CONTENTS Vol.36-No.5

General Survey

• Mitsui-Miike Mine Shutdown Proposed - Mine's 120-Year History to End

Working Conditions and the Labor Market

• Employees Seeking New Jobs Top 2 Million Notably Among Young Workers in 1996

Human Resources Management

• Corporate Chiefs Earn Average ¥29.36 Million a Year

Labor-Management Relations

• Private Railway Unions Shift from Central Collective Negotiations to Separate Wage Talks
  - Characteristic of 1997 Spring Wage Talks -

Public Policy

• Ban Lifted on Formation of Holding Companies
• Top Court Dismisses Final Appeal Over Wage Cuts Involving Extended Retirement Age

Special Topic

• Changing Japanese Labor Law in Light of Deregulation Drives: A Comparative Analysis

Statistical Aspects

• Recent Labor Economy Indices
• Trends of Job Separations by Industry

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