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This site is aimed at providing Japan's Human Resource Management & Industrial Relation (HRM &IR) information, especially current trends of HRM & IR topics by articles and links.

HRM & IR News [FY2017] 

• Introduction
• Clarification of management visions
• Framework for thinking

HRM & IR News [FY2016] 

HRM & IR News [FY2015]

• Outline of Japanese Industrial Relations
  
  1. Characteristics of Japanese Industrial Relations
  2. Evaluation toward Japanese Industrial Relations
  3. Future issues of Japanese Industrial Relations
  Mr. Fujikazu Suzuki, Director of the Labor Culture Network, NPO
  March 2016
• Safety and Health Surrounding Workers in Japan:
  
  1. Current Status of Occupational Accidents in Japan
      - Launch of Fall Prevention Campaign under a Government Initiative -
  2. Rapidly Progressing Aging of Workers and Occupational Accidents Falling is Lifestyle-related Accident
  3. Start of Obligation of Stress Check for Workers
      - Overwork and Mental Health -
  4. The International Standardization (ISO) of Safety and Health is Progressing
  
  Mr. Kenji Abe, Kyushu Institute of Technology Graduate School of Life Science & Systems Engineering,
  From January to February, 2016
• Aging Population with Fewer Children and the Labor Force in Japan:
  
  1. Issues and Responses for the Low Birth Late and the Aging Population in Japan
  2. Even Elderly People Work Vigorously
  3. Promotion of Utilizing Women's Potential
  4. The Task of Utilizing Foreign Workers
  5. Think About the Relationship Between the Birthrate and Ways of Working
  
  Mr. Takeo Naruse, Director, The Tokyo Employers' Association,
  From August to November, 2015
• How do Japanese Employees Work
  Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Emeritus Professor, Waseda University/Associated researcher at IDHE-ENS-Cachan, France Fellow Researcher,
  September, 2015
• Individualization of Employment Relations in Japan
  Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Emeritus Professor, Waseda University/Associated researcher at IDHE-ENS-Cachan, France Fellow Researcher,
  September, 2015
• Changes in Japanese Employment Relations
  Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Emeritus Professor, Waseda University/Associated researcher at IDHE-ENS-Cachan, France Fellow Researcher,
  July, 2015
• How Japanese Managers Work With Their Staff
  Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Emeritus Professor, Waseda University/Associated researcher at IDHE-ENS-Cachan, France Fellow Researcher,
  June, 2015
• Career Employment in Japanese Enterprises: Jobs and Appraisal System of Employees
  Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Emeritus Professor, Waseda University/Associated researcher at IDHE-ENS-Cachan, France Fellow Researcher,
  June, 2015
• Skill Acquisition in Japanese Enterprises
  Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Emeritus Professor, Waseda University/Associated researcher at IDHE-ENS-Cachan, France Fellow Researcher,
  May, 2015
• Hiring Practices in Japan and in France: Search for a first job begins one year ahead of graduation in Japan while in France it begins after graduation (2)
  Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Emeritus Professor, Waseda University/Associated researcher at IDHE-ENS-Cachan, France Fellow Researcher,
  May, 2015
• Hiring Practices in Japan and in France: Search for a first job begins one year ahead of graduation in Japan while in France it begins after graduation (1)
  Mr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Emeritus Professor, Waseda University/Associated researcher at IDHE-ENS-Cachan, France Fellow Researcher,
  April, 2015
• A "Black" Company Exploiting Young People, March, 2014
• Difficulties Associated With Women's Independence, March, 2014
• Employment of College Students in Japan, March, 2014
• Governmental Action for Mental Health Care in the Workplace, March, 2014
• In Search of a Global Standard for Better IR Communication, March, 2014
• Initiatives for Reducing Overtime Work, December, 2013
• Bullying and Harassment at Work-Background, Causes, and Legal Responsibility,
  December, 2013
• Outlook on the Spread of "Job-/Area-Specific Regular Employees," which may Rectify the Polarization between Regular and Non-regular Employment, December, 2013
• Report on the Survey on the Status of Wages for Continuous Employment of the Elderly in Tokyo, December, 2013
• Overview of the History Leading up to the Establishment of Cooperative Labor-Management Relationships based on Mutual Trust in Japan, December, 2013
• Employment of Young People, March, 2013
• The Amended Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons, March, 2013
• In Company Skill Formation in Japan (2)-Roles of HR, March, 2013
• Concrete Measures to Prevent and Stop Power Harassment, March, 2013
• The Actual Employment Rate of the Disabled, March, 2013
• Bonus Cuts as a Penalty on Medical Checkup Evaders and his/her Immediate Supervisor, March, 2013
• What's new? October, 2012
• Let's study HRM in Japan, October,2012
• Trends in Power Harassment, October,2012

Special Article

• Gender Differences in the Japanese Work-life Balance,
  Mr. Fujikazu Suzuki, Fellow Researcher,
  RENGO Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards (RENGO-RIALS),
  March, 2015
• Serving as a Judge in Japan's Labor Tribunal System,
  Mr. Akira Oikawa, Senior Adviser, Human Resource Division, Ricoh Company, Ltd.,
  March, 2015
• New Moves for Improving Mental Health of Workers in Japan,
  Dr. Kazutaka Koji, Research Adviser of Institute for Science of Labour,
  December, 2014
• Issue of Regularization of Non-regular Workers in Companies,
  Mr. Takeo Naruse, Director of the Tokyo Employers' Association,
  December, 2014
• We Should Take Responsibility for Elderly Employment,
  Prof. Hiroyuki Fujimura, Professor of Hosei Business School of Innovation Management,
  Hosei University, Tokyo,
  December, 2014
• Best Practices of IR Communication Based on the Productivity Movement From 1955 to the
  Early 1990s in Japan,
  Prof. Naoki Kuriyama, Professor of Soka University, Tokyo, Japan,
  March, 2014
• Toward a Participatory Industrial Society: New Agenda of Japanese Trade Unions
  Mr. Fujikazu Suzuki, Fellow Researcher at RENGO-SOKEN
  March, 2013
• Japanese Industrial Relations from an International Perspective
  Dr. Hiromasa Suzuki, Professor Emeritus at Waseda University, Associate Researcher at IDHE, France
  March, 2013
• Why 'global human resources' are needed in Japan
  Dr. Mitsuhide Shiraki, Professor of Waseda University
  February, 2012

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• Labour Law of Japan
• Labour Situation in Japan and Analysis
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• The Latest Edition of Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

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