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■しかくWHO

◆だいやまーくHASHIGUCHI Shoji
◆だいやまーくMIZUKI Shodo
◆だいやまーくTANAKA Keiko

■しかくWorkers in Japan

◆だいやまーくRegular Staff (direct hire, permanent, full-time)

◆だいやまーくIrregular Workers (fixed-term employment, part-time)
・Direct Hire (part-timer, arveit, freeter(job-hopping part-timer), contract employee, just-in-time employee, day worker)
・Indirect Hire (dispatched workers[regular employees, registered employees])

◆だいやまーくOther Workers (e.g. contract-based workers)

■しかくSome Boundary Cases

◆だいやまーくFull-time Part-timer (Part-timer who works for almost the same time as regular staff)

◆だいやまーくIndirect Hire Disguised as Contract Agreement

◆だいやまーくDisguised Employment (Actual employment of individual indirect hire disguised as contract agreement)

◆だいやまーくTemp to Perm (Overlap of labor dispatch and employment placement)

◆だいやまーくOn-call Workers (Overlap of labor dispatch, outsourcing and employment placement/temporary day labor services or spot labor services)

■しかくHistory of Irregular Workers after WWII

(1) Establishment of the Principle of Direct Hire in Postwar Revolution, Prohibition of Labor Supply Businesses and Enlargement of its Exceptions: "Prohibition of labor supply businesses" (Article 44 of Employment Security Law)

(2) Introduction of the Subcontract System (mainly in the shipbuilding industry & iron and steel industry)

(3) Introduction of the Temporary Workers System (by Toyota Motor Co., LTD. in 1956) (mainly in the automobile industry & electronics industry)

(4) Labor supply by such persons as labor sharks at yoseba and camp (mainly in the construction industry & harbor transport business

(5) Part-timer (of homemaker): The women's labor participation rate had been up from 1975 through 1992. (mainly in the manufacturing industry in 1960s/in the service industry after oil shock)

(6) Freeter(job-hopping part-timer) (young people who work as part-timer): The number of freeter increased in 1980s as a result of popularity of the service industry such as the chain restaurant industry.

(7) Dispatched Workers (Penetration of MANPOWER JAPAN Co.,Ltd. (http://www.manpower.co.jp/company/english/index.html) in 1960s. The Worker Dispatch Law came into effect in 1986.)

(8) Outsourcing (indirect hire disguised as contract agreement)

(9) Temporary Day Labor Services (Revision of the Worker Dispatch Law in 1999)

■しかくPapers etc.

◆だいやまーくMIZUKI Shodo September 18, 2009 "Let's Introduce Future-Oriented Education and University Business Instead of Maintaining the Status Quo where Part-Time Lecturers Are Suffering from Cost Reduction", The Mainichi Shimbun Morning Edition:22

■しかくWorkshops etc.

◆だいやまーくMarch 9, 2009 "Discussion on How People with a Doctorate should Live", Ritsumeikan University

■しかくTheme-related Links

◆だいやまーくMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare July, 2009 "Employment Measures in Post-Financial Crisis Japan"
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/za/0728/d04/d04-02.pdf (English)
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/za/0728/d04/d04-01.pdf (Japanese)

◆だいやまーくAnnual Health, Labour and Welfare Report 2007-2008
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/wp/wp-hw2/index.html

◆だいやまーくAnnual Reports on Health and Welfare 1998-1999 Social Security and National Life
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/wp/wp-hw/index.html

◇Poverty

◇Public Assistance

◆だいやまーくWhite Paper on the Labour Economy Total Contents
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/wp/l-economy/index.html

■しかくLiterature

◆だいやまーくTANAKA Keiko September 15, 2014 Always Smile Whatever Unreasonable Behaviors May Happen: Labor of Dispatched Event Companions Hired By-the-Day who Sell Cellular Phones,Shoraisha, 264p. ISBN-10: 4879843296 ISBN-13: 978-4-87984-329-6 2000 yen+tax [amazon]/[kinokuniya]



◆だいやまーくHASHIGUCHI Shoji March 25, 2011 Labor Movements of the Youth: Sociology of "Let us Work" and "We Do not Work" Seikatsu Shoin, 322p. ISBN-10: 4903690709 ISBN-13: 978-4903690704 2625 [amazon]/[kinokuniya] ※(注記)

