Enter the Workers: Japan's Changing Childcare Controversy

Enter the Workers: Japan's Changing Childcare Controversy

This report surveys five recent books regarding childcare practice in Japan. While the shortage of good-quality licensed childcare has been an important issue for years, a major shift has occurred in that the poor treatment of childcare workers is now drawing attention. However the authors find that...

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