Higher educacion and work in japan: characteristics and challenges

The relationship between higher education and work has always been problematic all over the world and throughout history. What constitutes the relationship? What are the issues? This paper tries to shed some light on this issue in Japan, based on a large scale survey on college graduates and other related data. As the basis of discussion, I will lay out a simple framework of analysis (Section I), then discuss the unique characteristics of the Japanese case (Section II), and examine the challenges that Japan faces and examine some analytical questions (Section III).