This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing population, changes in family structure and continued recession...

This article examines the effect of income and productivity on the quit behavior of Japanese professional baseball players. The results imply a higher income reduces the quit probability for both pitchers and batters. However, the effect of productivity is not the same for each occupation. Even...