - May, 2024

Member, Editorial Committee, Japanese Association for Social Research
May, 2022 - May, 2024

Member, Editorial Committee, Sociological Society of West Japan
Dec, 2015 - Nov, 2023

Member, International Committee, Japan Sociological Association
May, 2021 - May, 2023

Secretary General, Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
May, 2019 - May, 2023

Executive Committee Member, Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
Oct, 2018 - Nov, 2021

Member, Research Activities Committee, Japan Sociological Society
Oct, 2017 - Sep, 2021

Member, International Committee, Japan Association for Urban Sociology
May, 2019 - May, 2021

Editorial Committee Member, Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
Oct, 2015 - Sep, 2019

Member, Editorial Committee, Japan Association for Urban Sociology
Oct, 2018 - May, 2019

Member, Planning Committee, Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
Mar, 2016 - Sep, 2018

Member, Special Committee for Internationalization, Japan Sociological Association
Mar, 2016 - Sep, 2018

国際発信強化のための特別委員会委員, 日本社会学会
Oct, 2010 - Sep, 2015

Member, International Committee, Japan Association for Urban Sociology

Awards

Dec, 2020

Outstanding Researcher Award, President's Commendation to Outstanding Researchers for SY2019 Teacher EvaluationAward, University of Shizuoka

Sachi TAKAHATA
Mar, 2015

Outstanding Researcher Award, President's Commendation to Outstanding Researchers for SY2013 Teacher Evaluation, University of Shizuoka

Sachi TAKAHATA
Nov, 2011

"Society and Research" Award, "Survey on Filipino Caregivers in Japan" (JASR Journal, 2010, No.4, pp.26-33), Japanese Association for Social Research

Sachi Takahata

Papers

"Ageing of Filipino Marriage Immigrants in Japan: On Whether to Remain in Japan or Return to the Philippines in Their Later Years"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The Annual Review of Migration Studies, (29) 29-41, Jun, 2023 InvitedLead author
"The Filipino Community in Japan Today: Aging and Single Households of Marriage Immigrants and Multi-Generational Residence of Nikkei"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Journal of the Sociological Society of West Japan, (19-20) 13-22, Apr, 2022 InvitedLead author
"Latin American Schools in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan: A Focus on Issues in Japanese Language Education"

Sachi TAKAHATA, Kaoru MIZUNO

Journal of International Behavioral Studies, (15) 65-76, Oct, 2021 InvitedLead author
"Female Migrant Workers in Entertainment and Caregiving Industries: Experiences of Filipinos in Japan"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Annual Review of Labor Sociology, (31) 30-57, Oct, 2020 InvitedLead author
"Research on those with Less Japanese Literacy: Findings from 2018 Survey on the Needs of Public Junior High School's Evening Course in Shizuoka Prefecture"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Advances in Social Research, (24) 18-25, Mar, 2020 InvitedLead author
"Filipino Nikkei Workers in the Fish Processing Industry in Yaizu City, Shizuoka, Japan: Focus on the Process of Migration and Employment"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Migration Policy Review, 11 47-59, May, 2019 Invited
"Filipino Migrants as Caregivers in Japan: Alternative Way of Gaining Social Reputation"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Journal of Comparative Family History, 33 8-31, Mar, 2019 Invited
"The Replacement Phenomenon of the Ethnic Composition of Migrant Workers in the Tokai Region, Japan: A Case Study of Fish Processing Workers in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The Annals of Japan Association for Urban Sociology, (36) 147-163, Sep, 2018 Peer-reviewed
"A Study on Court Interpreters' Work: Based on Surveys Conducted in 2012 and 2017"

Naoka MORI, Kaoru MIZUNO, Sachi TAKAHATA, Shizuka SAKAMAKI

Studies in Comparative Culture, 131 1-11, Apr, 2018
"Working Style of Filipino Caregivers in Japan: Focus on Marriage Immigrants and Certified Care Worker Candidates under the EPA Scheme"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The Bulletin of the Society for the Study of Working Women, (62) 63-78, Mar, 2018 Invited
"Issues for the Future Study of Filipino Immigrants in Japan: A Review of Literature since the 2000's"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Social Theory and Dynamics, (2) 122-138, Mar, 2018 Peer-reviewed
"Career Aspirations of Japan-based Youths with Filipino Heritage: Findings from Survey and Case Studies"

