Takehiko Kariya
Biographic Data
| ID | 3860248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Takehiko Kariya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Takehiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Kariya |
| SIGNATURE | KARIYA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-0119-4847 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Why Does Japanese Sociology Lack Global Influence? A Study of Pseud‐Indigenization via Imported Scholarship
Despite Japan's long academic history, its sociological research has maintained limited global influence. This paper investigates why Japanese sociology has struggled to contribute to the global development of the discipline, examining this issue through the framework of “pseudo‐indigenization via imported scholarship.” The study first identifies key characteristics of Japanese sociology through a literature review: a scarcity of international ci…
A Long & Wrong Road to Globalization: Why Have Japanese Universities Failed in “Catching Up” in the Twenty-First Century
This essay examines how universities in non-Western, non-English-speaking countries respond to global competition in higher education, where English has become dominant due to “linguistic imperialism.” I pose critical questions about how these institutions can not only endure but thrive amid global competition, and whether intensified global competition has improved the quality of education. Focusing on Japan, I explore both successful and challe…
Credential Inflation and Decredentialization: Re-examining the Mechanism of the Devaluation of Degrees
Sociologists have long used credential inflation theory to explain the devaluation of tertiary education degrees as the consequence of the excessive supply of educated personnel. However, the literature has inadequately examined two fundamental conditions: the combination of degrees/skills that individuals possess and the level of degrees. In this article, cross-country multilevel regressions reveal lower-level degrees (i.e. short-cycle tertiary)…
Japan’s Post-Catch-up Modernity
Japanese education has undergone a great transformation since the late 1980s. This chapter pays attention to those transformations in education over the last three decades, as illustrations of a ‘post-catch-up’ modernity currently evolving in Japan. Locating education within a theoretical framework of modernity provides new angles from which to understand recent evolutions of Japan’s modernity and the role education plays within it. How and why d…
Education and Social Disparities in Japan
The Japanese education system was once recognized globally, at least until the end of the 1980s, as one that was both high in quality and highly egalitarian. This unique success was achieved in the process of Japan’s rapid modernization. How has this success achieved? How “unique” was the key issue of disparities? These are among the most crucial questions to comprehend regarding Japanese education. The double standard of equality emerging from J…
Education Reform and Social Class in Japan: The Emerging Incentive Divide
Until the early 1990s, Japanese education was widely commended for achieving outstanding outcomes in global comparison. At the same time, it was frequently criticized for failing to cultivate 'individuality' and 'creativity' in students. Wide-ranging education reforms were enacted during the 1990s to remedy these perceived failings. However, as this book argues, the reforms produced a different outcome than intended, contributing to growing dispa…
Is Everyone Capable of Becoming a ‘Good Citizen’ in Japanese Society? Inequality and the Realization of the ‘Good Citizen’ Education
‘Citizen’ is a word that is difficult to translate into Japanese in a way that preserves its original meaning in English. Reflecting its origin in Western social thought, the word is most often translated as either ‘Shimin’ or ‘Kokumin.’ Each of these conveys different, sometimes contradictory connotations according to the political contexts into which they are put forth. Nevertheless, one can still find capacities of ‘the good citizen’ that both…
Japan at the Meritocracy Frontier: From Here, Where
Bright Flight: Unintended Consequences of Detracking Policy in Japan
In many ways, Japan is an embodiment of meritocracy, stressing academic achievement and disapproving of social class influences. Before 1970, Japan had a strong tradition in which public schools were superior to private ones. However, around that time, a progressive movement succeeded in implementing detracking policies in some prefectures, which also had some unintended consequences, the opposite of their egalitarian intentions. This article pre…
From High School and College to Work in Japan Meritocracy through Institutional and Semi-Institutional Linkages
It is a well-known fact that educational qualifications have a great impact on first job placement, and that the higher an individual’s level of educational attainment, the more likely he or she is to acquire a ‘good’ job higher salary and fringe benefits, training and promotion opportunities, and prestige. In fact, in industrialized countries, higher educational qualifications are often a precondition for entry to a ‘good job’.
Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan: Educational Credentials, Class, and the Labour Market in a Cross-National Perspective.Hiroshi Ishida
Do School Achievements Affect the Early Jobs of High School Graduates in the United States and Japan
James E. Rosenbaum, Takehiko Kariya, Do School Achievements Affect the Early Jobs of High School Graduates in the United States and Japan?, Sociology of Education, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Apr., 1991), pp. 78-95
Market and Network Theories of the Transition from High School to Work: Their Application to Industrialized Societies
The transition from high school to work creates serious problems for American youths and employers. Since single theories have difficulty conceptualizing the reasons for these problems, this paper reviews four theories that elucidate aspects: segmented labor market theory, human capital theory, signaling theory, and network theory. In addition, this review contrasts the American transition system with the transition systems in Japan, West Germany…
From High School to Work: Market and Institutional Mechanisms in Japan
Market models posit that institutional linkages interfere with efficient labor markets. Many Japanese high schools have agreements with employers to hire their students, and this article examines the ties between Japanese schools and employers, the reasons they make these ties, and the criteria they use to select students. Interviews with teachers and recruiters indicate that the Japanese system shifts the competition for jobs from the labor mark…
Self-Selection in Japanese Junior High Schools: A Longitudinal Study of Students' Educational Plans
Takehiko Kariya, James E. Rosenbaum, Self-Selection in Japanese Junior High Schools: A Longitudinal Study of Students' Educational Plans, Sociology of Education, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Jul., 1987), pp. 168-180
From High School to Work: Market and Institutional Mechanisms in Japan
Market models posit that institutional linkages interfere with efficient labor markets. Many Japanese high schools have agreements with employers to hire their students, and this article examines the ties between Japanese schools and employers, the reasons they make these ties, and the criteria they use to select students. Interviews with teachers and recruiters indicate that the Japanese system shifts the competition for jobs from the labor mark…
Bright Flight: Unintended Consequences of Detracking Policy in Japan
In many ways, Japan is an embodiment of meritocracy, stressing academic achievement and disapproving of social class influences. Before 1970, Japan had a strong tradition in which public schools were superior to private ones. However, around that time, a progressive movement succeeded in implementing detracking policies in some prefectures, which also had some unintended consequences, the opposite of their egalitarian intentions. This article pre…
Do School Achievements Affect the Early Jobs of High School Graduates in the United States and Japan
James E. Rosenbaum, Takehiko Kariya, Do School Achievements Affect the Early Jobs of High School Graduates in the United States and Japan?, Sociology of Education, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Apr., 1991), pp. 78-95
Self-Selection in Japanese Junior High Schools: A Longitudinal Study of Students' Educational Plans
Takehiko Kariya, James E. Rosenbaum, Self-Selection in Japanese Junior High Schools: A Longitudinal Study of Students' Educational Plans, Sociology of Education, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Jul., 1987), pp. 168-180
Credential Inflation and Decredentialization: Re-examining the Mechanism of the Devaluation of Degrees
Sociologists have long used credential inflation theory to explain the devaluation of tertiary education degrees as the consequence of the excessive supply of educated personnel. However, the literature has inadequately examined two fundamental conditions: the combination of degrees/skills that individuals possess and the level of degrees. In this article, cross-country multilevel regressions reveal lower-level degrees (i.e. short-cycle tertiary)…
Japan at the Meritocracy Frontier: From Here, Where
Self-Selection in Japanese Junior High Schools: A Longitudinal Study of Students' Educational Plans
Takehiko Kariya, James E. Rosenbaum, Self-Selection in Japanese Junior High Schools: A Longitudinal Study of Students' Educational Plans, Sociology of Education, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Jul., 1987), pp. 168-180
From High School to Work: Market and Institutional Mechanisms in Japan
Market models posit that institutional linkages interfere with efficient labor markets. Many Japanese high schools have agreements with employers to hire their students, and this article examines the ties between Japanese schools and employers, the reasons they make these ties, and the criteria they use to select students. Interviews with teachers and recruiters indicate that the Japanese system shifts the competition for jobs from the labor mark…
Market and Network Theories of the Transition from High School to Work: Their Application to Industrialized Societies
The transition from high school to work creates serious problems for American youths and employers. Since single theories have difficulty conceptualizing the reasons for these problems, this paper reviews four theories that elucidate aspects: segmented labor market theory, human capital theory, signaling theory, and network theory. In addition, this review contrasts the American transition system with the transition systems in Japan, West Germany…
Do School Achievements Affect the Early Jobs of High School Graduates in the United States and Japan
James E. Rosenbaum, Takehiko Kariya, Do School Achievements Affect the Early Jobs of High School Graduates in the United States and Japan?, Sociology of Education, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Apr., 1991), pp. 78-95
Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan: Educational Credentials, Class, and the Labour Market in a Cross-National Perspective.Hiroshi Ishida
From High School and College to Work in Japan Meritocracy through Institutional and Semi-Institutional Linkages
It is a well-known fact that educational qualifications have a great impact on first job placement, and that the higher an individual’s level of educational attainment, the more likely he or she is to acquire a ‘good’ job higher salary and fringe benefits, training and promotion opportunities, and prestige. In fact, in industrialized countries, higher educational qualifications are often a precondition for entry to a ‘good job’.
