Public-Policy Lab

Japanese membership employment was introduced after WW Ⅱ and settled around the 1960s. This system has the following characteristics.   l   Prominent in large-scale companies. l   New graduate students select companies as life-long employment places. l   Salary periodically continues to increase, limited only by the total length of time a candidate is employed. l   Employees regularly transfer to different departments and do not refuse job places the company specifies. l   Employment criteria for employees is mainly determined by the rank of the university they graduated from because the company has a high standard of recruitment. l   The company is not primarily focused upon the candidates’ specific area of university study. It's main focus is on a candidate's overall abilities to undergo company training. l   Job is not strictly linked with workers, and generalist is primary. During the pandemic, many workforces introduced rem...

 Book Review Eternal zero (Japanese title is “Eeien-no Zero) English edition   https://www.amazon.co.jp/Eternal-Zero-Naoki-Hyakuta/dp/1939130824 This novel intends to show the reality of World War Ⅱ from the viewpoint of Japanese zero-fighter pilots. This book was originally written in Japanese, and over 5.5 million copies were published, and it was also translated into English and a film. A young adult grandson and daughter, whose grandfather died in WW Ⅱ in a suicide attack by a zero-fighter, are searching and interviewing the surviving pilots who knew the grandfather. Through their interviews, the writer shows the actual shape of the war. Discussion points are as follows. Why war leaders who make serious mistakes were not punished in each organization? Why did Japanese war leaders disregard human life? Those facts are investigated mainly through the comparison of the US. WW Ⅱ is the imperialistic war, but Japan has not experienced war against advanc...

In February, I had an operation on my left eye for a disease called cataract. About the time I returned from The UK as a visiting researcher in 2018, I was finding it difficult to see clearly even with my glasses. At that time, I visited an optician's shop, and a member of staff advised me to see an Ophthalmologist. The eye doctor explained that the reason I could not see clearly through my glasses may be the cataract. After that, my eyesight got worse. Recently it got inconvenient to read books, so I decided to undergo the operation. This disease is quite popular, especially in old age. About 40% of people over 60 years old are said to suffer from this disease in Japan. The operation itself is not so complex because of the advancement of technology. It took about 30 minutes or so. I went into hospital for one night and as we speak. I can see as clearly as I did before.