LEADER 03911oam 22005415 450 001 9910746283103321 005 20231116220837.0 010 $a981-9958-50-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-99-5850-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30751519 035 $a(CKB)28276416200041 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30751519 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-99-5850-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928276416200041 100 $a20230921d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChanges in work and family life in Japan under COVID-19 /$fedited by Shigeki Matsuda, Hirohisa Takenoshita 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 113 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 1 $aPopulation Studies of Japan,$x2198-2732 311 0 $a9789819958498 327 $a1?Introduction (Shigeki Matsuda) -- -2. Who can become a teleworker during the COVID-19 pandemic? The inequality structure and access to telework in Japan (Jae-Youl Shin, Hirohisa Takenoshita) -- 3. The Division of Domestic Labor During the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan (Junko Nishimura, Jihey Bae, Kota Toma) -- 4. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family formation in Japan (Ling Sze Nancy Leung, Takayuki Sasaki, Shigeki Matsuda) -- 5. Conclusion (Hirohisa Takenoshita). 330 $aThis book describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way of work, the division of household labor, and family formation in Japan. One of the characteristics of Japanese employment practices is a stable employer?employment relationship and seniority-based wage system. In return, long working hours, especially for men who are called ?salarymen? (salaried workers, or ?company men?), are required. The pandemic has led to an expansion of telework and has reduced their working hours, which has made them return to their homes to work. In contrast, non-regular employees, who are mostly women, has become more unstable in employment and their incomes fell. This tendency has become even stronger under the pandemic. Compared with conditions in Western countries, in Japan wives have a greater responsibility for domestic chores. In the pandemic, as children's classes shifted to online and childcare support facilities were temporarily closed, the burden of housework and child-rearing increased for wives. However, husbands who worked from home shared a part of the housework, and popular home delivery services helped to reduce the burdens on wives. Japan is one of the developed countries with low fertility rates. Under the pandemic, many Japanese postponed starting a family, which further shrank the country?s birthrate. There was a remarkably significant tendency to postpone having children among economically disadvantaged and socially isolated families. This book provides a portrait of Japan?s experience regarding the notable impacts of the pandemic on work and family life. 410 0$aPopulation Studies of Japan,$x2198-2732 606 $aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-$xInfluence 606 $aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-$xSocial aspects$zJapan 606 $aFamilies$zJapan$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aLabor$zJapan$xHistory$y21st century 615 0$aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-$xInfluence. 615 0$aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-$xSocial aspects 615 0$aFamilies$xHistory 615 0$aLabor$xHistory 676 $a305.2 676 $a306.87 701 $aMatsuda$b Shigeki$f1970-$01436004 701 $aTakenoshita$b Hirohisa$f1971-$01436005 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910746283103321 996 $aChanges in work and family life in Japan under COVID-19$93594035 997 $aUNINA