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The fact that Shinjiro Koizumi, a strong candidate in the LDP presidential election, has listed “labor market reform” as one of the three reforms he wants to implement within a year has sparked widespread debate.
What Koizumi is proposing is a “review of dismissal regulations,” which involves adding reskilling and job placement support to the options for the second of the four requirements for layoffs (efforts to avoid dismissal).
However, this has faced strong public backlash as it is seen as “making dismissals easier.”
The problem with Japan’s labor law is that Article 16 of the Labor Contract Act only stipulates that