Matsuo TAMAKI, Sachi TAKAHATA, Maria Rosario, Piquero-BALLESCAS

Journal of the Faculty of International Studies, Utsunomiya University, (42) 133-159, Feb, 2017
"Filipino Women in Sakishima Islands, Okinawa: Their Lives as Marriage Migrants"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Immigration Studies, (11) 37-54, Mar, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Can Certified Care Workers Become Long-term Settlers?: Case Study of 49 Filipinos under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement

Sachi Takahata

International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 25(1) 27-39, Mar 1, 2016 Peer-reviewed
"Filipino Migrants in the Areas of Population Decline: Focus on Marriage Migrants and New Nikkeis"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture, 13(2) 1-19, Mar, 2015
"The 1.5-generation Filipinos in Japan: Japan as the Land of Settlement or the Steppingstone"

Sachi TAKAHATA, Megumi HARA

Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture, 13(1) 21-39, Sep, 2014
"Foreign Care Workers in Underpopulated Areas and Local Cities: Follow-up Research on 49 Certified Filipino Care Worker Candidates under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The Annals of Japan Association for Urban Sociology, (32) 133-148, Sep, 2014 Peer-reviewed
"2012 Court Interpreters in Japan Survey: A General Overview of the Results"

Sachi TAKAHATA, Kaoru Mizuno, Mamoru Tsuda, Shizuka Sakamaki, Naoka Mori

Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture, 12(1) 177-189, Sep, 2013
"Issues for the Future Study on Filipino Migrants in Japan towards the Aging of the First Generation: A Review of Literature since the 2000's"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Riron to Dotai (Social Theory and Dynamics), (5) 60-78, Oct, 2012 Peer-reviewed
"The 1.5-Generation Filipinos in Japan: Youths Straddling between Education and Employment"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture, 11(1) 291-302, Sep, 2012

Misc.

Research Note: "2022 Court Interpreters Survey Result: A Comparative Analysis with the 2012 and 2017 Survey Results"

Shizuka SAKAMAKI, Sachi TAKAHATA, Naoka MORI

Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture, 22(2) 55-70, Mar, 2024
"30 Years of Exploring the Filipino Community in Japan"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Inclusive City, (3), Mar, 2024 InvitedLead author
"The original landscape of the Tens of Thousands"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Be My Gues, Be My Baby (theatrical movie pamphlet), 3-4, Nov, 2023 InvitedLead author
"Pioneer of Migrants No.41: Stefanie Arianne, An Actress with a Story to Tell"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Migration Network, (230) 3-5, Oct, 2023 InvitedLead author
"Changes in the Framework for Employing Foreign Care Workers in Japan and Its Evaluation: A Focus on Filipinos"

Sachi TAKAHATA, Michiyo YONENO-REYES

Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture, 22(1) 145-166, Sep, 2023 Lead author
"The Multinationalization of Foreign Caregivers: Professionalization and Recruitment Challenges"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Migration Network, (229) 10-11, Aug, 2023 InvitedLead author
"Ageing of Filipino Marriage Migrants in Japan: Focus on Their Relationship with Children"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Migrants Network, (227) 10-11, Apr, 2023 InvitedLead author
Research Note: "Intrahousehold Care of Filipino Marriage Migrants: Narratives from 78 People Living in the Kansai Region, Japan"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Inclusive City, (2) 31-38, Mar, 2023 InvitedLead author
Book review: "Foreign Care Workers in Taiwan: Selection by Employers, Agents and Workers and its Consequent Issues"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research, (770) 59-62, Dec, 2022 InvitedLead author
"Pioneer of Migrants No.36: Cristina Ito, The Entrepreneurship is to Deliver Her Own Words"

Sachi Takahata

Migration Network, 224 3-5, Oct, 2022 InvitedLead author
"Toward the Retention of Foreign Human Resources in the Nursing Care Industry in Japan: Key Points of Acceptance System and Management"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Monthly Welfare, 105(8) 50-53, Jul, 2022 InvitedLead author
New Book Introduction: Yuko Hirano and Michiyo Yoneno (eds.), "Foreign Nurses: What Has the EPA-based Scheme of Receiving Them Brought about?"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The Annual Review of Migration Studies, 28 135-135, Jun, 2022 InvitedLead author
Book review: "Repatriation, Expulsion, and Remnants: A Comparative Study of Postwar International Ethnic Migration"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Journal of the Sociological Society of West Japan, (19-20) 95-96, Apr, 2022 InvitedLead author
Research Note: "A Development of Transnational Mutual and Public Assistance for Migrants during the Spread of COVID-19: Cases of Chinese, Filipinos and Vietnamese from the Perspective of Support Groups"

