Japan Labor Issues
Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

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2024

• Will the Japanese Long-Term Employment System Continue to be Maintained? (PDF:977KB) 
  FUJIMOTO Makoto

• Changes in Japanese Policies for Accepting Foreign Workers for the Purpose of Compensating for Labor Shortage (PDF:1.2MB)
  YAMAGUCHI Rui

2023

• Non-Regular Employment Measures in Japan (PDF:1.2MB)
  TAKAHASHI Koji

• What Causes the Gender Wage Gap in Japan? (PDF:483KB)
  TAGAMI Kota

• Youth Employment and Employment Policies in Japan (PDF:364KB)
  HORI Yukie

2022

• Why Does the Older Population in Japan Work So Much? (PDF:302KB)
  MORIYAMA Tomohiko

• Overview of Employment Policy in Japan (PDF:250KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

2021

• Labor Unions in Japan (PDF:385KB)
  OH, Hak-Soo

• Labor-management Relations in Japan
  Part III: Systems for Resolving Individual Labor Disputes (PDF:659KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

• Labor-management Relations in Japan
  Part II: Trends and Current State of Collective Labor Relations (PDF:742KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

• Labor-management Relations in Japan
  Part I: Characteristics of the Collective Labor Relations System (PDF:247KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

• What Is Shunto? (PDF:376KB)
  OGINO Noboru

2020

• Wages in Japan
  Part III: Wages and Forms of Employment (PDF:332KB)
  NISHIMURA Itaru

• Wages in Japan
  Part II: Wages and Size of Company (PDF:365KB)
  NISHIMURA Itaru

• Wages in Japan
  Part I: Why Does Japanese Wage Curve Have a Strong Seniority Element? (PDF:361KB)
  NISHIMURA Itaru

• Fringe Benefits (PDF:726KB)
  NAKAMURA Ryoji

2019

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

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

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

• 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

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

2018

• Corporate In-house Education and Training and Career Formation in Japan (Part II): Japanese Companies’ Commitment to Employees’ Career Formation (PDF:430KB)
  Makoto Fujimoto

• Corporate In-house Education and Training and Career Formation in Japan (Part I): In-house Skills Development (PDF:376KB)
  Makoto Fujimoto

• Termination of Employment Relationships in Japan (Part III): Mandatory Retirement Age System (PDF:221KB)
  Hirokuni Ikezoe

• Termination of Employment Relationships in Japan (Part II): Dismissal and Refusal to Renew a Fixed-term Contract (PDF:230KB)
  Hirokuni Ikezoe

• Termination of Employment Relationships in Japan (Part I): Resignation and Termination of Employment Contracts by Mutual Consent (PDF:311KB)
  Hirokuni Ikezoe

• Allocation and Transfer in Japan (PDF:422KB)
  Hodaka Maeura

2017

• Recruitment and Hiring in Japan (PDF:1.05MB)
  Shinsaku Matsumoto

• What is Japanese Long-Term Employment System? Has it Vanished? (PDF:729KB)
  Makoto Fujimoto

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