◆だいやまーくHASHIGUCHI Shoji, HIGE Akio & IDA Hiroyuki September 30, 2010 Full Equipment for Working: Beginning to Learn Employees’ Rights from the Age of Fifteen, Buraku Liberation Publishing House, 126p. ISBN-10: 4759267336 ISBN-13: 978-4759267334 1680 yen [amazon]/[kinokuniya]

◆だいやまーくMIZUKI Shodo September 20, 2010 Homeless Doctor of Philosophy, Kobunsha, 214p. ISBN-10: 4334035825 ISBN-13: 978-4334035822 777yen [amazon]/[kinokuniya]

◆だいやまーくMIYAMOTO Taro November 21, 2009 Life Security: Toward the Society that Does not Eliminate, Iwanami Shoten, 234p. ISBN-10: 4004312167 ISBN-13: 978-4004312161 840yen [amazon]/[kinokuniya]

◆だいやまーくMIZUKI Shodo September 10, 2009 Academia Survival, Chuo Koron Shinsha, 248p. ISBN-10: 4121503295 ISBN-13: 978-4121503299 [amazon]/[kinokuniya] (Japanese)


◆だいやまーくMIZUKI Shodo October 20, 2007 The Highly-educated Working Poor, Kobunsha, 217p. ISBN-10: 4334034233 ISBN-13: 978-4334034238 [amazon]/[kinokuniya] (Japanese)


