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Vol.3, No.19, November 2019

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.3, No.19, November 2019 (PDF:1.13MB)

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Trends

• MHLW’s Interim Report on Points of Controversy regarding Employment-like Work Styles (PDF:353KB)
• Policy Challenges for the Introduction of AI and Other New Technologies: Report of MHLW’s Committee on Basic Labour Policy (PDF:242KB)

Research

• Long-term Employment as a Social Norm: An Analysis of the JILPT “Survey on Working Life” (1999–2015) (PDF:430KB)
  Koji Takahashi

Judgments and Orders

• Binding Effect of Unilaterally Modified Rules of Employment Introducing a Performance-based and Ability-based Wage System: The Trygroup Case (PDF:163KB)
  Zhong Qi

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
  Part III: How Can We Prevent Overwork? (PDF:343KB)
  Tomohiro Takami

Statistical Indicators (PDF:254KB)

Published on October 25, 2019

Vol.3, No.18, October 2019

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.3, No.18, October 2019 (PDF:1.2MB)

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Trends

• The 2019 Shunto in the Context of the JTUC-Rengo Wage Hike Summary Report (PDF:303KB)
  Noboru Ogino

Research

• Japanese Policy regarding Employment-like Working Styles (PDF:169KB)
  Keiichiro Hamaguchi

Judgments and Orders

• Does the Unilateral Discontinuance of Dues Check-Off by a Local Public Entity Constitute Unfair Labor Practices?: The National Government and Central Labor Relations Commission vs. Osaka City (Dues Check-Off) Case (PDF:218KB)
  Yota Yamamoto

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
  Part II: Why do the Japanese Work Long Hours? (PDF:361KB)
  Tomohiro Takami

CONTENTS Japan Labor Issues 2018-2019 (PDF:209KB)

Statistical Indicators (PDF:244KB)

Published on September 25, 2019

Vol.3, No.17, August-September 2019

SPECIAL ISSUE

The 3rd JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2019 "The Future of Women and Work―Policy Responses to Women’s Employment"

This Special Issue includes papers submitted by researchers from the Asia-Pacific regions which introduce their findings on the latest labor policy issues in each country and region addressing the broad theme of the Seminar.

Full Text: Japan Labor Issues Vol.3, No.17, August-September 2019 (PDF:2.03MB)

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• A Review of China’s Urban Gender Wage Gap from 1995 to 2013 (PDF:371KB)
  Jin SONG, Associate Professor, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
• Gender Wage Gap in Korea in Lifecycle Perspective (PDF:510KB)
  Selim CHOI, Associate Research Fellow, Employment Policy Research Division, Korea Labor Institute (Korea)
• Women Left Behind? Closing the Gender Gap in Malaysia (PDF:310KB)
  Beatrice Fui Yee LIM, Deputy Dean (Academic and International), Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Malaysia)
• Explaining the Gender Gap in Labor Force Participation in the Philippines (494KB)
  Ma. Christina F. EPETIA, Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines School of Economics (Philippines)
• Policy Implications for Working Women in Brunei (PDF:299KB)
  Norainie AHMAD, Lecturer, Institute of Policy Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (Brunei)
• Women’s Employment Status and Family Responsibility in Japan: Focusing on the Breadwinner Role (PDF:476KB)
  Shingou IKEDA, Senior Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)
• Work-life Experiences, Policies, and Challenges in Singapore (PDF:291KB)
  Aliya Hamid RAO, Assistant Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University (Singapore)
• The Labour Rights of Women in Vietnam (PDF:268KB)
  Trang Thi Kieu TRAN, Lecturer, Department of Labour Law, Faculty of Economic Law, Hanoi Law University (Vietnam)
• Legal Policies on Gender Equal Pay in Taiwan (PDF:394KB)
  Yu-Fan CHIU, Assistant Professor, National Chiao Tung University School of Law (Taiwan)
• The Promotion of Gender Equality at Work in Australia through Law and Policy: A Work in Progress (PDF:281KB)
  Adriana ORIFICI, Lecturer, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University and PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne (Australia)

Entries are arrenged based on the seminar program.

