When one state considers an act of another state as a violation of obligations toward it, it might resort to some measures that are also illegal per se. As long as they are subject to some conditions imposed by international law, those measures are admissible as lawful countermeasures, and the...

This paper surveys theoretical and empirical research on the effects of minimum wages in Japan and overseas and provides some implication for Japan's minimum wage policy.The debate over the minimum wage policy is often judged by its disemployment effect. In Japan, literature employing large...

The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 severely damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and has reminded people of the potential risk of electricity supply shortage. Japanese consumers have since also began rethinking about the source of electricity production.This paper...

There still has not been sufficient promotion of the active participation of women in the workplace in Japan. The main factors behind this situation are a uniform view of women and the failure to adopt a stance of inclusion.Accordingly, there is a need to establish the following systems and...

This paper examines the relationship between corporate disclosure of non-financial information and ownership by foreign shareholders using panel data of listed companies in 2003-2011. The results employing fixed effects model show that companies which disclosed non-financial information...

The Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Station Accident in March 2011 caused radioactive pollution problems of neighborhood area and also caused steep decrease of tourist number who visit and stay hotels, restaurants, sightseeing attractions and so on in the neighborhood area. The decrease continued...

The approach of regional development with local resources has become popular in recent years, but most of the business activities using local resources are small in scale and their effects on regional economies are not clear. In order to take measures for the development of regional economies...

A drastic reform of the power system is about to take place in Japan. The most significant improvement to be introduced is the "market mechanism in the real-time power adjustment of supply and demand," which consists of a bidding system of power adjustment and an imbalance settlement system....

In this paper, we examine the effects of family background during childhood and non-cognitive ability on future outcomes such as educational attainment, employment status, and wages.The results show that the home environment during childhood has a positive effect on educational attainment, but...

Using the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) dataset (1st wave and 2nd wave), we examine the redistribution effect of taxes and social security on the labor participation decisions for elderly households. We show that the redistribution of taxes and social security in Japan works...