■しかくNewspaper Articles

◆だいやまーくJanuary 9, 2016 "Child poverty policy falls short" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/01/09/editorials/child-poverty-policy-falls-short/#.Vp3F1jKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJanuary 5, 2016 "Plight of irregular workers" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/01/05/editorials/plight-of-irregular-workers/#.Vp2c3jKhfGg
◆だいやまーくDecember 11, 2015 "Much-needed minimum wage hike" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/12/11/editorials/much-needed-minimum-wage-hike/#.Vp2eizKhfGg
◆だいやまーくDecember 1, 2015 "Abe’s new package lacks road map" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/12/01/editorials/abes-new-package-lacks-road-map/#.Vp3GyjKhfGg
◆だいやまーくNovember 25, 2015 "Japan to ease rules on temp workers’ child-care leave" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/11/25/national/japan-ease-rules-temp-workers-child-care-leave/#.Vp27fTKhfGg
◆だいやまーくSeptember 11, 2015 "Diet OKs bill to remove temp workers’ term limit amid controversy" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/11/national/politics-diplomacy/diet-oks-bill-remove-temp-workers-term-limit-amid-controversy/#.Vp27zTKhfGg
◆だいやまーくSeptember 8, 2015 "Bill easing regulations on temp workers passes key committee" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/08/national/politics-diplomacy/bill-easing-regulations-temp-workers-passes-key-committee/#.Vp28pjKhfGg
◆だいやまーくAugust 19, 2015 "Economy appears far from robust" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/08/19/editorials/economy-appears-far-robust/#.Vp2xNjKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJuly 22, 2015 "Unforgiving system leaves family mired in debt" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/07/22/issues/unforgiving-system-leaves-family-mired-debt/#.Vp3HQzKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJune 19, 2015 "Temp workers dealt blow as dispatch bill clears Lower House" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/19/national/politics-diplomacy/temp-workers-dealt-blow-as-dispatch-bill-clears-lower-house/#.Vp3DODKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJune 12, 2015 "Lawmakers scuffle over contentious temp worker bill" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/19/national/politics-diplomacy/temp-workers-dealt-blow-as-dispatch-bill-clears-lower-house/#.Vp3DODKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJune 6, 2015 "Worrying lack of stable jobs" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/06/06/editorials/worrying-lack-stable-jobs/#.Vp2fXDKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJune 5, 2015 "Job numbers up, but not quality" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/06/05/editorials/job-numbers-quality/#.Vp2aUTKhfGg
◆だいやまーくMay 19, 2015 "Bring Japan’s talents to bear" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/05/19/commentary/japan-commentary/bring-japans-talents-to-bear/#.Vp24vjKhfGg
◆だいやまーくMay 14, 2015 "Japan’s low-earning adults find it hard to leave home, marry" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/14/national/social-issues/japans-low-earning-adults-find-hard-leave-home-marry/#.Vp21gjKhfGg
◆だいやまーくApril 20, 2015 "New assistance for the needy" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/04/20/editorials/new-assistance-for-the-needy/#.Vp3E6DKhfGg
◆だいやまーくApril 7, 2015 "Battling the low birthrate" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/04/07/editorials/battling-the-low-birthrate/#.Vp3GhjKhfGg
◆だいやまーくMarch 10, 2015 "Tohoku slowly on the mend" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/03/10/editorials/tohoku-slowly-on-the-mend/#.Vp2yyjKhfGg
◆だいやまーくFebruary 15, 2015 "Growth-stunting technology" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/02/15/commentary/japan-commentary/growth-stunting-technology/#.Vp2yKjKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJanuary 30, 2015 "Higher wages can boost economy" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/01/30/editorials/higher-wages-can-boost-economy/#.Vp2zuTKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJanuary 20, 2015 "Why Abe’s third arrow flopped" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/01/20/commentary/why-abes-third-arrow-flopped/#.Vp3GJDKhfGg
◆だいやまーくJanuary 11, 2015 "Ending worker exploitation" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/01/11/editorials/ending-worker-exploitation/
◆だいやまーくJanuary 4, 2015 "Revitalizing rural parts of Japan" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/01/04/editorials/revitalizing-rural-parts-of-japan/
◆だいやまーくDecember 29, 2014 "Exploited working students starting to fight ‘burakku arubaito’ system" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/29/national/exploited-working-students-starting-to-fight-burakku-arubaito-system/
◆だいやまーくDecember 10, 2014 "Abe takes aim at labor regulations" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/12/10/editorials/abe-takes-aim-labor-regulations/
◆だいやまーくDecember 1, 2014 "Reality took the shine off Abe’s hopes for women in 2014" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/12/01/language/reality-took-shine-abes-hopes-women-2014/
◆だいやまーくNovember 16, 2014 "Abe bill would steal from temps to engorge industrialists" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/16/national/abe-bill-steal-temps-engorge-industrialists/
◆だいやまーくNovember 4, 2014 "Seniority pay on its way out?" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/11/04/editorials/seniority-pay-on-its-way-out/
◆だいやまーくOctober 29, 2014 "Proposed temp law bad for workers" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/10/29/editorials/proposed-temp-law-bad-workers/
◆だいやまーくOctober 17, 2014 "Promoting women at work" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/10/17/editorials/promoting-women-at-work/
◆だいやまーくSeptember 29, 2014 "The population downtrend" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/09/29/editorials/the-population-downtrend/
◆だいやまーくSeptember 24, 2014 "Job insecurity among Japan’s university teachers is a recipe for further decline" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/24/issues/job-insecurity-among-japans-university-teachers-recipe-decline/