Published on July 25, 2019

Vol.3, No.16, July 2019

Full Text: Japan Labor Issues Vol.3, No.16, July 2019 (PDF:1.19MB)

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Trends

• MHLW's Basic Policies Based on the Act on Comprehensive Promotion of Labor Policies (PDF:248KB)

Research

• Poverty and Income Polarization of Married Stay-at-home Mothers in Japan
  Part II: What Drives Japanese Women to Be Full-time Housewives despite Poverty? (PDF:348KB)
  Yanfei Zhou

Judgments and Orders

• The Leakage of Trade Secrets (Customer Data) by the Employees of Contractors: The Benesse Corporation Customer Data Leakage Case (Criminal Case) (PDF:286KB)
  Hirokuni Ikezoe

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
  Part I: How Has It Changed Over the Years? (PDF:323KB)
  Tomohiro Takami

Statistical Indicators (PDF:229KB)

Published on June 25, 2019

Vol.3, No.15, June 2019

Full Text: Japan Labor Issues Vol.3, No.15, June 2019 (PDF:1.72MB)

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Trends

• Human Resources Development according to Diversified Working Styles: MHLW's White Paper on the Labor Economy 2018 (PDF:419KB)

Research

• Poverty and Income Polarization of Married Stay-at-home Mothers in Japan
  Part I: Historical Perspectives of Japanese Full-time Housewives (PDF:368KB)
  Yanfei Zhou
  

Judgments and Orders

• Employers' Obligation to Consider the Needs of Employees Returning from Childcare Leave: The Japan Business Lab Case (PDF:208KB)
  Ryo Hosokawa

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Combining Work and Family Care in Japan (Part II): What is the Challenge after Reforming the Long-term Care Leave System? (PDF:973KB)
  Shingou Ikeda

Statistical Indicators (PDF:229KB)

Published on May 24, 2019

Vol.3, No.14, May 2019

Full Text: Japan Labor Issues Vol.3, No.14, May 2019 (PDF:1.2MB)

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Trends

• How Have Japanese Policies Changed in Accepting Foreign Workers? (PDF:335KB)
  Keiichiro Hamaguchi

Research

• The Current State of the Japanese-style Employment System for High School Graduates: Based on Case Studies of 1997, 2007, and 2017 (PDF:321KB)
  Yukie Hori
  

Judgments and Orders

• Worker Status of the Commercial Agent: The Bellco Case (PDF:273KB)
  Keiichiro Hamaguchi

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Combining Work and Family Care in Japan (Part I): Why do Women Leave Jobs at the Stage of Childbirth? (PDF:342KB)
  Shingou Ikeda

Statistical Indicators (PDF:229KB)

Published on April 25, 2019

Vol.3, No.13, March-April 2019

SPECIAL ISSUE

Full Text: Japan Labor Issues Vol.3, No.13, March-April 2019 (PDF:1.09MB)

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ARTICLES

• Legal Regulation of Unreasonable Treatment of Non-regular Employees in Japan (PDF:231KB)
  Chikako Kanki (Rikkyo University)
• Why did Japanese Dual-earner Couples Increase since the Late 1980s? (PDF:594KB)
  Akiko Sato Oishi (Chiba University)
• The Formulation of Professional and Vocational Universities: Background and Challenges of a New Institutional Type in Japan (PDF:420KB)
  Motohisa Kaneko (The University of Tokyo)

Published on February 25, 2019

Vol.3, No.12, January-February 2019

SPECIAL ISSUE

Here is a special feature for two (in No.12, January-February and No.13, March-April issues) including six significant papers selected by the Editorial Office of Japan Labor Issues from various relevant papers published in 2016–2017. These papers address the latest subjects as well as conventional themes on labor in Japan. Each author has arranged the original papers, written in Japanese, in translation for the benefit of overseas readers, which surely will offer useful information and deeper insights into the state of labor in Japan. We sincerely thank them for their effort for this issue.

Full Text: Japan Labor Issues Vo.3, No.12, January-February 2019 (PDF:897KB)

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EULOGY

• The Sense of Humor to See Through Human Hypocrisy: To the Memory of the Late Professor Ronald Dore (PDF:135KB)
  Takeshi Inagami (The University of Tokyo)

ARTICLES

• The Corporate Community and Changes in the Japanese-style Employment System (PDF:406KB)
  Mitsuru Yamashita (Meiji University)
• Can "Owners" of Convenience Stores be "Workers" under the Japanese Labor Union Act? (PDF:280KB)
  Yoko Hashimoto (Gakushuin University)
• Who Holds Multiple Jobs? Empirical Analysis of Multiple Job Holding Using a Japanese Online Survey (PDF:432KB)
  Atsushi Kawakami (Toyo University)

Published on January 25, 2019

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