SAIHANJUNA, Sachi TAKAHATA, Kimi YAMOTO

The Annual Review of Multicultural Studies, 19 69-80, Mar, 2022
"Preliminary Reflections on the Changes in Judicial Interpretation under the COVID-19 Pandemic Situation"

MORI, Naoka, Kaoru MIZUNO, Sachi TAKAHATA, Shizuka SAKAMAKI

Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture, 20(2) 105-118, Mar, 2022
Book Review: Mika Hasebe, "Narratives of Marriages Migrants: International Migration of Indochinese Refugee Families"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Japanese Sociological Review, 72(3) 384-386, Dec, 2021 InvitedLead author
"'Care Work' in the Life History of Filipino Marriage Immigrants in Japan

Sachi TAKAHATA

POSSE, (50) 50-59, Nov, 2021 InvitedLead author
"Pioneer of Migrants No.31: Kateryn Cabalatungan, Shizuoka's Diva who Popped out of Karaoke Contest"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Migration Network, (218) 3-5, Oct, 2021 InvitedLead author
Research Note: "The Aging of Foreign Residents in Shizuoka Prefecture: Issues in the Lives of 141 Respondents Aged 60 and Over in the 2020 Shizuoka Prefecture’s Basic Survey on Multicultural Conviviality"

Sachi Takahata

Journal of International Relations and Comparative Culture, 20(1) 113-127, Oct, 2021 Lead author
"Pioneer of Migrants No.26: A Driver's License Will Change Your Life"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Migration Network, (212) 3-5, Oct, 2020 InvitedLead author

Books and Other Publications

Introduction to Family Sociology in Relation to the Contemporary Issues

Akiko Yamashita, Rio Yoshitake (Role: Contributor, (pp.157-176) "Migrants and Their Family: Cases of Filipino Marriage Migrants")

Gakubun-sha Publishing Co., Mar, 2024 (ISBN: 9784762032554)
Religion and Ethnicity (Iwanami Sociology Seminar #3)

Akihiro KITADA, Masahiko KISHI, Jun-ya TSUTSUI (Role: Contributor, (pp.175-193) "Changes in Countries of Origin of Foreign Workers in the Minimum Wage Labor Market: A Case Study of the Seafood Processing Industry in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture")

Iwanami Publishing Co., Oct, 2023 (ISBN: 9784000114431)
Building Multicultural Communities in Small Centres and Rural Areas

Tsuyoshi TOKUDA, Yuko NIKAIDO, Yumiko KAISHO (Role: Contributor, (pp.161-170) "Filipino Communities in the Kansai Region: From the First Landing Place to the Mutual Support Network in Their Later Years")

Koyo Shobo Publishing Co., Oct, 2023 (ISBN: 9784771037779)
Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan

Tanaka, Kimiko, Helaine Selin (Role: Contributor, (pp.141-153) Sachi Takahata, Frieda Joy Angelica Olay Ruiz, "Japanese Society in the Eyes of Immigrant Families: Focus on the Survival Strategy of Filipino Single Mothers")

Springer, Jul, 2023 (ISBN: 9783031363306) Peer-reviewed
2022 Court Interpreters in Japan Survey Report

Sachi TAKAHATA, Shizuka Sakamaki, Naoka Mori, Kaoru Mizuno (Role: Joint author)

University of Shizuoka Court Interpreters Research Team, Mar, 2023
Transnational Sociology, 2nd Edition

MIYAJIMA, Takashi, Shigeki Sato, Chiho Ogaya (Role: Contributor, (pp.82-95) "Transition of Family at the Era of Globalization")

Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Mar, 2023 (ISBN: 9784641174825)
Mapping Out Approaches for Home Care Problems

DOHZONO, Toshihiko, Masumi Sumita, Fuminao Kitanishi, Michitaro Nakamura (Role: Contributor, (pp.84-90) "Japanese are cold-hearted" (co-authored with Yukari Amano))

Ishiyaku Publishers, Inc., Mar, 2023 (ISBN: 9784263732120)
"Readings for Basic Regional Sociology"

