コジマ シンジ   KOJIMA Shinji   児島 真爾    所属   立命館アジア太平洋大学  アジア太平洋学部    職種   准教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2017/11
形態種別	学術論文
査読	査読あり
標題	Abe Shinzō's Campaign to Reform the Japanese Way of Work
執筆形態	共著
掲載誌名	The Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus (Scopus)
巻・号・頁	15(23),pp.1-17
著者・共著者	Scott North, Charles Weathers (Equal Authorship)
概要	Prime Minister Abe Shinzō has made Work Style Reform (hatarakikata kaikaku) part of his core policy agenda, promising above all to remedy the Japanese way of work's two greatest problems: dangerously long work hours and grossly unequal wage gaps between regular and non-regular workers. However, critics charge that the proposals will likely aggravate these problems, given that labor policymaking is dominated by conservative business and political leaders bent on deregulation. This paper examines the current Work Style Reform proposals, explaining howthe work hour reduction and equal pay for equal work proposals are being promoted to the public, and why they ultimately fail as reforms from the worker point of view. Despite these serious problems, the government's effective marketing has helped to defuse potential resistance and the reform plans may become law in 2018.
ISSN	1557-4660