Finding appropriate mechanisms to maintain relatively high levels of sustainable employment is one of the major challenges of our time. Japan and some other developed countries have successfully managed to address this challenge. How do they achieve this? Why is the Japanese worker willing to make temporary sacrifices for the sake of good prospects for the development of the company and his country? Answering these and related questions requires clarifying the balance between economic coercion and the moral principles that guide it. The book presents the results of a study on the administrative forms of this coercion in large companies and legal regulations at the macro level. It seeks answers to questions such as why a model of employment has taken hold in which the length of service at the same company is of primary importance, why salary levels depend on this length of service, and why labor unions are organized at the enterprise level. Key elements of the philosophy behind labor laws and their recent changes aimed at promoting decentralization are presented. The main reasons stemming from the economy, management, and the country’s demographic situation for current and future modifications in employment regulation are also outlined.