Teleworking System: A new working system in Japan as a solution to encourage women's participation in economic sectors

Abstract

Japan's declining population has led to the reduction of human and economic productivity. A solution for this problem is to encourage more women to participate within economic sectors by creating regulations that support them. Currently, women are faced with numerous issues that hinder their ability to maintain both work and domestic duties; these issues include long working hours, short maternity leave, and limited children day cares. As a result, the Japanese government has issued several policies to resolve such problems. One solution is by introducing a new working system called the teleworking system. The teleworking system enables people to work outside of the office by using ICT. Research surrounding this system describes and analyzes data involving women participation in the economic sector. The data is collected through interviews with respondents in Tokyo. The approach of this research adopts quantitative and qualitative observations through its analytical and comparative descriptive method.