THE SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH INTO INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN YOUTH LABOUR MOBILITY AND CHANGING INDUSTRIES IN TOHOKU AREAS IN JAPAN

1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 08451034
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
• Research Institution: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
• Principal Investigator: FUWA Kazuhiko TOHOKU UNIVERSITY,FACULTY OF EDUCATION,PROFESSOR, 教育学部, 教授 (60004115)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKAHASHI Mituru TOHOKU UNIVERSITY,FACULTY OF EDUCATION,ASSOCIATED PROFESSOR, 教育学部, 助教授 (70171527) ; HAGIHARA Toshirou TOHOKU UNIVERSITY,FACULTY OF EDUCATION,PROFESSOR, 教育学部, 教授 (70004124)
• Project Period (FY): 1996 – 1998
• Keywords: HIGH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES / CHANGING MANUFACTURE INDUSTRIES IN TOHOKU AREA / LABOUR MARKET IN TOHOKU AREA / POSITION OF LABOUR FORCES IN RURAL COMMUNITY / FORMATION OF YOUTH LABOUR / OPPOTUNITIES OF GETTING JOBS FOR THE YOUTH / OPPORTUNITYIES OF SELECTION OF LIFE CHANCES / IDEARS OF THE YOUTH ON GETTING JOBS

Research Abstract

1. The high advanced technological Industries (HATI) in Tohoku area have been developing dramatically since 1980s. BATI, which is mainly electronic manufactures, set down the south part of Fukushima prefecture in Tohoku area in the 1970s. After that HATI has been developing in other areas through 1980s and 1990s and has produced the changing new industrial construction, which HATI occupies the highest position in the grass production output of the manufacture industries.
2 We find some interesting points in analyzing the process of development of HATI in Tohoku area. One is that the speed of development of HATI is a quite different between the south part of Tohoku area, which consists of Fukushima, Yamagata and Miyagi prefectures, and the north part, which consists of Akita, Iwate and Aomori prefectures. The second is that the above paint has made other serious differences regarding the demand of labor forces from industrial activities and the average income level of household etc between both areas.
3 We also find other important situations especially to opportunities of life selection for the youth. For the youth in the south part they have good opportunities of selection of getting job in their own areas. However the youth in the north part are in serious disadvantageous situation, which they are in so limited opportunities of getting job in their own areas, so they are forced to move to other areas including Tokyo city etc to find some job. These different situations give some new subjects on thinking the best way of life chances for the youth to high school teachers, who need find the way of flexible suggestions depending on students demands, ideas and abilities.