All publications: Japan
Social protection
Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific
This regional report documents and analyses country experiences and lessons on the extension of social health protection coverage in the Asia and the Pacific region. It provides a detailed account of progress made, challenges encountered and...
Domestic work
Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects in Asia and the Pacific, ten years after the adoption of the...
In 2011, the international community adopted the ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), which recognized for the first time that domestic work is work and that domestic workers should enjoy the same labour protections as all other...
Executive Summary
Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward - Executive Summary
Cooperation among Cooperatives in Action between Japan and Africa - 10 Years of ILO/JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour
This retrospective booklet tells the story of a decade of collaboration between the Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union (JCCU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the ILO/JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour Programme....
World Employment and Social Outlook 2021
Summary: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work
This report examines how digital labour platforms are transforming the world of work and how that affects employers and workers. It focuses on two main types of digital labour platform: online web-based platforms, where tasks are performed online...
Public attitudes towards migrant workers in Japan
In 2019 the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative’s Safe and Fair (ILO and UN Women) and TRIANGLE in ASEAN (ILO) projects conducted a survey of 4,099 nationals, a follow-up to an earlier survey carried out by the ILO in 2010, to analyse changes of public...
Rokin Banks’ responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan
Like any other country, the population and economy of Japan are badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The preliminary figures for real GDP in the second quarter of 2020 show a decline of 7.8%. Rokin Banks (a network of 13 union-led cooperative...
Policy design of employment adjustment subsidy in Japan
This paper aims to review and summarize the feature and design of the Employment Adjustment Subsidy (Koyou Chousei Joseikin) in Japan in order to contribute to discussions in Indonesia about policy designs on unemployment protection.
Japan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2019)
Japan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2019)
Japan - Country baseline under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2017-2019) - P029
International practices of income protection for unemployed persons: Implications for Indonesia
Indonesia is in the process of developing unemployment protection scheme to offer effective unemployment protection to Indonesian jobseekers and their families. Around the world, there are more than 80 countries that has been implemented such...
Women migrant workers
Public attitudes towards migrant workers in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand
Public support for migrant workers remains limited in key destination countries in ASEAN, reveals a joint ILO/UN Women report warning against discriminatory attitudes and practices against migrant workers.
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in Japan
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact Sheets series provides key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance. They include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of...
Book
The International Labour Organization: 100 years of global social policy
This book is the first comprehensive account of the International Labour Organization’s 100-year history.
Policies, initiatives and tools to promote women’s economic empowerment in the world of work in Japan
This mapping document covers legislation, policies and initiatives on women’s economic empowerment undertaken by or of relevance to governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations of Japan, in the areas of the gender pay gap, work-life balance...
Japan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2018)
Japan - Country baseline under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2017-2018)
Fair recruitment initiative
General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs
This document brings together the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (“principles and guidelines”) and the definition of recruitment fees and related costs.
The ILO in Japan
Leaflet on ILO activities in Japan.