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Vol.10, No.59, Autumn 2026

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Trends

• MHLW's Survey Results on "A Comprehensive Review of the Work Style Reform Act Five Years After Its Enforcement" (PDF:630KB)
• Aiming to Raise Implementation Rate of Measures for Securing Job Opportunities until Age 70 to 40% or Higher: MHLW Formulates New Basic Policy for Measures for the Stabilization of Employment for Elderly Persons, etc. (PDF:573KB)

Research

• Responses to Overtime Work Caps: Case Studies of Four Freight Transport Companies (PDF:1.6MB)
  MAEURA Hodaka (Nagano University)
• Training Investment and the Choice of Wage Adjustment Instruments in Japanese Firms (PDF:918KB)
  HE Fang

Judgments and Orders

• Validity of Disciplinary Action Taken Following the Reporting of Racial Harassment
  The Morgan Stanley Japan Group Co., Ltd. Case (PDF:643KB)
  IWAHORI Kana

Statistical Indicators (PDF:833KB)

Published on September 25, 2026

Vol.10, No.58, Summer 2026

Full Text: Japan Labor Issues Vol.10, No.58, Summer 2026 (PDF:2.8MB)

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Special Feature on Research Papers (III)

• Looking Back on 30 Years of Measures to Address the Declining Birthrate (PDF:1.7MB)
  MATSUURA Tsukasa (Chuo University)
• Transformation and Persistence in Japanese Youth Labor Market (PDF:886KB)
  FUKUI Yasutaka (Nagoya University)

Research

• Law and Policy on Health Protection in the Workplace during a Pandemic (PDF:627KB)
  YAMAMOTO Yota

Judgments and Orders

• Gender Equality and Indirect Discrimination: The Legality of Restricting Company Housing Scheme to Comprehensive-Track Workers
  The AGC Green-Tech Co. Case (PDF:616KB)
  TAKIHARA Hiromitsu (Daito Bunka University)

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Minimum Wage Policy in Japan (PDF:790KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

Statistical Indicators (PDF:880KB)

Published on June 25, 2026

Vol.10, No.57, Spring 2026

Full Text: Japan Labor Issues Vol.10, No.57, Spring 2026 (PDF:2.04MB)

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Special Feature on Research Papers (II)

• Examination of the Occupational Polarization Hypothesis: Analysis on the Japanese Labor Market in 21st Century Based on the Employment Status Survey Data (PDF:978KB)
  SANO Kazuko (Kindai University)
• Non-Compete Clauses and Restrictions on Labor Mobility in Japan (PDF:680KB)
  KOHNO Naoko (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Trends

• Raising the Importance of Developing "Career Ladders" for Jobs Supporting Social Infrastructure in Areas such as Medical and Welfare, Transportation, and Hospitality: MHLW's White Paper on the Labor Economy 2025 (PDF:586KB)

Research

• An Approach that Facilitates a Connection between the Psychology of the Unemployed and the Social System: What We Can Learn from a Book Entitled "The Psychology of Unemployment" (PDF:733KB)
  KAYANO Jun

Judgments and Orders

• Application of the Deemed Working Time System for Work Outside of the Workplace
  The Globe Cooperative Association Case (PDF:657KB)
  IKEZOE Hirokuni

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Termination of Employment Relationships in Japan (PDF:788KB)
  IKEZOE Hirokuni

Statistical Indicators (PDF:834KB)

Published on March 25, 2026

Vol.10, No.56, Winter 2026

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Special Feature on Research Papers (I)

• Maternal Employment in Japan Over the Past 40 Years: Evidence from the Population Census (PDF:941KB)
  FUKAI Taiyo (Gakushuin University)
• Trends in the Gender Gap in Time Use among Japanese Married Couples (PDF:761KB)
  YODA Shohei (The University of Tokyo)

Trends

• 2025 Shunto: Continuing from 2024, Wage Increase Rate Above 5% Achieved, Leading to Increases in National Government's Employee Wages and in Minimum Wages (PDF:804KB)
  ARAKAWA Sota

Research

• Results of the Eighth "Survey on Working Life" from JILPT Fixed-Point Survey (PDF:803KB)
  GUNJI Masato

Judgments and Orders

• Is it Legal for the Employer to Refuse to Renew a Fixed-term Labor Contract with a Worker Who is a Re-employed Retiree on the Grounds of the Worker's Refusal to Accept Changes in the Working Conditions?
  The Takaoka Toko Co., Ltd (Kabushiki-gaisha Toko Takaoka) Case (PDF:623KB)
  IWAHORI Kana

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Karoshi and Overwork-Related Health Problems in Japan: Current Situation and Prevention Measures (PDF:973KB)
  TAKAMI Tomohiro

Statistical Indicators (PDF:914KB)

Contents of Japan Labor Issues 2025 (PDF:619KB)

Published on December 25, 2025

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