HAROLD CONRAD is Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies. His main areas of research are Japanese social and labourn market policies and human resource management VIKTORIA HEINDORF is a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Business, University of Munich. Her main areas of interest include human resource management and labor markets, with an emphasis on Japan and Germany FRANZ WALDENBERGER is Professor for Japanese Economy at the Japan Center and the Faculty of Business of Munich University. His main areas of interest include comparative anal...