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ISHIMARU Akihiko

Department / Course Ritsumeikan University Graduate School Graduate School of Sociology Major in Applied Sociology

Job

Books and theses
Papers		"Push-Type" Labor-Management Communication in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Case Study of the "Democratization Struggle" at a Machine Tool Manufacturer in the Late 1970s,pp.83-93 (Sole-authored) 2026/03/30
Papers		The Relationship between Labor Unions and Working Hours in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Quantitative Analysis of the Manufacturing Sector in Japan during the Final Stage of the Bubble Econom,pp.65-81 (Sole-authored) 2025/09/20
Papers		The Institutionalization of Labor-Management Relations and the Role of Labor Unions in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Case Study of Sanshi Ltd., a Machine-Tool Manufacturer 25,pp.22-41 (Sole-authored) 2025/03/20
Papers		Industrial Relations and Working Hours in Modern SMEs: A Case Study of Small and Medium-Sized Machine Tool Manufacturers in Japan (Sole-authored) 2024/03/05

Academic background
2024/04/01～	Ritsumeikan University
2022/04/01～2024/03/31	Graduate School, Division of Sociology Ritsumeikan University Completed (Sociology)
2017/04/01～2021/03/31	Faculty of Law and Literature Ehime University Graduated (Others)

Business career
2025/04 ～	Special researcher of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Academic conference attendance and presentation
2025/02/14	The Real Image of Regional Solidarity in the Labor Union Movement in Japan: From the Viewpoint of Sanshi Branch Union in the 1970s (2025 International Postgraduate and Academic Conference (IPAC2025))
2024/02/16	The Dilemma of Shortening Working Hours: An Analysis of the Relationship between Labor Unions and Working Hours in SMEs (2024 International Postgraduate and Academic Conference (IPAC2024))

Research activities
2025/03 ～	Japan Academy of Labor and Management
2024/05 ～	Japan Association for Social Policy Studies (JASPS)

Present specialized field
Sociology, Business Administration keyword(Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management/Labor Management, Social Policy, Labor Union)

Teaching Assistant
2023/04/01 2023/09/14
2023/04/01 2023/09/14
2023/04/01 2023/09/14
2023/04/01 2023/09/14
2023/09/26 2024/03/14
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Internal Scholarship and Research Grants receiving status
2019 2019
2022 2022
2023 2023
2024 2025
2025 2026