1st Edition
Handbook of Japanese Labor Practices Changing Perceptions
Introduction
Robin Sakamoto
1. Beyond the Enigma of “Lifetime Employment”: Clarifying Japan’s Working Rules of Employment Relations and Exploring their Comparative Implications
Charles T. Tackney
2. A Critical Look at Lifetime Employment in Japan
Austin Uzama
3. The Landscape of the Japanese Labor Market
Kambayashi Ryo
Reflections: Creating a Society Where People Embrace Their Dreams and Actualize Greater Well-Being
Kimi Komisarof
4. Labor Unions in Japan
Oh Hak-Soo
5. Young People’s Precarious Transitions in Japan
Inui Akio
Reflections: Embracing the Unconventional: How a Clueless Student in Iwate Finds Strength in Enforced Optimism
Kanazawa Takahiro
6. Gender Gaps in Japan and Why They Exist at the Workplace
Kodama Naomi
Reflections: Choose the One You Love
Shirai Miho
7. From Genba Walks to Organizational Insights: Unveiling the Concept of Internal Sensitivity
Phung Thi Xuan Huong and Kodo Yokozawa
8. Migrant Workers and the Future of Japan: Why the Technical Intern Training Program Didn’t Work
Torii Ippei
9. Global Talent in an Aspiring “Country of Choice”: Skilled Migration into Japan
Gracia Liu-Farrer and Anh Phuong Le
Reflections: Finding a Place Elsewhere
Michel Godimus
10. Agents of Globalization? Foreign Employee Roles in Japanese Corporations
Jesper Edman
11. The Input-Driven Society: Understanding Work and Social Organization in Japan
Ono Hiroshi
12. Strength as a Source of Weakness: Why Japan Struggles to Meet the Digital Challenge
Kokuryo Jiro
13. Diversity Issues in Japan: Education of Future Workers and Leaders
Lisa Rogers
Reflections: Japanese Style: Working in Both Japanese and American Organizations
Sekishita Masayo
14. Making Friends with Godzilla
Dominic Carter
Appendix 1: ChatGPT 2023 AI Explanation of Japan’s “Lifetime Employment”
Appendix 2: Japanese Labor Laws
Biography
Robin Sakamoto serves as the Dean of the Graduate School of International Cooperation as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Studies both at Kyorin University, Tokyo. She received her PhD in Comparative and International Development Education from the University of Minnesota and has participated in projects in the Ukraine and Uganda. She co-edited Cross-border Partnerships in Higher Education: Strategies and Issues with Dr. David Chapman.
