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Kathleen Thelen and Ikuo Kume, "The rise of non-market training regimes: Germany and Japan compared," Journal of Japanese Studies, 25(1), pp. 33-64, 1999.
Ikuo Kume, "Changing relations among the government, labor, and business in Japan after the oil crisis." International Organization, 42, 4: 659-687, 1988.