TAKAMI Tomohiro

As of April 2025

Title, Research section

Senior Researcher, Labour Market and Working Environment

Area/Field of Research

Sociology of Work

Education

Final Education: Graduated in Doctor Course, School of Humanities and Sociology,

The University of Tokyo

Degree: MA

Research Projects

Japan Labor Issues

• Vol.6, No.39, October, 2022
  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)
• Vol.6, No.37, March-April, 2022
  Remote Work and Job Satisfaction that Depends on Personality Traits: Evidence from Japan (PDF:482KB)
• Vol.6, No.36, January-February, 2022
  Social Inequality in the Prevalence of Working from Home under the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan (PDF:540KB)
• Vol.5, No.33, August-September, 2021
  Working from Home and Work-life Balance during COVID-19: The Latest Changes and Challenges in Japan (PDF:678KB)
• Vol.5, No.30, April-May, 2021
  Working Hours under the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Reviewing Changes by Situation Phase during and after the 2020 State of Emergency Declaration (PDF:473KB)
• Vol.5, No.28, January, 2021
  Impact of the COVID-19 Recession on Full-Time Workers: Shortened Work Hours, Working from Home, and Possible Widening of Income Disparities (PDF:438KB)
• Vol.4, No.26, October, 2020
  A Case Study on Overwork-related Mental Disorders in Japan: Focusing on Young Employees (PDF:429KB)
• Vol.3, No.19, November, 2019
  Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
  Part III: How Can We Prevent Overwork? (PDF:343KB)
• Vol.3, No.18, October, 2019
  Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
  Part II: Why do the Japanese Work Long Hours? (PDF:361KB)
• Vol.3, No.16, July, 2019
  Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
  Part I: How Has It Changed Over the Years? (PDF:323KB)
• Vol.2, No.11, December, 2018
  Gender Segregation at Work in Japanese Companies: Focusing on Gender Disparities in Desire for Promotion (PDF:410KB)
• Vol.2, No.8, August-September, 2018
  Are Long Working Hours in Japan Becoming Invisible? Examining the Effects of ICT-based "Spatial Flexibility" on Workloads (PDF:794KB)
• Vol.2, No.5, February-March, 2018
  Challenges for Workplace regarding the Autonomy of Working Hours: Perspective for the Prevention of Overwork (PDF:325KB)

Labor Situation in Japan and Its Analysis

• Detailed Exposition 2016/2017
  Realities in Japan’s “Regions” and Challenges in Efforts toward Their Revitalization ― A Study Based on Regional Disparities in Employment Opportunities and the Actual Circumstances of the Inter-Regional Migration of Young People (PDF:420KB)
• General Overview 2015/2016
  Regional Employment Trends (PDF:509KB)

JILPT Research Report

• No.221 Changing Employment Society and its Vitality: Challenges of Work Styles Adapted to the Industrial Structure and Demographics (2022)
• No.217 Study on Working Hours: Analysis of Individual Survey Results (2022)
• No.196 Human Resources Development and Career Management in Japanese Companies (2017)
• No.192 Childcare, Family Care and Pursuing Vocational Careers: Women’s Labor Force Participation and Men’s Home Life (2017)
• No.185 Polarization of Working Styles and Regular Employees: Results of Secondary Analysis of JILPT Questionnaire Surveys (2016)
• No.170 Combining Work and Care (2015)
• No.153 Effects and Problems of Employment Type Training in the Job Card System: From a job-seekers follow-up survey and an interview survey with participating companies (2013)
• No.150 Childbirth/Childcare and Job Continuity: Addressing Job Mobility and 24–hour Society (PDF:372KB) (2012)
• No.136 Job Continuity at the Stage of Childbirth/Childcare: Trends from 2005 Onward  (PDF:116KB) (2011)
• No.131 Human Resources Development at SMEs in the Manufacturing Industry (Machinery and Metals) (PDF:120KB) (2011)
• No.122 Woman's Ways of Working and Job Continuation at the Stage of Childbirth/childcare -- the Problems of Supporting the Continuation Process and Building Workplaces that Encourage Woman to Continue Working --- (PDF:116KB) (2010)
• No.118 Human Resource Development and Competence Development in Smaller Service Industries (PDF:119KB) (2010)

Journal Article

• Takami, Tomohiro and Yuzo Yamamoto. 2024. “Working from home during the COVID-19 state of emergency in Japan.” Japanese Journal of Sociology
• Wels, Jacques and Tomohiro Takami 2021. “The Impact of Transitioning to Non-Standard Employment on Older Workers’ Self-Reported and Mental Health in Japan. A Longitudinal Perspective Using the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement” Ageing International vol.46, pp.363-382.

Review

• Remote work and well-being in the post COVID-19 era , Industrial Health, vol.61, no.3 (2023)

Academic Societies' Membership

Working Time Japan Society

The Japan Sociological Society

The Japan Industrial Relations Research Association

Contact Information

Email: takami [at sign] jil.go.jp