The impact of digitalization on Japanese capitalism

This research project aims at better understanding the multi-level impact of digitalization on Japanese capitalism.
On the one hand, we investigate the conditions for Japanese capitalism to move towards Society 5.0. On the other hand, we look at the impact of digitalization on specific institutions (e.g. labor market). From this perspective, we show how digitalization is a primary drive of growing inequalities in post-industrial Japan and argues for incorporating the digital divide into the investigation of changing economic structures and growth patterns. We mobilize the Régulation theoretical framework, which posits that the impact of technology on growth and inequality regimes is not homogeneous across countries and over time.