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Japan is currently in the midst of a seemingly endless slump beginning at the start of the 1990s. Unemployment amongst other problems has risen and has reached a record high in 2001. The latest figures put Japan’s unemployment rate at 5.6% (December 2001).
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Yeow, P. (2003). The dissolution of life-long employment in Japan and its consequences for the work attitudes. In: Dorow, W., Groenewald, H. (eds) Personalwirtschaftlicher Wandel in Japan. Gabler Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-89027-6_18
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