This thesis examines how Japan's declining birth rate and women's work-life balance are related, and how the government has responded to this in terms of policies.
My aim is to have a more nuanced analysis of the differing Japanese positions and views on Indonesian nationalism versus the black and white image that scholars and others often present by using...Show moreMy aim is to have a more nuanced analysis of the differing Japanese positions and views on Indonesian nationalism versus the black and white image that scholars and others often present by using the Indonesian language policy as an example. The scholarly approaches so far have been limited in discussing these more clearly. I will argue that the Japanese side lacked unity on what could be said to have been a very ambiguous policy and ideological area. The growing presence of Indonesian nationalism during the Japanese occupation is a possible factor of influencing the local authority's views, but I will argue that the nationalists' room for influence was limited.Show less
Karōshi (dood door te veel werk/ overwerk ) speelt vandaag de dag nog een grote rol in het Japanse bedrijfsleven. Symptomen komen voort uit stress en zijn o.a. hartaanvallen en hersenbloedingen. In...Show moreKarōshi (dood door te veel werk/ overwerk ) speelt vandaag de dag nog een grote rol in het Japanse bedrijfsleven. Symptomen komen voort uit stress en zijn o.a. hartaanvallen en hersenbloedingen. In deze paper is onderzocht welke Japanse managementstructuren van invloed zijn op karōshi. Daarbij is gekeken naar de rol van stress op de werkvloer en is er ook kort gekeken naar de cultuur van schadevergoedingen in Japan.Show less
Although racism and racial issues are not about the color of people’s skin in itself, the symbolic meanings given to color do determine who is affected by acts of discrimination and who is not. But...Show moreAlthough racism and racial issues are not about the color of people’s skin in itself, the symbolic meanings given to color do determine who is affected by acts of discrimination and who is not. But there is more to racism than it simply being about dark skin versus fair. Even among skin tone, variations that exist in terms color across the range of dark to fair, the type of discrimination faced by people differs. On a related yet deceptively different topic skin color is also strongly tied to beauty ideals. The focus for this thesis lies on the Japanese market. The question that is answered is: what does white skin stand for within Japanese society and is this beauty ideal of fair skin directly linked to a desire to emulate white people?Show less
