Professor Emeritus

Sophia University

4-5-23 kamishakuji
Norima-ku, Tokyo 177-0044

TEL: (03) 5991-5016
FAX: (03) 5594-1110

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  labor and labor relations; union-management relations; industrial relations
• EDUCATION
  legal training
• LAW
  labor law; legal professionals; litigation
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  gender, sex roles, women; law and society; racial and psychological aspects of US-Japan relations; racial gender issues

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Research Director General, JIL; Chairman, Central Labor Relations Commission; President, International and Industrial Relations Association; Public Commissioner, Central Labor Relations Commission, 1992-present; Chairman, Central Council on Labor Standards, 1988-present; Public Commissioner, Tokyo Labor Relations Commission, 1968-79; Research Officer, Japan Institute, 1958-83.

IN JAPAN: 1984-85, 1990-91 - visiting professor; 1964-65 - Fulbright; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Globalization, Employment and Social Clauses; Equal Employment Opportunity in Japan: the Crossroads of Japanese Legal Culture; Managing Japanese Workers (Japan Institute of Labor, 1991); "Industrial Democracy," Democracy in Japan (ed. Ishida et al.) (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989); Labor Law and Social Security (CCH Japan Business Law Guide, 1988); "The Influence of ILO Standards on Law and Practice in Japan," International Labor Review, (1981).