2008: shortlisted for the award on the best book of the year in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Princeton University, The Firestone Library, for the book “Education and Training in Europe”

2001: JEL (Japan Institute of Labour) Prize for the best book on the Japanese labour market, year 2000, for the book “Internal Labour Markets in Japan”

2001: shortlisted for the award on the best book of the year in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Princeton University, The Firestone Library, for the book “Internal Labour Markets in Japan”

Scholar GPS High Ranked Scholar

Certificate of Excellence, 2014, Labour Economics