Basic Income in Japan: Prospects for a Radical Idea in a Transforming Welfare State

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Income Security and the “Right to Subsistence” in Japan....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
A Comparative Look at the Feasibility of Basic Income in the Japanese Welfare State....Pages 15-34
Transforming Japan’s Bismarckian Welfare State: Basic Income versus Inclusive Social Insurance....Pages 35-48
Is There a Future for a Universal Cash Benefit in Japan? The Case of Kodomo Teate (Child Benefit)....Pages 49-67
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Basic Income....Pages 69-81
The Future of the Public Assistance Reform in Japan: Workfare versus Basic Income?....Pages 83-99
Beyond the Three Selection Principles of Welfare Policy (Work, Family, and Belonging): Toward a Reconsideration of the Fujin Hogo Jigyo (Women’s Protection Project) in Japan....Pages 101-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
The Impact of Basic Income on the Gendered Division of Paid Care Work....Pages 117-130
Basic Income and Unpaid Care Work in Japan....Pages 131-139
Beyond the Paradigm of Labor: Everyday Activism and Unconditional Basic Income in Urban Japan....Pages 141-155
The Tensions between Multiculturalism and Basic Income in Japan....Pages 157-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
What Do People Think about Basic Income in Japan?....Pages 171-195
What Needs to Be Considered When Introducing a New Welfare System: Who Supports Basic Income in Japan?....Pages 197-218
The Financial Feasibility of Basic Income and the Idea of a Refundable Tax Credit in Japan....Pages 219-245
The Potential of Introducing Basic Income for the “New Public” in Japan: A Road to the Associational Welfare State?....Pages 247-261
Back Matter....Pages 263-275