Abstract: Gender Inequality in the Japanese Workplace Abstract  

This project is concerned with an English translation and publication of my book on gender inequality in the Japanese workplace, published originally in Japanese in May, 2017 from Nikkei News Paper publication in Japan. The book get a book award in Japan, which is considered as the most prestigious book award in the social sciences, Nikkei Economic Books Culture Award, in November 3 d , 2017, which is the Culture Day in Japan. The title of the award is my literal translation from Japanese, and the letter from Springer, which I describe below refers to as the “Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science.” The award has actually been given to books in a wider area of social sciences, including but not limited to, management science, sociology, history, and political science, as long as the book is relevant for the economy   ‐‐  although there were only four award receiving books written by sociologists in the 60 ‐ year history of this award.