◆だいやまーくAugust 30, 2014 "Richard Katz on the failures of ‘Voodoo Abenomics’" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/30/commentary/japan-commentary/richard-katz-failures-voodoo-abenomics/
◆だいやまーくAugust 25, 2014 "Difficult time for pensioners" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/25/editorials/difficult-time-pensioners/
◆だいやまーくAugust 18, 2014 "The high cost of cheap labor" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/18/editorials/high-cost-cheap-labor/
◆だいやまーくAugust 1, 2014 "Setting a living wage" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/01/editorials/setting-living-wage/
◆だいやまーくJuly 17, 2014 "Silver lining to labor shortage" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/07/17/editorials/silver-lining-labor-shortage/
◆だいやまーくJune 15, 2014 "‘Womenomics’ push raises suspicions for lack of reality" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/15/national/womenomics-push-raises-suspicions-lack-reality/
◆だいやまーくJune 7, 2014 "Power napping for performance" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/06/07/editorials/power-napping-performance/
◆だいやまーくMay 24, 2014 "Giving the disabled a chance to work" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/05/24/editorials/giving-disabled-chance-work/
◆だいやまーくMarch 24, 2014 "Temp workers threaten housing recovery" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/24/business/temp-workers-threaten-housing-recovery/
◆だいやまーくFebruary 22, 2014 "Return of shunto is hollow triumph for unions" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/22/business/return-of-shunto-is-hollow-triumph-for-unions/
◆だいやまーくFebruary 20, 2014 "Expanding the temp workforce" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/20/editorials/expanding-the-temp-workforce/
◆だいやまーくFebruary 16, 2014 "Now Kaieda must deliver" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/16/editorials/now-kaieda-must-deliver/
◆だいやまーくFebruary 15, 2014 "More foreigners working in Japan" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/15/editorials/more-foreigners-working-in-japan/
◆だいやまーくFebruary 3, 2014 "Temps fear the worst under biz-friendly Abe" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/03/national/temps-fear-the-worst-under-biz-friendly-abe/
◆だいやまーくJanuary 22, 2014 "Teachers tread water in eikaiwa limbo" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/01/22/voices/teachers-tread-water-in-eikaiwa-limbo/
◆だいやまーくNovember 11, 2013 "The refugees deserving of tolerance" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/11/11/commentary/world-commentary/the-refugees-deserving-of-tolerance/
◆だいやまーくOctober 16, 2013 "Policy speech overlooks key issues" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/16/editorials/policy-speech-overlooks-key-issues/
◆だいやまーくOctober 7, 2013 "The Special Dismissal Zone: where legal protections no longer apply" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/10/07/issues/the-special-dismissal-zone-where-legal-protections-no-longer-apply/
◆だいやまーくOctober 6, 2013 "Protecting migrant workers’ rights worldwide" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/06/commentary/world-commentary/protecting-migrant-workers-rights-worldwide/
◆だいやまーくAugust 12, 2013 "Behind the dip in the jobless rate" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/12/editorials/behind-the-dip-in-the-jobless-rate/
◆だいやまーくJune 14, 2013 "Tricks with labor rules" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/14/editorials/tricks-with-labor-rules/
◆だいやまーくJune 8, 2013 "Mr. Abe’s ‘third arrow’ misses mark" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/08/editorials/mr-abes-third-arrow-misses-mark/
◆だいやまーくJune 2, 2013 "Database for female executives" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/02/editorials/database-for-female-executives/
◆だいやまーくMay 21, 2013 "Precedent backs (nearly) equal pay for equal work" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/05/21/issues/precedent-backs-nearly-equal-pay-for-equal-work/
◆だいやまーくMay 19, 2013 "More serious than their parents" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/05/19/reader-mail/more-serious-than-their-parents/
◆だいやまーくDecember 27, 2012 "Mr. Abe has his work cut out" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/12/27/editorials/mr-abe-has-his-work-cut-out/
◆だいやまーくDecember 12, 2012 "Getting off the deflationary path" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/12/12/editorials/getting-off-the-deflationary-path/
◆だいやまーくOctober 16, 2012 "Labor law protects expectant and new mothers ? to a point" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/10/16/issues/labor-law-protects-expectant-and-new-mothers-to-a-point/
◆だいやまーくAugust 4, 2012 "Japan’s ongoing suicide problem" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/08/04/editorials/japans-ongoing-suicide-problem/
◆だいやまーくJune 18, 2012 "State of economic disparity in the age of dashed ideals" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/06/18/commentary/state-of-economic-disparity-in-the-age-of-dashed-ideals/
◆だいやまーくDecember 13, 2011 "All employees in Japan are entitled to paid leave, period" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2011/12/13/how-tos/all-employees-in-japan-are-entitled-to-paid-leave-period/
◆だいやまーくDecember 11, 2011 "Is a girl or boyfriend worth it?" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/12/11/editorials/is-a-girl-or-boyfriend-worth-it/
◆だいやまーくNovember 29, 2011 "Welfare recipients hit new high" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/29/editorials/welfare-recipients-hit-new-high/
◆だいやまーくNovember 22, 2011 "Supporting the unemployed" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/22/editorials/supporting-the-unemployed/
◆だいやまーくOctober 16, 2011 "Occupy where? Kasumigaseki?" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/10/16/editorials/occupy-where-kasumigaseki/
◆だいやまーくSeptember 21, 2011 "Beefing up the middle class" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/09/21/editorials/beefing-up-the-middle-class/
◆だいやまーくJune 14, 2011 "Welfare reform and cost issue" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/06/14/editorials/welfare-reform-and-cost-issue/
