出版社：Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
摘要：In this paper I argue that there may be occurring a gradual change in the way in which
labor policy is formulated in Japan. The change I have in mind is a weakening of the function
of the Labour Policy Council,1 the tripartite body established by the Ministry of Health,
Labour and Welfare, which hitherto had played a central role in the formulation of labor
policy. It is only in gathering together and analyzing the material in preparation for this
conference paper2 that I came to entertain this hypothesis. Testing it would require interviews
with participants and analysis of more documents, but unfortunately I have not been
able to reach the stage of definitive judgment. The paper, remains, therefore, an elaboration