YAMAMOTO, Tsutomu (Role: Contributor, pp.178-187 "10-1 The Increase in the Number of Foreigners in Japan and Multicultural Conviviality"; "10-2 The Transformation of Ethnic Towns: Okubo, Tokyo"; "10-3 Foreign Residents and Communities in Downtown Tokyo"; "10-4 Housing Complexes with Elderly Japanese and Foreign Families"; and "10-5 Harmony in Diversity -The Knot of Ethnic Relations")

Minerva Shobo Publishing Co., Mar, 2022
A Portrait of Society from the Viewpoint of People's Life

Japan Sociological Association for Social Analysis (supervised), Tadashi INAZUKI, Kazunori KAKU, Atsushi MAKINO, Kazuto MISUMI (eds.) (Role: Contributor, (pp.197-214) "Group Participation by Filipino Marriage Migrants in Japan")

Gakubun-sha Publishing Co., Mar, 2022
Language Communities in Japan

Maher, John C (ed.) (Role: Contributor, (pp.147-155) "Filipino: a Nationwide Migrant Language and Culture")

Oxford University Press, Feb, 2022
Ethnic Enclaves in Contemporary Japan

Yoshitaka Ishikawa (Role: Contributor, (pp.99-123) "Filipino Enclaves as Products of Migration Industry: Cases in a Big City’s Downtown and a Port City’s Coastal Area")

Springer, Apr, 2021 (ISBN: 9789813369948) Peer-reviewed
Challenge for the Social Reconstruction: Locality, Diversity and Future

Tomio TANI, Tadashi INAZUKI, Sachi TAKAHATA (Role: Joint editor, pp.247-263. "Aging of the Filipino Migrants in Japan: Reorganized Immigrant Community and Their Mutual Help")

Minerva Shobo Publishing Co., Oct, 2020
Migrant Community at the Time of Change: Time, Space and Social Strata

Hiroshi Komai, Masao Kobayashi (Role: Contributor, pp.68-76 "Filipino Women: from a Church-based Gathering of Marriage Migrants to Proximity Residences of Relatives")

Akashi Publishing Co., Jul, 2020
Community-based Multiculturalism: Findings from the Practices in Toyonaka City, Osaka Japan

Association for, Toyonaka Multicultural Symbiosis (Role: Contributor, pp.227-228 "Aging of Filipino Women in Japan and its Concerned Issues")

Akashi Shoten Publishing Co., Mar, 2019 (ISBN: 9784750348278)
Working for the Community Development with Foreign-born Citizens: a Community-based Perspective

Co-edited by, Tsuyoshi TOKUDA, Yuko Nikaido, Yumiko Kaisho (Role: Contributor, pp.82-96 "Brazilians and Filipinos in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Japan: Focus on Educational Issues")

Koyo Shobo Publishing Co., Feb, 2019 (ISBN: 9784771031494)
Mapping Foreign Residents in Japan (Revised Edition)

Edited by, Yoshitaka ISHIKAWA (Role: Contributor, p.14 "Residential Trends by Nationality (2) Chinese, Brazilians, Filipinos", p.60 "Ethnic segregation in specific cities (4) Kobe, Hiroshima, Fukuoka")

Nakanishiya Publishing Co., Jan, 2019 (ISBN: 9784779513497)
Migrant Workers in the Changing Industrial Structure

Supervised by, Hiroshi KOMAI, edited by, Katsuhiko TSUZAKI (Role: Contributor, "Migrant Workers in the Process of Professionalizing 'Care'")

Akashi Shoten Publishing Co., Jun, 2018 (ISBN: 9784750346854)
Thinking Beyond the State: Migration, Integration, Citizenship in Japan and the Philippines

Edited by Johanna ZULUETA (Role: Contributor, pp. 255-280 "Migrant Women in a Big City Entertainment Area: What Have Filipino Women Changed in Sakae-Higashi Area, Naka Ward, Nagoya City, 2002–2016?")

