studying for midterm 2 yeee

Question 1

Shushoku Katzudo

Answer 1

a life stage and process where graduates search for a career-track job for life; slowly eroding

Question 2

Furitta

Answer 2

youth who haven’t sucesfully completed shushoku katzudo, and don’t have a career track job (though they likely have another job)

Question 3

Yakuza

Answer 3

The definitive japanese criminal gang, and a key part of the anti-social forces, distinguished by a unique culture including extensive tatoos

Question 4

anti-social forces

Answer 4

Government classification for ‘deviant’ groups, including Yakuza, bikers, cults, etc.

Question 5

how has the perspective of youth in gangs changed?

Answer 5

they used to be seen as pretty typical dumb teens; now they’re more and more seen as future crime lords

Question 6

What did the 90s recession do to careers?

Answer 6

its harder to find jobs; previously, highschool graduates were nearly assured a stable job; now, its hard to find one as a uni student

Question 7

what is the state of lifetime employment in modern day Japan?

Answer 7

it has been basically eliminated; even at its peak, only 30% of the pop. actually had it

Question 8

How are young employees at big Japanese Corporations treated?

Answer 8

They’re generally seen as lazy fucks by older workers with seniority. The remnants of lifetime employment mean they’re generally compensated poorly, and given little respect, even relative to their parents when they were young

Question 9

3 commonly given reasons for the increase in the number of furitta (this is in a subjective, not necissarily objective, sense);

Answer 9

1. spoiled kids living w parents
2. hoarding of resources by the elderly
3. abhorrence of the authoritarian-corporate lives of their elders

Question 10

Is it better to be a furitta or salary’man’?

Answer 10

furitta are happier; however, long term it is unclear. it depends if japan continues to move farther away from the lifetime employment system

Question 11

bubble generation

Answer 11

a generation referring to those born in the 60sish, and coming of age in the 80sish, right b4 the economic collapse in the 90sish

Question 12

habitus

Answer 12

embodied cultural competence; you are shaped in a relatively deep way to perform in a specific cultural context, n it shows

Question 13

Sogoshoku

Answer 13

professional career track work, gendered male

Question 14

Ippanshoku

Answer 14

low level support-based clerical work, gendered female

Question 15

what generation was hit the hardest by the 90s crash?

Answer 15

the bubble generation; they were raised to expect stable, high benefit jobs, and entered the workforce just in time not to recieve them

Question 16

What is the difference between working for a umbrella company and a subsidiary company?

Answer 16

umbrella company workers have high status, and since the company is widely recognized it tries to keep a good (n typiclaly woke) image. subsidary companies have no issue treating workers like shit, since the real ppl in power are somewhat shielded from consuquences

Question 17

Konbini

Answer 17

japanese convenience store

Question 18

third-place

Answer 18

primary place of social interaction outside of work n home

Question 19

when do we see the first seperation between home and work?

Answer 19

during the meijji period, a small (but significant) number of people started working in dedicated workplaces, as proletarians, clerks, and soldiers

Question 20

how can you describe the hegemonic idea of the worker-company relation in postwar Japan?

Answer 20

it was based on the idea of work as family; you worked for life; it was somewhat corporatist (u dont need
real unions cuz CEO bigbucks love you <3). however, hegemonic doesn’t mean this was the reality for all workers

Question 21

why lifetime employment?

Answer 21

among other reasons;
1. business was booming which made it possible
2. techniques & skills were very company specific, and it took a long time to train new workers

Question 22

office lady

Answer 22

post-war feminized labor for educated women; given significant respect, but not a career track job; expected to eventually transition into homemakin

Question 23

how were shufu’s treated in comparison to american counterparts?

Answer 23

they were seen as more important, and effectively having a career as a homemaker, unlike american housewives

Question 24

what was the tendency for work in the 90s n 00s?

Answer 24

erosion of lifetime employment for more temp & contract work, and refocusing from seniority to merit-based advancment

Question 25

what is inefficient about the uber-rational konbini?

Answer 25

lots of wasted food

Question 26

why do chains force franchisees to keep huge stocks that will likely be wasted?

Answer 26

franchises worry this would reduce profits. there’s a variety of reasons, but chiefly franchises are more worried about their brand image, and make franchisees pay for wasted food

Question 27

what kind of habitus allows one to prosper as a konbini owner?

Answer 27

it seems that those from commericial families with small businesses do better. ex-white collar workers often struggle

Question 28

modern parallels to the family firms?

Answer 28

dark firms. in a nutshell, they treat you like shit but still demand your entire soul

Question 29

how is maturity different in Japan?

Answer 29

independence is seen as less important, becuz they believe in interdependence; instead, social skills and following through on obligations is seen as adulting

Question 30

in post-war japan, what is expected of a middle-aged man?

Answer 30

to be a dedicated salaryman manager with significant power

Question 31

what new developments in retirement are emerging?

Answer 31

the government is trying to push them higher and higher,

Question 32

what is a wet leave?

Answer 32

a retired workaholic salaryman who sticks around his wife because she has more of a social life than him

Question 33

how did confucian filial piety translate into the post-war years of the breadwinner/homemaker binary?

Answer 33

it was mostly the daughter in law who carried the burden of caring for her husbands parents

Question 34

what is the paradox of being a caregiver in postwar japan?

Answer 34

one child often expected to be the chief caregiver, but the law mandates equal inheritance, leaving them feeling unappreciated/uncompensated

Question 35

how have caregivers changed as we move into more recent times?

Answer 35

there’s much more diversity in who is doing the caregiving; no longer is it just the stem heir; often it is a younger spouse (wife probly), a male relative, or a professional