This article discusses the relationship between Japanese labor law and employment customs, building on this rationalistic understanding of the Japanese employment customs. Our basic conclusion is as follows. The Japanese employment custom developed naturally through an agreement among the...

Japanese and Korean labor markets and social protections in a comparative perspective -- The politics of labor market reform in hard times : a theoretical framework -- The institutional origins of labor markets and social protections in Japan and Korea -- Japan : liberalization for outsiders,...

Jiyeoun Song focuses on South Korea and Japan, which have advanced labor market reform and confronted the rapid rise of a split in labor markets between protected regular workers and underprotected and underpaid nonregular workers.