◆ Japan Labor Review, Volume 13, Number 1, Winter 2016
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The Japan Labor Review is a quarterly journal of research in the field of labor studies. For the purpose of providing valuable information on Japanese labor issues to the broad range of overseas readers, articles are selected, edited and published by an editorial board of the JILPT.

  Main theme of this issue:
  "Labor Problems Facing Intermediate-Age Workers"

 【Contents】
    ▽Introduction

    ▽Articles
      ・Changes Experienced by Intermediate-Age Workers in Japan's Labor Market
      ・Current Status and Issues Facing Employees of Intermediate Age in the
    Workplace: From the Perspective of Labor-Management Relations
      ・Work-Life Conflict in the Intermediate Age Bracket: Trends in Working
    Hours and Time Spent Caring for Elderly Family Members
      ・Study on Legal Issues Involving Intermediate Age Brackets: Aiming to
    Facilitate Work-Life Balance

    ▽Article Based on Research Report
        Analysis of the Support System for Job Seekers: Relation of Training
    Implementation Agencies' Activities and Trainees' Job Seeking Success

    ▽JILPT Research Activities

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◆ JILPT Research Report
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   We publish Research Reports as a result of various researches and studies
 conducted, originally in Japanese.
 English summaries of selected reports are also available on our website.

  ◇No.178 Summary
     Collective Agreement Systems in Modern Industrialized Nations
     ―Company-based Collective Agreements in France
     http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt

  ◇No.174 Summary
     Comparative Analysis of Employment Dispute Cases Resolved by Labour Bureau
     Conciliation, Labour Tribunals and Court Settlement
     http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt

  ◇No.171 Summary
     In-house Career Counseling and its Characteristics in Japan
     ―Results of free description in the questionnaire survey and interview
      survey    
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◆ The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies
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  Abstracts January 2016
  http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt


◆ Statistics
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  ◇Main Labor Economic Indicators, December 2015
    http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt

  ◇Recent Statistical Survey Reports, December 2015
    http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt