Japan Labor Review : Volume 1, 2004

No.1 Winter 2004 (Full Text PDF:2.3MB)

Special Edition  Changes in the Employment System and Labor Policy Issues

Message from JILPT (PDF:410KB)

• Akira Ono

Articles

• The Changing Labor Market, Industrial Relations and Labor Policy (PDF:435KB)
  Tadashi Hanami
• Employment Strategies Required in an Aging Society with Fewer Children (PDF:431KB)
  Yoshio Higuchi
• Unemployment, Underemployment and Overemployment: Re-establishing Social Sustainability (PDF:434KB)
  D.Hugh Whittaker
• Changes in the Employment System and Future Labor Policies (PDF:441KB)
  Takeshi Inagami

Articles Based on Research Reports

• The Transition from School to Work in Japan: Understanding the Increase in Freeter and Jobless Youth (PDF:494KB)
  Reiko Kosugi
• Development of a Computer-assisted Career Guidance System (PDF:571KB)
  Harumi Muroyama
• Diverse Working Conditions among Non-standard Employees: JIL Research Report and Policy Implications (PDF:441KB)
  Katsuhiko Iwata

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• JILPT Research Activities (PDF:454KB)

No.2 Spring 2004 (Full Text PDF:76KB)

Special Edition  Structural Changes in the Labor Market and Governmental Policies

• Introduction (PDF:10KB)
  Fumio Ohtake

Articles

• The 2003 Revision of the Labor Standards Law: Fixed-term Contracts, Dismissal and Discretionary-work Schemes (PDF:56KB)
  Hiroya Nakakubo
• Structural Unemployment Measures in Japan (PDF:68KB)
  Fumio Ohtake
• Re-entering the Workforce after the Collapse of a Securities Firm: The Role that Age and Skill Play (PDF:63KB)
  Hisakazu Matsushige, Akito Fukuda

Articles Based on Research Reports

• Home-based Workers Take on More Clients: Their Characteristics as Employed Workers and as Self-employed (PDF:36KB)
  Takayuki Kantani
• Issues Related to the Tasks and Role of Home Care Workers (PDF:78KB)
  Chiaki Hotta
• Annual Paid Leave in Japan (PDF:26KB)
  Kazuya Ogura

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• JILPT Research Activities (PDF:38KB)

No.3 Summer 2004 (Full Text PDF:349KB)

Special Edition  Changing Employment System and Implications for Human Resource Development

• Introduction (PDF:25KB)
  Motohiro Morishima

Articles

• The Role, Scale, and Responsibilities of the Human Resource Industry (PDF:75KB)
  Tetsu Sano
• Managing the Development of One's Own Vocational Skills in Japanese Companies (PDF:99KB)
  Hiroyuki Fujimura
• The Reality of Career Counseling in Outplacement and Related Issues (PDF:47KB)
  Tomoaki Kobayashi

Article Based on Research Reports

• Problems Surrounding the Collection and Disclosure of Workers' Personal Data (PDF:58KB)
  Ikuko Sunaoshi

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• JILPT Research Activities (PDF:34KB)

No.4 Autumn 2004 (Full Text PDF:348KB)

Special Edition  Legal and Policy Issues Concerning Labor Market

• Introduction (PDF:32KB)
  Shinya Ouchi

Articles

• Recent Trends in Labour Market Regulations (PDF:80KB)
  Ikuko Mizushima
• Career Formation and Balanced Treatment of Part-time Workers: An Examination Focusing on Legal Policy (PDF:87KB)
  Michio Tsuchida
• Working Hour Schemes for White-collar Employees in Japan (PDF:82KB)
  Yoichi Shimada
• Law and Economics of Labor in Japan (PDF:101KB)
  Ryo Kambayashi

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• JILPT Research Activities (PDF:29KB)

Editorial Board & Office

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