  
|
 |
  |
Masami Nomura |
| Masami Nomura is Professor of Labor Economics and Japanese Economy in the Graduate School of Economics at Tohoku University. His first book on the history of industrial relations in the Ruhr received the prize for the "Best Book on Labor" from the Japan Institute of Labor. A subsequent focus was on the mutual relationship between the production system and the labor market, a point especially stressed his Toyotism, which also won a prize-from the Japan Association of Management in 1995. Since the early 1980's Professor Nomura has been collaborating with foreign researchers with whom he has produced several books, including The Resilience of Corporate Japan (with Christian Berggren, 1997). His book Koyo Huan (Insecure Employment) on the current problems in the Japanese labor market was ranked among the best-selling books in Japan in August 1998. |
|
