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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

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16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

LABOR SITUATION IN JAPAN AND ITS ANALYSIS 2012/2013: DETAILED EXPOSITION [4 February 2013]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj.html

This publication is a compilation of write-ups describing individual themes related to the current status of labor issues in Japan. In principle, it is issued every year alternately as "General Overview" and "Detailed Exposition" editions. The former is aimed at providing basic information on the whole picture of labor issues and relevant labor policies in Japan, while the latter takes up contemporary topics and provides detailed exposition and analyses of their current trends.

Detailed Exposition 2012/2013

Chapter �

— The Current Status and the Challenges of the Employment of Elderly People(177KB)

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— Progress in Policies on Work-life Balance in Japan and the Current Status Thereof (229KB)

Chapter �

— The Actual Status of Non-regular Employment and Related Policy Challenges - Focusing Primarily on Non-regular Employment, Career Development, and Equal Treatment (193KB)

Chapter �-1

— Shrinking of Trade Unions and Need for a New Collective Influential Voice System in Japan (158KB)

Chapter �-2

— In Search of a Copernican Transformation in Labor-management Relations (69KB)

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— Human Resource Development and Skills Development at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (157KB)

Chapter �

— Significance and Methods of Assessing Vocational Aptitude in Career Development Support (618KB)

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