RIETI Policy Symposium

Aiming for Reform of the Work Style of Regular Workers and the Realization of Diverse Working Styles

  • Program

Information

  • Time and Date: 13:30-17:35 Tuesday, July 2, 2015
  • Venue: Tokai University Kouyu-Kaikan
    (3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (33rd floor of Kasumigaseki Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: ¥1,000 (an official receipt will be issued) (Students: free; please present your student ID at the reception desk)
  • Capacity: 350
  • Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Program

13:30 - 13:40 Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

13:40 - 15:30 Part I:Reform of the Work Style of Regular Workers

13:40 - 14:10 Presentation (Overview)

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow and Program Director, RIETI / Professor, the Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Keio University / Chair of Employment Working Group, Council for Regulatory Reform)

14:10 - 14:40 Presentation

SHIMADA Youichi (Senior Executive Vice President for General Affairs and Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University)

14:40 - 15:10 Presentation

MIZUMACHI Yuichiro (Professor, Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo)

15:10 - 15:30 Q&A Session

15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break

15:45 - 17:35 Part II: Panel Discussion "Realization of Diverse Working Styles"

Moderator:

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow and Program Director, RIETI / Professor, the Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Keio University / Chair of Employment Working Group, Council for Regulatory Reform)

Panelists (alphabetical order):

KOBAYASHI Koji (Director for Human Resources Policy, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)

SHIMADA Youichi (Senior Executive Vice President for General Affairs and Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University)

SHIRAHASE Sawako (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo)

NAKANO Madoka (Woman Empowerment Journalist / Researcher (ChangeWAVE))

HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)

17:45 - Reception