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标题：Stractural Changes in the Labor Market and Gavernmental Policies
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作者：Fumio Ohtake
期刊名称：Japan Labor Review
印刷版ISSN：1348-9364
出版年度：2004
卷号：1
期号：2
出版社：Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
摘要：In 1998, Japan, which had enjoyed low unemployment of around one tothree percent for many years, began to experience relatively high unem-ployment of around five percent. Repeated bankruptcies of large firms andfinancial institutions provided many workers with a reason to re-evaluatethe Japanese labor market, in which long-term employment had been takenfor granted for decades. This is the situation behind the 2003 revisions tothe Labour Standands Law, which emphasized changes to fixed-term laborcontracts and regulations concerning dismissals. Since then, measuresaddressing a heightened insecurity over employment have come to the foreas crucial responses for labor policies. This issue of the Japan LaborReview features three articles addressing this question.