All resources: Japan

Competing for global talent

This book includes general and theoretical papers on skilled migration and also papers on the country experiences of Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Combating child labour in Asia and the Pacific: Progress and challenges

For more information please consult www.ilo.org/asia

Opening Remarks to the ILO/Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) Networking of National Institutes for Labour Studies...

by Ms Lin Lean Lim, OIC Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

International Experience with Social Assistance Schemes. Five Country Case Studies. ILO, 2004

Is a stable workforce good for the economy ? : insight into the tenure-productivity-employment relationship

Employment Strategy Paper 2004/15

Japan-funded project to improve safety and health for farmers in Viet Nam

ILO is unveiling a new three-year, WIND (Work Improvement in Neighbourhood Development) project, to improve the health and safety of farmers in Viet Nam.

Campaign against human trafficking in Japan

A campaign for stronger measures to combat human trafficking is gaining attention in Japan, a country which has long been reluctant to acknowledge that any problem existed. Mieko Takenobu of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reports.

Employment of people with disabilities : the impact of legislation (Asia and the Pacific) : Japan country profile

Prepared by the ILO InFocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and Employability in the framework of a project funded by Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI).

Employment of people with disabilities : the impact of legislation (Asia and the Pacific)

Report of a Project Consultation Bangkok, 17 January 2003

ILO/Japan Meeting to Focus on Training, Employment Needs of Disabled People

ILO/Japan meeting to promote full participation and rights of people with disabilities to 'Decent Work', put focus on the training and employment needs of disabled people.

Japan : an assessment of the international labour migration situation : the case of female labour migrants

GENPROM Working Paper No. 5 - Series on Women and Migration

Opening Remarks to the Annual Review Meeting of the ILO/Japan Multi-bilateral Programme

by Mr Yasuyuki Nodera, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Issues in Social Protection Series. Discussion Paper 10

On the Stability of Pay-As-You-Go Pension Systems in an Ageing Population − The Case of Japan

The aim of this paper is to examine the stability of PAYG pension schemes in the context of the anticipated ageing of population structure. Chapter 1 sets out the basic analytical framework for evaluating PAYG pension schemes in general. Chapter 2...

Stable or unstable jobs: has job stability decreased in industrialized countries?

Employment Paper 2001/26

Comparison of occupational mortality between the Nordic countries and Japan, with analysis by age group in Japan, using micro-data and the...

Child labour in developed economies

Survey and analysis of available data on the problems of working children in the United States, Canada, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

Contribution to a discussion of the ILO Governing Body Committee on Technical Cooperation: "Training for employment"

by Mr Yasuyuki Nodera, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Opening Remarks at the Annual Review Meeting of ILO/Japan Multi-bilateral Programme

by Mr Yasuyuki Nodera, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Promoting women’s entrepreneurship development based on good practice programmes : some experiences from the North to the South

SEED Working Paper No. 9 - Series on women’s entrepreneurship development and gender in enterprises (WEDGE)

Japanese multinationals in Australia : employment policies and industrial relations, 1990-97

Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 85