Manila: De La Salle University Press, Mar, 2018 (ISBN: 9789715556569)
The Frontier of Migration Policies: Reconsidering the Progress and Challenges in Japan

Editorial Committee for the, h Anniversary Book of JAMPS, Japan, Association for Migration, Policy Studies (Role: Contributor, pp.83-87 "Nikkei Filipinos")

Akashi Shoten Publishing Co., Mar, 2018 (ISBN: 9784750346526)
2017 Court Interpreters in Japan Survey Report

Sachi Takahata, Kaoru Mizuno, Shizuka Sakamaki, Naoka Mori (Role: Joint author)

University of Shizuoka Court Interpreters Research Team, Dec, 2017

Presentations

102

"Support for the Settlement of Skilled Workers and their Families: Collaboration of Public, Private, Industry, Academia and the Local Community"

Sachi TAKAHATA

2023 Digital Forum "Recent Increase of Foreign Residents in Japan and New Agenda for the Cooperation of Stakeholders in Local Community", Feb 9, 2024, Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau Invited
"Nikkei-jin Workers and Technical Interns in the Seafood Processing Industry in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Study Group Seminar of the Kansai and Chubu Region, Japan Society for Multicultural Relations, Nov 25, 2023, Japan Society for Multicultural Relations Invited
"Beauty and Safety from the Perspective of Immigrant Women: In an Age of Settlement and Aging of Immigrants"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Lifelong Health Science Festival Symposium "Living Beautifully and Safely in the New Era", Nov 18, 2023, University of Shizuoka Invited
Designated Discussant for Workshop "Judicial Interviewing with Diverse Language Speakers"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The 24th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Law and Psychology, Oct 21, 2023 Invited
"Who Will Care for Foreign Care Workers: A Case Study of Shizuoka Prefecture's Foreign Care Worker Retention Support"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The 2nd meeting of "Multiculturalism and Caregiving" Study Group, "Receiving and Training Foreign Care Workers", Oct 1, 2023, "Multiculturalism and Caregiving" Study Group Invited
"30 Years of Exploring the Filipino Community in Japan"

Sachi TAKAHATA

The 3rd Annual Inclusive City Workshop in Fukuoka, Sep 22, 2023 Invited
"Ageing of Filipino Marriage Migrants in Japan: Objective and Outline of Joint Research"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Panel Session "Aging Filipino Women in Japan: Narratives of 82 Residents in the Kansai Region" at the 28th Annual Philippine Studies Forum in Japan, Sep 10, 2023
"Intersectionality among Migrant Women in Need of Care: A Case Study of Filipino Marriage Migrants in their 50s and over Living in the Kansai Region, Japan"

Sachi TAKAHATA

41st Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Urban Sociology, Sep 6, 2023
"Filipino Marriage Immigrants' Strategies for Reading and Writing 'Japanese': Focus on the Social Network to Request Reading and Writing for Them"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Japanese Literacy for Foreign Residents Project 2023 Research Meeting "The Tough and Flexible Language Lives of Foreign Residents in Japan", Aug 26, 2023, ”Research on the Literacy of Immigrants in Japan” Project of the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics Invited
Discussant to the panel "The Arts and Cultural Practices in Japan and Singapore: Focusing on Migrant Narratives" (recorded presentation)

Sachi TAKAHATA

Asia in Motion: Memory, Preservation and Documentation, 2023 Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Jun 26, 2023, Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Invited
"Initiatives to Retain Filipino Care Workers: A Case Study in Shizuoka Prefecture"

Sachi TAKAHATA

33rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Migration Studies, Jun 25, 2023
Filipino Migrants Center in Nagoya City and its Impact on the Filipinos in Tokai (Chubu) Region of Japan

Sachi TAKAHATA

Book Launching of "22 Taong Kaagapay ng Filipino Migrants Center", May 14, 2023, Filipino Migrants Center Nagoya, Japan Invited
"When Will Filipinos Stop Caregiving in Japan?: Insights from the Filipino Involvement in Care Workplace from the 2000s to 2020s"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Workshop: Gender and Migration in Aging Societies, May 12, 2023, The Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo Invited
"Filipinos in Tokai (Chubu) Region of Japan: Focus on the Filipino Migrants Center in Nagoya City"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Ugnayan sa Aichi: Open Forum with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, Mar 18, 2023, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Nagoya International Center Invited
"Filipino Marriage Migrants in the Osaka Metropolitan Area in their 50s and Over: Focusing on their Relationship with Local Communities"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Symposium "Aging and Multicultural Diversity: The Place of Migrants in Asia's Aging Societies", Jan 29, 2023 Invited
"Filipino Marriage Migrants as Re-skilled Workers in Japan"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Colloquium: "Who Cares for Japan's Aging Society? How Are Immigrant Nurses and Care Workers Faring in Japan?", Nov 16, 2022, Center for Japanese Studies and Center for Southeast Studies, University of California, Berkeley Invited
"The Updates and Issues of 'Multicultural Society' in Japan"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Symposium "In Search of Community-Based Multicultural Society in Japan", Aug 1, 2022, Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Hokkaido University of Education, Komatsu University, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture Invited
"Ageing of Filipino Marriage Migrants in Japan: In Search for the Place to Live after Retirement"

