CONTENTS: Preface Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand Introduction: Overview and conceptual approach Supang Chantavanich Japanese immigration policy in a transition Junichi Akashi Trafficking in persons in Japan: Laws and events Yuriko Saito The migration system of low-skilled migrants from northern Thailand to Japan Akiko Kuwajima Migrant workers and wives: Female Thai migrants in Japan Pataya Ruenkaew Thai migrants? access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Japan Kannikar Kijiwatchakul Thai migrants in Japan: Experience and return Kannika Angsuthanasombat Reintegration to Thai society of Thai female returnees with children from Japan Yuko Kato