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Speaker: Genda Yuji
Topic: The Employment Reality Facing Japanese Youth
When: Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, 15 April 2007
Admission: Buy a copy of A Nagging Sense of Job Insecurity from Good Day Books Genda Yuji is Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Social Science. He grad-
uated in 1988 from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Economics and, in 1992, received a doctor-
ate in economics from Osaka University, where he specialized in labor economics. From 1992 to 2002, he was successively Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor at Gakushin University's Faculty of Economics. Prof. Genda is a member of the Special Committee of the Cabinet Office's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. Shigoto no Naka no Aimai na Fuan (Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2001), the Japanese edition of A Nagging Sense of Job Insecurity, received the Suntory Prize for Social Science and Humanities, as well as the Nikkei Economic Book Award. Other works by Prof. Genda include: Risutora to Tenshoku no Mekanizumu (Mechanisms of Restructuring and Job Change), joint editor (Toyo Keizai, 2002); Seicho to Jinzai (Growth and Human Resources), joint editor (Keiso Shobo, 2003); Jobu Kurieshon (Job Creation in Japan) (Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha, 2004), which won an award for 2004's outstanding labor-related book; Niito (NEET: Not in Education, Employment, or Training), joint author (Gentosha, 2004); and Juyonsai kara no Shigoto Michi (The Work Path from Age 14 On) (Rironsha, 2005). Your ticket for admission to Prof. Genda's presentation "The Employment Reality Facing Japanese Youth" will be a copy of A Nagging Sense of Job Insecurity, bought from Good Day Books. Paperback copies of A Nagging Sense of Job Insecurity may be purchased at Good Day Books for one thousand four hundred yen (¥1400) each, tax included.
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