◆だいやまーくMarch 20, 2011 "Economic gloom impacts wage talks" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/03/20/editorials/economic-gloom-impacts-wage-talks/
◆だいやまーくFebruary 22, 2011 "Aeon to hire 10,000 grads by April 2014" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/02/22/business/aeon-to-hire-10000-grads-by-april-2014/
◆だいやまーくJanuary 10, 2011 "Overcoming deflation psychology" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/01/10/editorials/overcoming-deflation-psychology/
◆だいやまーくAugust 21, 2010 "Pension reform urgently needed" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20100821a2.html
◆だいやまーくJuly 7, 2010 "Probe urged over 27 trainee deaths in '09" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100707a5.html
◆だいやまーくJune 25, 2010 "Rampage by an irregular worker" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20100625a2.html
◆だいやまーくApril 30, 2010 "38.7% of households in red: survey" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/04/30/national/38-7-of-households-in-red-survey/
◆だいやまーくApril 1, 2010 "U.N. rights rapporteur says end foreign trainee program ‘slavery’" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/04/01/national/u-n-rights-rapporteur-says-end-foreign-trainee-program-slavery/
◆だいやまーくFebruary 3, 2010 "Critical labor negotiations" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20100203a1.html
◆だいやまーくJanuary 15, 2010 "Population decline worsening" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20100115a2.html
◆だいやまーくSeptember 15, 2009 "Rescuing the unemployed" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090915a1.html
◆だいやまーくAugust 31, 2009 "Historic day for Japanese politics" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/08/31/editorials/historic-day-for-japanese-politics/
◆だいやまーくJuly 30, 2009 "Worker excess worrisome" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090730a1.html
◆だいやまーくJune 18, 2009 "Plans for a sustainable society" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090618a1.html
◆だいやまーくJune 6, 2009 "Raising the birthrate" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090606a2.html
◆だいやまーくMarch 12, 2009 "Suicide crisis continues" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090312a2.html
◆だいやまーくFebruary 15, 2009 "24,000 new jobs find few takers" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090215a5.html
◆だいやまーくFebruary 10, 2009 "Seizing opportunites to expand" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090210a2.html
◆だいやまーくFebruary 3, 2009 "For a stronger safety net" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090203a2.html
◆だいやまーくJanuary 16, 2009 "Battle over work begins" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090116a1.html
◆だいやまーくJanuary 1, 2009 "Gingerly start to the new year" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090101a1.html
◆だいやまーくOctober 17, 2008 "Temps: Product of a broken labor system" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20081017f1.html
◆だいやまーくOctober 6, 2008 "Lawyers decry expansion of poverty, seek remedy" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20081006a7.html
◆だいやまーくSeptember 3, 2008 "Short-term economic fix" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080903a2.html
◆だいやまーくSeptember 3, 2008 "Short-term economic fix" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080903a2.html
◆だいやまーくAugust 27, 2008 "Steps eyed for temps' plight" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080827f1.html
◆だいやまーくAugust 9, 2008 "Tightening the social safety net" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080809a1.html
◆だいやまーくJuly 30, 2008 "Social plan to support doctors, the elderly" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080730a5.html
◆だいやまーくJuly 7, 2008 "Work traditions worth keeping" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080707ts.html
◆だいやまーくJune 24, 2008 "Negligible rise in fertility rate" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080624a1.html
◆だいやまーくMay 12, 2008 "G8 talks seek to link environment, labor" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080512a1.html
◆だいやまーくFebruary 21, 2008 "Improving the day laborer's lot" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080221a2.html
◆だいやまーくJanuary 31, 2008 "Gaps amid higher employment" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080131a1.html
◆だいやまーくJanuary 11, 2008 "Confidence to have children" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080111a2.html
◆だいやまーくSeptember 24, 2007 "Incoming prime minister's guide to closing 'winners-losers' gap" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20070924jp.html
◆だいやまーくAugust 20, 2007 "Downturn in economic recovery" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20070820a1.html
◆だいやまーくFebruary 1, 2007 "2006 saw average wage fall by 0.6%" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20070201a2.html
◆だいやまーくJanuary 28, 2007 "Mr. Abe’s pitch to the Diet" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/01/28/editorials/mr-abes-pitch-to-the-diet/
◆だいやまーくJanuary 5, 2007 "Solidarity to reproduce" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20070105a1.html
◆だいやまーくSeptember 13, 2006 "Next prime minister must find a NEET solution" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060913f2.html
◆だいやまーくAugust 28, 2006 "Strictures of job flexibility" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20060828a1.html
◆だいやまーくApril 14, 2006 "Wage gap getting wider" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20060414a2.html
◆だいやまーくApril 4, 2006 "A divide over the income gap" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20060404a1.html
◆だいやまーくJanuary 3, 2006 "LDP landslide buries two-party system" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20060103a2.html
◆だいやまーくNovember 13, 2005 "The freedom myth of freelancing" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fb20051113a1.html
◆だいやまーくMay 20, 2005 "A cautiously optimistic view" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20050520a1.html
◆だいやまーくFebruary 13, 2005 "Little progress on Japanese gender equality" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20050213pb.html
◆だいやまーくFebruary 28, 2004 "Give 'irregular' workers a fair shake" (The Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20040228a1.html