Sachi TAKAHATA

79th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Migration Studies, Jun 25, 2022 Invited
"Study Session for Medical Interpreters and Foreign Supporters to Prevent the Spread of New Coronavirus Infections"

Mayumi MAENO, Hanayo HARA, Sachi TAKAHATA, Miyuki NAGAKURA, Keisuke IWASAKI, Nobuo ENOMOTO

36th Meeting in East Japan, Japan Association for International Health, May 14, 2022
"Increase of Migrants in Japan, Decrease of Court Interpreters"

Sachi TAKAHATA

Panel discussion of the 2nd Symposium on Multicultural Society "Judicial Interpretation: How the Barrier can be Removed", Dec 18, 2021, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Invited

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Aging of Female Marriage Migrants in Japan: A Focus on Filipinos

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025
An International Comparative Study on Immigrant Women's Life-world Changes in the Context of COVID-19

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2025

Saihanjuna, Kimi YAMOTO, Sachi TAKAHATA
A Stategraphical Approach to Migration Policies: Focusing on the Public Employees as Cultural Translators

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jul, 2021 - Mar, 2023

Itaru NAGASAKA
A Geographical Analysis on the Residential Concentration of Migrants from the Perspective of Spatial Assimilation and Heterolocalism

Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2021

Yoshitaka ISHIKAWA
Future "Lower Class" or " Global Human Capital" -Aiming to Ensure Access to Education for Foreign Students in Japan after Junior High School Graduation

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2019

TAMAKI MATSUO, Kohatsu Jose
A Comparative Study of Marriage Migration to Remote Islands: Focus on Filipino Women

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Naomi NOIRI
"Reversal Phenomenon" of Migrant Workers in Tokai Area, Japan: from Brazilians to Filipinos

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Sachi TAKAHATA
Future "Underclass" or "Global Human Resource"?: Security of the Educational Rights of Migrant Children in Japan

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2019

Matsuo TAMAKI
Foreign Caregivers and Nurses and their Impact on the Local Labor Market

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

Hiroo KAMIYA
General Study on the Human Migration and Social Integration in East Asia in the 20th Century

Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS, Oct, 2013 - Mar, 2018

Shinzo ARARAGI
The Structure and its Transformation of the Urban Poor in Metro Manila, Philippines: From Over-urnabized City to Global City

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017

Hideo AOKI
The Transnational Human Migration in Sakishima Islands, Okinawa: A Focus on Filipinio Women

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2016

Naomi NOIRI
An Interdisciplinary Study of Judicial Interpretation

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2016

Kaoru MIZUNO
Analysis of Promoting Actors for Further Education of Immigrant Children: Case Study in Mie Prefecture

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

ENARI Miyuki, FUJIMOTO Hisashi, FUKUMOTO Taku, TAKAHATA Sachi, NAGAO Naohiro, OCHANTE Murai Rosa Mercedes
A Comparative Study of the Construction of Social Life by the 1.5-Generation Filipino Migrants

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

Itaru NAGASAKA
A Study on Organizing the Workers of Unstable Employment in the time of Globalization

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

Jeong -sil, MOON
A Study for the Collaboration of Guardians, School Teachers and Concerned Citizens for the Education of Foreign-born Children

Grant-in-Aid for Scietific Research, JSPS, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2015

Chihiro TSUCHIYA
An Interdisciplinary Study for Supporting the Adjustment of Foreign Caregivers in the Areas of Decreasing Population

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2015

Sachi TAKAHATA
Study on sending and receiving system of nurses and careworkers in Southeast Asia: Mainly with the cases of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Nov, 2011 - Mar, 2014

OKUSHIMA Mika, IKEDA Mitsuho, ISHIKSWA Yoko, SUZUKI Nobue, NAGAI Fumio, TAKAHATA Sachi, HATTORI Mina
The Job, Feminization and Citizenship of Filipinos in Japan

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2014

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