JAPAN LABOR BULLETIN

JAPAN LABOR BULLETIN
ISSUED BY THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF LABOUR

Vol.39-No.8

August 2000

CONTENTS

General Survey

White Paper on Gender Equality

Human Resources Management

Update on the Discretionary Work Scheme

International Relations

Record Number of Foreigners Entering Japan Rekindles Debate within Keidanren

Public Policy

New Corporate Breakup Rules and the Law Concerning Succession of Labor Contracts after Spinoffs
Costs of Vocational Training in the Workplace to be Subsidized by the Ministry of Labour

Special Topic

Telework in Japan

JIL News and Information

Statistical Aspects

New Minister of Labour

On July 4, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's second Cabinet took office to form a tripartite coalition government which includes his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), New Komeito and the New Conservative Party. Yoshio Yoshikawa (LDP) was appointed Minister of Labour. Born in 1931, Mr. Yoshikawa is a graduate of Waseda University's School of Political Science and Economics. After serving as a prefectural assembly member in Niigata Prefecture for five terms, he became an Upper House legislator in 1983. Among his other posts, he has served as parliamentary vice-minister of the Science and Technology Agency and the Ministry of Justice, and as chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.


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