<Currently Active Committees> Economy Vitalization Committee Labor-Management Relations Committee Global Management Committee Transportation Policy Committee Energy and Environment Committee Information Economy & Society Promotion Committee Congressional Forum to Promote Better Management Vision and Ethics The Council for Promotion of Work-Life Balance Urban Policy Committee Management Innovation Committee <Past Committees> Employment Policy Committee Welfare Policy Committee 21st Century Health Committee Social Policy Committee Agricultural Policy Committee   Chairman: Akira Takanashi, former Professor, Tokyo University / Professor Emeritus, Shinshu University   The Employment Policy Committee is committed to formulating and implementing a “grand design to provide the ideal form of employment and work conditions in the 21st century.” Some specific issues include creating a labor market for senior citizens, drawing out women’s potential, and providing vocational training and capacity building programs for young people. The committee presents policy proposals for such issues based on the findings of its studies. It also examines and formulates proposals for work-sharing and other new schemes for employment creation and stability, and thereby attempts to alleviate the serious employment situation confronting Japan today. Major proposals and surveys/research presented thus far New Proposal on Youth Employment Measures (March 2004) Urgent Proposal Concerning Employment Policies in an Age of High Unemployment (December 2001) Immediate Measures for the Employment of Older Workers (June 1999) Urgent Proposal: Reestablishing the Principles of Human Resources Development and Utilization (December 1999) Employment Policies for an Aging Society with Fewer Children (March 2000) Urgent Proposal on Immediate Employment Issues (July 1998)