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Japan Labor Review

The Japan Labor Review is a quarterly journal of research in the field of labor studies. For the purpose of providing valuable information on Japanese labor issues to the broad range of overseas readers, articles are selected, edited, and published by an editorial board of the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training.

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Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2010
Special Edition: *Current Situation of Japan's Benefit Programs*		(1.1MB)
Introduction		Kazuya Ogura (383KB)
Articles
	Current Situation and Future Direction of Employee Benefits	Koji Nishikubo (568KB)
	Various Issues Concerning Labor Legislation Relating to Welfare Benefits	Takayasu Yanagiya (504KB)
	Current Situation and Issues of Healthcare for Employees: Based on Analysis of Recent Trend and Cases	Yasuo Murasugi (528KB)
	Current Situation and Issues of Retirement Benefit (Corporate Pension) in Japan	Shigeto Kashiwazaki Hiroharu Fukazawa (579KB)

Articles Based on Research Reports
	Occurrence Mechanism and Resolution Process of Labor Disputes: Cases of Community Unions (Kyushu Area)	Oh Hak-Soo (509KB)
	Youth Career Development Support at School and Career Development: For Cooperation between Career Education and Labor Administration	Hideo Shimomura Harumi Muroyama (638KB)
	Company Size and Childcare Leave: The Problems of Support for Women's Job Continuity	Shingou Ikeda (613KB)
JILPT Research Activities		(377KB)

Volume 6, Number 4, Autumn 2009
Special Edition: *Human Resource Management of Atypical Employment*		(1.5MB)
Introduction		Yoshihide Sano (415KB)
Articles
	The Effect of Training Policy for Non-Regular Employees and Human Resource Management Practices	Kenn Ariga Ryo Kambayashi Yoshihide Sano (220KB)
	Temporary Agency Workers' Human Resource Management and Willingness to Work	Tomoyuki Shimanuki (286KB)
	Career Formation and Utilization of Temporary Agency Workers	Naomi Shimizu (222KB)
	Impact of the Using Non-Regular Employees on On-the-Job Training―From Both Viewpoints of Companies and Workers	Hiroki Yasuda (132KB)
	Perceptions of Pay and Work by Standard and Non-Standard Workers	Yoshio Okunishi (153KB)
Article Based on Research Report
	Conscientization of a Career Counselling Process -- Becoming Aware of One's Career Counselling Process	Jun Kayano (626KB)
JILPT Research Activities		(39KB)

Volume 6, Number 3, Summer 2009
Special Edition: *Further Validation of Japanese-Style Career Development System*		(1.24MB)
Introduction		Mitsutoshi Hirano (415KB)
Articles
	Skill Development and the Distribution of Skill at an Iron and Steel Production Line	Masaki Tanaka (527KB)
	Early or Late Promotion/Screening?: Empirical Analysis of Career Ladders for Japanese White-Collar Workers Using Employees' List	Katsuhito Uehara (661KB)
	Career Competition within Organizations: Competition among Graduate White-Collar Workers in Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms	Tetsuo Nakashima (522KB)
	Promotion of R&D Professionals in Japan: Influences of Inter-Functional Transfers and Inter-Organizational Mobility	Yukiko Murakami (487KB)
	Knowledge Combination and Value-Creation Mechanism under the Japanese-Style Career System	Mitsutoshi Hirano, Yasuhiko Uchida, Ryuta Suzuki (602KB)
JILPT Research Activities		(400KB)

Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2009
Special Edition: *The Labor Contract Act of 2007 and Other Legislative Developments*		(1.95MB)
Introduction		Hiroya Nakakubo (127KB)
Articles
	The Enactment of the Labor Contract Act: Its Significance and Future Issues	Ryuichi Yamakawa (241KB)
	A New Departure in the Japanese Minimum Wage Legislation	Hiroya Nakakubo (293KB)
	Balanced Treatment and Bans on Discrimination--Significance and Issues of the Revised Part-Time Work Act--	Michiyo Morozumi (256KB)
	The Amendment of the Employment Measure Act: Japanese Anti-Age Discrimination Law	Ryoko Sakuraba (264KB)
	The Process of Formulating Policy in Labor Matters: Derailment? Or Transformation?	Keisuke Nakamura (318KB)
Article Based on Research Report
	Employment Promotion Programs for Single Mothers in Japan: 2003- 2008	Yanfei Zhou (298KB)
JILPT Research Activities		(144KB)

Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 2009
Special Edition: *The Gender Gap in the Japanese Labor Market*		(1.9MB)
Introduction		Daiji Kawaguchi (71KB)
Articles
	Labor Market Segmentation and the Gender Wage Gap	Haruhiko Hori (190KB)
	Occupational Sex Segregation and the Japanese Employment Model: Case Studies of the Railway and Automobile Industries	Wakana Shuto (128KB)
	Testing the Taste-Based Discrimination Hypothesis: Evidence from Data on Japanese Listed Firms	Shinpei Sano (323KB)
	Why Does Employing More Females Increase Corporate Profits?: Evidence from Japanese Panel Data	Naomi Komada Kazuhiko Odaki Yoko Takahashi (328KB)
	Corporate Governance by Investors and the Role of Women	Akira Kawaguchi (255KB)
Article Based on Research Reports
	Changes in the Transitoin from High School to Work: Focus on High School Career Guidance	Yukie Hori (285KB)
JILPT Research Activities		(32KB)

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Japan Labor Bulletin
The Japan Institute of Labour, former organisation of JILPT, published monthly english newsletter "Japan Labor Bulletin" for over 40 years, covering topics and studies on labor issues. Though the publication is terminated due to the closure of the JIL, some of the newer issues (from Jan.1992) are available at here.