1st Edition
Inequality and the Work–Family Dilemma in Japan Stratified Mothering
Introduction
Inequality and Work–Family Dilemma in Japan
Misako Nukaga and Yuiko Fujita
PART Ⅰ Childcare and Involvement in Children’s Education
Chapter 1
Meanings of Motherhood and Time Debt: Negotiating Childcare and Work
Misako Nukaga
Chapter 2
Children's Education and Mothers’ Work Motivation: “Parent-Guided” and “Child-Led” Parenting
Misako Nukaga
Chapter 3
The Gendered Division of Parental Involvement in Children’s Education: Patterns of Collaboration and Parenting Orientation
Misako Nukaga
PART Ⅱ Work and Housework
Chapter 4
Earning and Occupational Roles among University-Educated Women
Yuiko Fujita
Chapter 5
Earning and Occupational Roles among Non-University Educated Women
Yuiko Fujita
Chapter 6
Homemade Equals Love? : Social Class and the Gendered Norm of Home Cooking
Yuiko Fujita
Conclusion
Toward Gender Equity in Childcare and Work
Misako Nukaga and Yuiko Fujita
Appendix
On Methodology
Yuiko Fujita and Misako Nukaga
Biography
Misako Nukaga is a Professor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She examines the intersections of education, immigration, ethnicity, and gender, drawing on studies of immigrant families in Japan, the United States, Sweden, and Korea, while engaging in international comparative research. Her work has been published in International Journal of Japanese Sociology, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, and International Journal of Sociology.
Yuiko Fujita holds a doctoral degree in Communications from the University of London and an MA in Sociology from Columbia University. She is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo. Her research interests include culture, media, globalization, and gender. She is the author of Cultural Migrants from Japan: Youth, Media, and Migration in New York and London (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009). Her recent work includes “Everyday nationhood and digital media: Tracing identity among Japanese cultural migrants,” published in the International Journal of Cultural Studies (2025).
