Deregulation and Changes in Management-Labour Relations

近年来，由于经济全球化，即使在日本，也迅速推进了各部门的自由化运动。1996年，政府宣布对私营铁路行业放松管制，2002年2月1日，对公共汽车行业的放松管制生效。根据该政策，新公司进入公共汽车行业、设立线路和制定票价都将放开。在市场经济的基础上，政府甚至在铁路行业也进入了自由竞争的时代，本研究集中了放松管制前的几个焦点（1996-2002年），并通过调查研究实证研究的证据，如何管理方在公司一级，沿着工会，处理放松管制，并作为一个结果，劳资关系是如何变化的。此外，本研究亦探讨工会在公司层面发挥其功能的可能性与局限性。

Recently, as a result of economic globalization, the movement towards deregulation in all sectors has advanced quickly even in Japan. In 1996, the government announced a deregulation policy for the private railway industry, and, on 1 February 2002, the deregulation of the passenger-bus industry took effect. According to the policy, the entry of newcomers into the bus industry, the establishment of lines and the setting of fares were to be liberalized. Based on market economics, the government had, even in the railway industry, rushed into the age of free competition.This research brings together several focal points in the period before deregulation (1996-2002), and through survey research empirically examines the evidence of how the management side at the company level, along with the labor unions, dealt with deregulation and, as a result, how management-labour relations changed. In addition, This research also examines the possibilities and limitations of the kind of functions displayed by the labor unions at the company level.