DIVERSIFICATION OF JAPAN’S LABOR MARKET: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
12 / 13 December 2019
PROGRAM
Panel Discussion
12th December 2019
Venue:
LMU Munich, Japan-Zentrum, Oettingenstr. 67, D-80538 München, Room 161
Access: Streeetcar Line 16 Tivolistraße Station
Bus Line 54 Hirschauer Straße Station
Line 150 Hirschauer Straße und Tivolistraße Station
Lines 154 and N44 Tivolistraße Station
18:30 - 20:00 Kick-off Discussion: Japan’s Labor Market in Flux
Panelists:
Professor Gracia LIU-FARRER, Ph.D. (Waseda University, GSAPS)
Professor Glenda S. ROBERTS, Ph.D. (Waseda University, GSAPS)
Professor Hirohisa TAKENOSHITA, (Keio University, Department of Political
Science)
Chair:
Professor Dr. Gabriele VOGT (LMU Munich, Japan-Zentrum)
International Workshop
13th December 2019
Venue:
LMU Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 (Hauptgebäude), 80539 München, Room A120
Access: Metro Line U3 and U6 Universität Station
Bus Line 153 and 154 Universität Station
10:00 - 10:30 Greetings
Professor Gracia LIU-FARRER, Ph.D. (Waseda University, GSAPS)
Professor Glenda S. ROBERTS, Ph.D. (Waseda University, GSAPS)
Professor Dr. Gabriele VOGT (LMU Munich, Japan-Zentrum)
Panel I: Reshaping Blue-collar Work in Japan
Chair/Discussant: Tina SHRESTHA, Ph.D. (Waseda University, GSAPS)
10:30 - 11:00 1. Prospects for Union Revitalization through Social Movement Unionism:
The Case of the Minimum Wage Movement in Japan
Stefanie SCHWARTE, M.A. (LMU Munich, Japan-Zentrum)
11:00 - 11:30 2. Communicating Risk to the Fish Market at the Center of the World
Anne-Sophie KÖNIG, M.A. (LMU Munich, Japan-Zentrum)
11:30 - 12:00 3. Collaborative Labor in Post-Gappei Japan
Max DURAYAPPAH-HARRISON, M.A. (Harvard University, Department of Anthropology)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break
Panel II: How to Enter and Exit the Labor Market
Chair/Discussant: Helena HOF, Ph.D. (Waseda University, GSAPS)
13:30 - 14:00 4. Nonprofit Education in Japan: NPO-led Career Guidance at
Metropolitan Senior High Schools
Vincent B. LESCH, M.A. (Hamburg Universität, AAI)
14:00 - 14:30 5. Community Integrated Elderly Care: Elderly Care at the Crossroads of
Professional Care Work and Volunteerism
Anna-Lea SCHRÖDER, M.A. (Hamburg Universität, AAI)
14:30 - 15:00 6. The Career Experiences and Life Course of Women with
Intermarriages: From an Interview of Chinese High-educated Women
with Intermarriages
Xiaolei GUO, M.A. (Keio University, Department of Political Science)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
Panel III: Career and Life Challenges of Migration
Chair/Discussant: Dr. des. Aimi MURANAKA, M.A. (University of Duisburg-Essen, IN-EAST)
15:30 - 16:00 7. The Integration of Chinese Overseas in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clara BAUMANN, M.A. (University of Duisburg-Essen, IN-EAST)
16:00 - 16:30 8. Becoming "Illegal": Case Study on Trajectories of Undocumented
Migrants in Japan
Jotaro KATO, M.A. (Waseda University, GSAPS)
16:30 - 17:00 9. ‘Superdiversity’ of ethnic/ racial Mixedness and the Future
Categorization in Japan
Yuna SATO, M.A. (Keio University, Department of Political Science)
17:00 - 18:00 Final Discussion
Chair: Professor Karen SHIRE, Ph.D. (University of Duisburg-Essen, INEAST)