JAPAN LABOR BULLETIN
ISSUED BY THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF LABOUR
Vol.40-No.2
February 2001
CONTENTS
General Survey
The EPA Releases Its 2000
White Paper on the National Lifestyle
Management and Coordination Agency's 1999
Survey on Service Industries
IT Basic Law Enacted
Working Conditions and the Labor Market
End to the Decline in Rate of Promised Employment
International Relations
ILO Recommendation concerning the Hiring of Former JNR Workers
Special Topic
Labor Law Issues Relating to Business Reorganization in Japan
IIRA 12th World Congress Report
Asia in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities in Work and Labor
JIL News and Information
Globalization and Japan the Labor Angle: Seminars in Two U.K. Cities in Response to Increased Investment in the Japanese Market
Statistical Aspects
Recent Labor Economy Indices
The Number of Employees and the Number of Establishments in the Service Industries
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