As a special service to JHRS members like you, we are pleased to inform you of the following latest information on publications, research reports, and statistics from The Japan Institute for Labor Productivity and Training or JILPT (an agency of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or MHLW). We hope that you find this useful in your business and HR profession.


◆ Labor Situation in Japan and Its Analysis: General Overview 2011/2012
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 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.

 【Contents】
    Chapter1.  Japanese Economy and Labor Situation
    Chapter2.  Labor Market
    Chapter3.  Human Resource Management
    Chapter4.  Labor-Management Relations
    Chapter5.  Labor Administration and Legislation
    Chapter6.  Social Security System

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◆ Japan Labor Review, Vol.9, Number 1, Winter 2012
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 The Japan Labor Review is a quarterly journal of research in the field  of labor studies. For the purpose of providing valuable information on  Japanese labor issues to the broad range of overseas readers, articles  are selected, edited and published by an editorial board of the JILPT.

 Main theme of this issue: "Labor Relations in Japan"

 【Contents】
    ・Introduction
    ・Japan's Labor Unions: Past, Present, Future
    ・Unionization of Non-Regular Workers by Enterprise Unions
    ・The Functions and Limits of Enterprise Unions in Individual Labor Disputes
    ・The Current Status and Significance of General Unions: Concerning the Resolution of Individual Labor Disputes
    ・General Unions and Community Unions, and Japanese Labor Law
    ・The Scheduled Increase in the Pension Age and the Effect of Job Security
      Measures for the Elderly in Supporting Their Subsistence
    ・JILPT Research Activities

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◆ Statistics
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  ◇Recent Statistical Survey Reports, January 2011
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