Abstract
THE annual report of the Director of the Japan Institute for the Science of Labour for 1939, recently received, in reviewing the present activities of the Institute, emphasizes its objectives in assisting the development of the national industrial capacity, including the training of workers, as well as the improvement of working conditions, and the stimulation of leadership. Reference is made to the investigation of industrial hazards as well as of the problems of agricultural workers, including their maintenance. A somewhat naive claim is made for the uniqueness of the Institute, as well as a reference to its part in the establishment of a ‘New Order’ in the Orient. The report also includes the director's address on the “Function and Guiding Spirit of the Institute”, given at its first staff conference, in which the character of the Institute as a purely scientific research body covering the daily life of the industrial and agricultural worker is emphasized? and also the importance of its contribution to national productivity and culture. Stress is laid upon the team spirit in the research work of the Institute and its service of social and national needs. Details of the various research sections and laboratories of the Institute are given, as well as of projects already under investigation.
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Japan Institute for the Science of Labour. Nature 147, 803 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147803c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147803c0