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2025

May 13, 2025

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, April 2025

May 12, 2025

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators May 2, 2025 issue (PDF:654KB)

May 1, 2025

• Materials: TAKAHASHI Koji presented “New Forms of Employment in Japan: Classifications and Statistics" (PDF:1.6MB) at the International Seminar on Labour and Social Security in the Digital Age, ILO Beijing Office in collaboration with Sichuan University (online, April 25, 2025).

April 25, 2025

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: May 2025 (No.778) Strikes

April 8, 2025

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, March 2025

April 7, 2025

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators April 1, 2025 issue (PDF:657KB)

March 28, 2025

• Statistics: Databook of International Labour Statistics 2025

March 25, 2025

• Japan Labor Issues Vol.9 No.52, Spring 2025
• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: April 2025 (No.777) The History Behind

March 17, 2025

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, February 2025

March 11, 2025

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators March 4, 2025 issue (PDF:656KB)

February 25, 2025

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: February-March 2025 (No.776) The Present Situation of Labour Research: A Review of Academic Works 2022-24
  [SPECIAL ISSUE] Management of People in Organization, Its Background and Effect

February 10, 2025

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators January 31, 2025 issue (PDF:656KB)
• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, January 2025

January 27, 2025

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: Special Issue 2025 (No.775) The 2024 Conference on Labor Policy Study

January 15, 2025

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators December 27, 2024 issue (PDF:656KB)
• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, December 2024

2024

December 25, 2024

• Japan Labor Issues Vol.9 No.51, Winter 2025
• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: January 2025 (No.774) Growth and Vitality beyond Misfit

December 9, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, November 2024

December 3, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators November 29, 2024 issue (PDF:656KB)

November 25, 2024

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: December 2024 (No.773) Labor Mobility

November 14, 2024

• JILPT Research Report (Summary): No.228 AI Technology Implemented in the Workplaces and Its Impact on Workers: Japan's Position Based on an International Comparative Study with the OECD

November 12, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, October 2024

November 6, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators October 31, 2024 issue (PDF:656KB)

October 25, 2024

• Japan Labor Issues Vol.8 No.50, Special Issue 2024
• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: November 2024 (No.772) DIALOGUE: Labor Law Precedents 2023-2024: The Issues Involved, Unions as Actors in Defence of Workers’ Livelihoods

October 15, 2024

• Japan Labor Issues Vol.8 No.49, Autumn 2024
• JILPT Research Report (Summary): Non-regular workers after the “polarization” of employment: Based on analyses of official statistics and survey data
• Presentation: TAKAHASHI Koji presented “Changes and Continuity in Non-Regular Employment in Japan” at the 2024 EASP / FISS Joint Conference (Kyoto, Japan, July 13-14, 2024).
• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, September 2024

October 7, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators October 1, 2024 issue (PDF:664KB)

September 25, 2024

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: October 2024 (No.771) The Minimum Wage: Beyond “￥1000”

September 6, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators August 30, 2024 issue (PDF:680KB)
• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, August 2024

September 5, 2024

• Book: IKEDA Shingou contributed as a Japanese expert to Chapter 8 of the book titled "Combining Work and Care - Carer Leave and Related Employment Policies in International Context", published by Policy Press.

August 26, 2024

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: September 2024 (No.770) War, Labor and Society

August 8, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, July 2024

August 6, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators July 31, 2024 issue (PDF:684KB)

July 25, 2024

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: August 2024 (No.769) Family and Work

July 9, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, June 2024

July 8, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators June 28, 2024 issue (PDF:660KB)

June 25, 2024

• Japan Labor Issues Vol.8, No.48, Summer 2024
• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: July 2024 (No.768) Labour and Social Security Issues in a Society with a Declining Population

June 10, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, May 2024

June 5, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators May 31, 2024 issue (PDF:664KB)

May 27, 2024

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: June 2024 (No.767) Where Young Workers Are Today

May 13, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, April 2024

May 10, 2024

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: May 2024 (No.766) Striving for Gender Equality: Equity and Economic Rationality

May 8, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators April 30, 2024 issue (PDF:664KB)

April 10, 2024

• JILPT Research Report (Summary): No.223 Current Situation and Challenges in Introducing Measures for Career Development Support at Enterprises

April 9, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, March 2024
• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators March 29, 2024 issue (PDF:664KB)

March 28, 2024

• Statistics: Databook of International Labour Statistics 2024

March 25, 2024

• Japan Labor Issues Vol.8, No.47, Spring 2024
• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: April 2024 (No.765) Labor Studies Unveiled: Current Debates and Emerging Directions

March 14, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, February 2024

March 7, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators March 1, 2024 issue (PDF:664KB)

February 26, 2024

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: February-March 2024 (No.764) The Present Situation of Labour Economic Studies: A Review of Academic Works 2021-23
  [SPECIAL ISSUE] Labor Issues in Transportation Jobs

February 8, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators January 31, 2024 issue (PDF:664KB)

February 6, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, January 2024

January 25, 2024

• The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies: Special Issue 2024 (No.763) The 2023 Conference on Labor Policy Study

January 16, 2024

• Statistics: Recent Statistical Survey Reports, December 2023

January 11, 2024

• Statistics: Main Labor Economic Indicators December 29, 2023 issue (PDF:672KB)

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