Information from IOM Office in Japan which is available in English.

IOM's Role in Japan
  • To strengthen cooperation with Japan in support of displaced people and migrants world-wide
    Japan supports following activities of IOM:
    • Humanitarian and reconstruction assistance in Iraq
    • IDP assistance in Timor Leste
    • South Asia Earthquake response in Pakistan
    • IDP assistance in Sudan
    • Response to the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia and Sri Lanka ,etc.
  • To assist Japan in meeting migration challenges
  • Voluntary return and reintegration assistance to the victims of trafficking found in Japan
  • To promote international cooperation on migration issues
  • To provide migration services for migrants

Internship at IOM Japan

 Currently, IOM Japan is not recruiting interns nor volunteers.

Events

 Open Seminar on Counter-Trafficking (28 Sep 2006)
Preventing trafficking in human beings:
- Lessons learnt, best practices and new perspectives - more info→

Symposia
  • Symposium on Refugee Resettlement (5 Feb 2009)
    Organizer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
    Co-Organizer: International Organization for Migration (IOM) more info→

  • Annual Joint Symposium on Migration:
    "Current and Future Migration Challenges: Stakeholders Viewpoints"(28 Aug 2008)
    Organized by International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations University (UNU) more info→

Reports (PDF) in both English and Japanese are available in the "Publications" section.
List of Symposium Reports→
  • International Symposium on Foreign Residents and Their Integration in Japan:
    Reflections on Experiences of European Countries and Challenges Facing Communities in relation to Japanese Descendants from Brazil (25 Mar 2008)
    Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Shizuoka prefecture and IOM more info→

  • Symposium: Issues Surrounding Foreign Residents in Japan
    -International Experiences in Migrant Integration and Challenges Facing Japan- (9 Mar 2007)
    Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and IOM more info→

  • Symposium on “How Should Japan Respond to the Issues of Foreigners?"
    -Towards the integration of foreigners into Japanese society- (10 Mar 2006)
    Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and IOM

  • Symposium on “How Should Japan Respond to the Issues of Foreigners?
    Drawing on the Experiences of Other Countries –Issues and Responses” (9 Feb 2005)
    Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and IOM
    　
  • Symposium on “Cross-Border Movement of Natural Persons:
    Economic Partnership Agreement and Acceptance of Foreign Workers” (27 July 2004)
    Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and IOM

Publications

 Reports and information materials issued by IOM Japan (mainly in Japanese)
Publications→