Japan Labor Review : Volume 9, 2012

Number 1, Winter 2012 (Full Text PDF:1.62MB)

Special Edition  Labor Relations in Japan

• Introduction (PDF:399KB)
  Sumiko Ebisuno

Articles

• Japan's Labor Unions: Past, Present, Future (PDF:560KB)
  Hiroyuki Fujimura
• Unionization of Non-Regular Workers by Enterprise Unions (PDF:479KB)
  Shuichi Hashimoto
• The Functions and Limits of Enterprise Unions in Individual Labor Disputes (PDF:819KB)
  Norio Hisamoto
• The Current Status and Significance of General Unions: Concerning the Resolution of Individual Labor Disputes (PDF:629KB)
  Hak-Soo Oh
• General Unions and Community Unions, and Japanese Labor Law (PDF:448KB)
  Hisashi Takeuchi-Okuno

Article Based on Research Report

• The Scheduled Increase in the Pension Age and the Effect of Job Security Measures for the Elderly in Supporting Their Subsistence (PDF:762KB)
  Koji Hamada

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• JILPT Research Activities (PDF:386KB)

Number 2, Spring 2012 (Full Text PDF:2.1MB)

Special Edition  Unemployment and Its Detrimental Effects

• Introduction (PDF:410KB)
  Masaru Sasaki

Articles

• Legal Benefits System for Retirement Risk in Japan: Basic Structure and Relationship with the Employment System (PDF:479KB)
  Yasuyuki Konishi
• Changes in Family Life Resulting from the Unemployment of the Husband (PDF:685KB)
  Akane Murakami
• The Psychological Impact of Job Loss in Japan after the "Lehman Shock"(PDF:829KB)
  Susumu Hirokawa
• Unemployment and Happiness (PDF:1.7MB)
  Fumio Ohtake
• Recession, Unemployment, and Suicide in Japan (PDF:610KB)
  Joe Chen, Yun Cheong Choi, Kota Mori, Yasuyuki Sawada, Saki Sugano

Article Based on Research Report

• A Study Concerning the Promotion of Migration to Regions outside the Three Major Metropolitan Areas and the Activation of Endogenous Employment Creation by Using Migrants (PDF:998KB)
  Go Otani, Shizue Igawa

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• JILPT Research Activities (PDF:502KB)

Number 3, Summer 2012 (Full Text PDF:14.6MB)

Special Edition  Non-Regular Employment and Vocational Career

• Introduction (PDF:47KB)
  Yoshihide Sano

Articles

• Part-Time Work Experience of University Students and Their Career Development
  (PDF:1.9MB)
  Tomoki Sekiguchi
• Job Security Concern among Temporary Agency Workers in Japan (PDF:3.9MB)
  Akiko Ono
• Is Temporary Work "Dead End" in Japan?: Labor Market Regulation and Transition toRegular Employment (PDF:1.8MB)
  Masato Shikata
• Career Development Process, Starting with Non-Regular Workers: Based on an Analysis of Factors Determining the Transition from Non-Regular to RegularEmployment, Including Promotion to Regular Employment within the Same Firm (PDF:2.0MB)
  Reiko Kosugi
• Conversion of Non-Regular Employees into Regular Employees and Working Experiences and Skills Development of Non-Regular Employees at Japanese Companies (PDF:2.4MB)
  Yoshihide Sano

Article Based on Research Report

• The Ways of Working and Consciousness of Keiyaku-Shain (PDF:2.3MB)
  Koji Takahashi

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• JILPT Research Activities (PDF:22KB)

Number 4, Autumn 2012 (Full Text PDF:10.7MB)

Special Edition  The Great East Japan Earthquake, the Labor Market, and Policy Reactions

• Introduction (PDF:51KB)
  Daiji Kawaguchi

Articles

• The Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Labor Market—Need to Resolve the Employment Mismatch in the Disaster-Stricken Areas
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  Yoshio Higuchi, Tomohiko Inui, Toshiaki Hosoi, Isao Takabe, Atsushi Kawakami
• Trends in Electricity Conservation Measures: Focusing on Responses by Industry Groups and Companies (PDF:1.8MB)
  Itaru Nishimura
• Impacts of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on the Labor Market in the Disaster Areas (PDF:2.6MB)
  Fumio Ohtake, Naoko Okuyama, Masaru Sasaki, Kengo Yasui
• How Will the 3.11 Earthquake Transform the Population and Labor Market in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima?: Knowledge Gained from Existing Studies of Disasters (PDF:1.6MB)
  Yanfei Zhou
• Future Employment Policy Suggested by the Post-Earthquake Response (PDF:778KB)
  Yuji Genda
• The Great East Japan Earthquake and a Future Vision for Labor Law in Japan (PDF:221KB)
  Shinobu Nogawa

Article Based on Research Report

• The Mechanism behind the Increase in Non-Regular Employment: Case Study of the Supermarket Company A (PDF:1.5MB)
  Hodaka Maeura

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• JILPT Research Activities (PDF:30KB)

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