意識の深層 A Comprehensive Study on the Duty to Work in Japan, Reconstruction of Labor Environments, and Psychological Transformation of Workplace Conditions
Historical Development of Article 27 “Duty to Work” and Psychological Constraints in Modern SocietyArticle 27, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Japan, which stipulates that “all people shall have the right and obligation to work,” has played an extremely unique role in postwar Japanese social formation. This expression “duty to work” is rare even compared to world constitutions, with historical background in postwar bureaucratic structures attempting to position citizens as mobilization targets for national reconstruction.