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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 10, Number 2, Spring 2013 
Special Edition: The Impact of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act in Japan (PDF14.7MB)
- Introduction
- The Impact of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act in Japan
(29KB)
Hisashi Takeuchi-Okuno - Articles
- — Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Having Passed the Quarter-Century Milestone (72KB)
Shozo Yamada - — Long-Term Impacts of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act in Japan (500KB)
Yukiko Abe - — Equal Employment Opportunity Act and Work-Life Balance: Do Work-Family Balance Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality? (1.7MB)
Akira Kawaguchi - — Changes in Human Resource Management of Women after the 1985 Equal Employment Opportunity Act (2.4MB)
Akira Wakisaka - — An International Comparison of Gender Equality: Why Is the Japanese Gender Gap So Persistent? (661KB)
Margarita Estévez-Abe - Article Based on Research Report
- Estimation of Input-Output Tables and Simulations of Employment Inducement Focusing on Small Regions: Case of Kumamoto Prefecture (8.9MB)
Satoshi Nakano - JILPT Research Activities (27KB)
Volume 10, Number 1, Winter 2013
Special Edition: Has the Japanese Employment System Changed? (PDF3.82MB)
- Introduction
- Has the Japanese Employment System Changed? (34KB)
Mitsutoshi Hirano - Articles
- — Corporate Leaders in Japan: Fact and Folklore (777KB)
Kazuhiro Mishina, Emiko Hino - — Selection and Promotion of Managers in Japanese Companies: Present and
Future Perspectives(420KB)
Atsushi Yashiro - — How Did Intellectual Skills on the Shop Floor Change in the 2000s? (100KB)
Kuramitsu Muramatsu - — Japan's New Recruits: Victims of the Japanese-Style Family and
Japanese-Style Employment(362KB)
Masakazu Yano - — Human Resources Departments of Japanese Corporations: Have their Roles Changed? (1.52MB)
Mitsutoshi Hirano - Article Based on Research Report
- The Development of Labor Policy on Women: From the Perspectives of Justice, Effective Use, and Welfare (115KB)
Noriko Iki - JILPT Research Activities (26KB)
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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.
