May 21 and 22, 2016, Japan Society for Karoshi Research, 2nd Annual Meeting Program

May 21 (Saturday) and 22 (Sunday), 2016
Kansai University, Faculty of Economics, 3-3-35 Yamatecho Suita Osaka JAPAN

First Day (Saturday, May 21) 1pm～5pm.

International Symposium (Japan, Korea, France): Work Hours Regulations and Damage to Health Due to Overwork

Japan: Dr. Amagasa Takashi, Yoyogi Hospital Department of Psychiatry
“Japan’s Suicide Countermeasures and the Karoshi Prevention Law from the Perspective or Psychiatry.”

Korea: Sanghyuk Im, Director of Wonjin Institute for Occupational & Environmental Health, Green Hospital
“The State of the Karoshi Problem in Korea.”

France: Sébastien Lechevalier, Professor, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.
“France’s 35-hour Workweek: reduction of working time but rising stress due to increasing work intensity and work re-organization”

General Meeting of the Members: 5:10pm～6pm

Reception: 6:30pm～8:30pm
Second Day (Sunday, May 22) Morning Session, 9:30am～Noon

Thematic Panels

First Panel: Working Conditions and Time Regulation in the Bus Tourism Industry.
1. Matsushita Suehiro (Automobile Transport Workers’ Union, Osaka Branch) “The Karuizawa Ski Tour Bus Crash.”

2. Nakabe Tsuyoshi (Reporter, Kobe News) “Work Organization that Prevents Breaktime as Seen in the West Japan Expressways Karoshi Incident.”

3. Morioka Koji (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University) “Extreme Long Work Hours and Labor Conditions in the Freight and Passenger Transport Industry.”
Second Panel: Overwork among Teachers and Workers’ Compensation for Public Employees.
1. Nakano Yoshiko (Families Concerned with Karoshi, Tokyo) “Problems Related to Recognizing Workers’ Compensation for Public Employees.”

2. Okazaki Masanori (Families Concerned with Karoshi, Shizuoka) “Work-related Calamity in a Support Office for Disabled People.”

3. Maekawa Tamako (Tohoku Hope Association) “Overwork Death of an Instructor at Tohoku University.”
Third Panel: White Collar Work Hours Regulations
1. Ishikawa Hiromasa (Political Economy Research Institute) “Problems with Work Hours (Overtime) Regulation in Technical Services: The Case of Planning and Evaluation Work in the Construction Industry.”

2. Matsuura Akira (Visiting Researcher, Hyogo Prefectural University) “Long White Collar Work Hours and the ‘Discretionary Work Hours System.’”

3. Watanabe Kiyoko (Families Concerned with Karoshi, Tokyo) “Corporate Responsibility and Duty in a Trading Company Karoshi Case.”
Fourth Panel: Young People’s Overwork
1. Dairi Hideaki (Tokyo Metropolitan Employees’ Union, Hospital Subgroup) “Overtime and Overwork of New Nurses.”

2. Irobe Yuu (Japan Center for the Health and Safety of Working People) “The Workers’ Compensation Problem of a Foreign Research Student.”

3. Nakazawa Makoto (Reporter, Tokyo News) “Social Significance of the Watami Karoshi Case and Its Mediated Settlement.”
Second Day (Sunday, May 22) Afternoon Session, 1pm ~ 4:30pm

Discussion Theme: “Karoshi Prevention Law and its Broad Outline: Restricting and Shortening Work Hours.”

Presenters:
Iwaki Yutaka (National Center for Karoshi Prevention) “The Fundamental Principles, Significance, and Problems of the Karoshi Prevention Law.”

Nishigaki Michiyo (Families Concerned with Karoshi, Hyogo) “Progress and Problems of Karoshi Prevention in Hyogo Prefecture.”

Akiyama Masaomi (HLWM National Workers’ Union) “Issues Relating to Karoshi Prevention Law and Reduction of Long Work Hours.”

Discussants:
Kashiwabara Hideto (Osaka Karoshi Prevention Center)  “A View of Karoshi Prevention Activities and Reduction of Long Work Hours.”

Goka Kazumichi (Professor Emeritus, Kanazawa University)  “The Karoshi Problem and Deregulation of Employment and Labor Rules.”

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