ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the background history, present state, and future issues of Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education (CWIE) in Japan. Firstly, it shows how the transition from study to work for the youth population has been organised since the modernisation brought about by the 1868 Meiji Restoration. Secondly, the present situation of CWIE is described, including the reasons for lack of development. Thirdly, suggestions are made in turn for the stakeholders of CWIE, that is, universities, companies, the government, and students, for Japan to catch up with the rest of the industrialised countries in the development of CWIE.
