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A movement toward gender equality in employment in Japan has been underway for some thirty years, since the enactment of the 1986 Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEOL). This presents an opportunity to investigate the progress of gender equality over the last three decades as well as assess the current employment environment for both men and women in Japan. This symposium brings together four established scholars from the UK and Japan, offering insight into the challenges facing both sexes as they negotiate work in contemporary Japan. Four speakers are Helen Macnaughtan (SOAS, University of London), Peter Matanle (University of Sheffield). Machiko Osawa (Japan Women's University), Jun Imai (Hokkaido University)

The title of the panel is "The Current State of Industrial Relations in Japan: How They Changed in the Past 25 Years?" organized by Akira Suzuki. The panel was co-funded by LERA and Japan Association for Social Policy Studies.