Japan Labor Issues

Japan Labor Issues, first published in August 2017, is an English-language online journal published on a quarterly base (five times a year) by the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT).

Notice: The journal has ceased printing. The last print version is vol.5 no.30, April-May 2021 issue.

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Latest IssueVol.6, No.39, October, 2022

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.6, No.39, October 2022 (PDF:1.35MB)

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Trends

• The Kishida Administration’s Near-term Policy Line Focuses on “Investment in People”: Hammering out Measures to Promote Wage Increases and Require Gender Wage Gap Disclosure (PDF:183KB)

Research

• Changes in Work/Life Situations and Psychological Distress during the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan (PDF:381KB)
  • Advance Published on August 24, 2022 (PDF:352KB)
    TAKAMI Tomohiro

Judgments and Orders

• Regional Extension of Collective Agreements under Article 18 of the Labor Union Act
  The Regional Extension Decision by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on September 22, 2021 (PDF:225KB)
  YAMAMOTO Yota

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

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

Statistical Indicators (PDF:616KB)

Published on September 22, 2022

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