Bright Flight: Unintended Consequences of Detracking Policy in Japan
In many ways, Japan is an embodiment of meritocracy, stressing academic achievement and disapproving of social class influences. Before 1970, Japan had a strong tradition in which public schools were superior to private ones. However, around that time, a progressive movement succeeded in implementing detracking policies in some prefectures, which also had some unintended consequences, the opposite of their egalitarian intentions. This article pre…
Japan at the Meritocracy Frontier: From Here, Where
Is Everyone Capable of Becoming a ‘Good Citizen’ in Japanese Society? Inequality and the Realization of the ‘Good Citizen’ Education
‘Citizen’ is a word that is difficult to translate into Japanese in a way that preserves its original meaning in English. Reflecting its origin in Western social thought, the word is most often translated as either ‘Shimin’ or ‘Kokumin.’ Each of these conveys different, sometimes contradictory connotations according to the political contexts into which they are put forth. Nevertheless, one can still find capacities of ‘the good citizen’ that both…
Education Reform and Social Class in Japan: The Emerging Incentive Divide
Until the early 1990s, Japanese education was widely commended for achieving outstanding outcomes in global comparison. At the same time, it was frequently criticized for failing to cultivate 'individuality' and 'creativity' in students. Wide-ranging education reforms were enacted during the 1990s to remedy these perceived failings. However, as this book argues, the reforms produced a different outcome than intended, contributing to growing dispa…
Education and Social Disparities in Japan
The Japanese education system was once recognized globally, at least until the end of the 1980s, as one that was both high in quality and highly egalitarian. This unique success was achieved in the process of Japan’s rapid modernization. How has this success achieved? How “unique” was the key issue of disparities? These are among the most crucial questions to comprehend regarding Japanese education. The double standard of equality emerging from J…
Japan’s Post-Catch-up Modernity
Japanese education has undergone a great transformation since the late 1980s. This chapter pays attention to those transformations in education over the last three decades, as illustrations of a ‘post-catch-up’ modernity currently evolving in Japan. Locating education within a theoretical framework of modernity provides new angles from which to understand recent evolutions of Japan’s modernity and the role education plays within it. How and why d…
Credential Inflation and Decredentialization: Re-examining the Mechanism of the Devaluation of Degrees
Sociologists have long used credential inflation theory to explain the devaluation of tertiary education degrees as the consequence of the excessive supply of educated personnel. However, the literature has inadequately examined two fundamental conditions: the combination of degrees/skills that individuals possess and the level of degrees. In this article, cross-country multilevel regressions reveal lower-level degrees (i.e. short-cycle tertiary)…
A Long & Wrong Road to Globalization: Why Have Japanese Universities Failed in “Catching Up” in the Twenty-First Century
This essay examines how universities in non-Western, non-English-speaking countries respond to global competition in higher education, where English has become dominant due to “linguistic imperialism.” I pose critical questions about how these institutions can not only endure but thrive amid global competition, and whether intensified global competition has improved the quality of education. Focusing on Japan, I explore both successful and challe…
Why Does Japanese Sociology Lack Global Influence? A Study of Pseud‐Indigenization via Imported Scholarship
Despite Japan's long academic history, its sociological research has maintained limited global influence. This paper investigates why Japanese sociology has struggled to contribute to the global development of the discipline, examining this issue through the framework of “pseudo‐indigenization via imported scholarship.” The study first identifies key characteristics of Japanese sociology through a literature review: a scarcity of international ci…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Japanese History and Culture (6 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (4 works) · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (4 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 works) · Meritocracy (4 works)