Hiroshi Ono is Professor of Human Resource Management at Hitotsubashi University Business School. He received his Bachelor in mechanical engineering from Waseda University and his Masters and PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago. He was later awarded Docent (equivalent to a second doctoral degree) in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He writes and speaks extensively about work, employment relations and demographic change in Japan. His latest research focuses on enhancing the quality of work, integrating digital technology in the workplace and increasing labour productivity. His broad international experience includes professional and academic positions in the United States, Sweden and Japan. Professor Ono’s work has won recognition in business-oriented settings, including the Best International Paper Award from the Labor and Employment Relations Association and the Top 20 Paper Award from the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. He serves on the advisory board of the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media and on the editorial board of Hitotsubashi Journal of Commerce and Management. He is also an Affiliated Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University. Professor Ono is a frequent contributor and commentator for Japanese and global news media, both print and broadcast. He is the author of 'Redistributing Happiness: How Social Policies Shape Life Satisfaction' (with Kristen Schultz Lee, Praeger Publishing, 2016) and ‘Human Capital and the Economic Analysis of Human Behavior’ (published in Japanese from Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha, 2024). His work has been published in the American Sociological Review, Asian Business & Management, Oxford Economic Papers, Social Forces, and Social Science Quarterly, among others.