The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook About Japan

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 14
General Introduction......Page 16
PART I Fundamentals of Japanese Demographics......Page 22
Introduction......Page 24
1.  Japan's Population Growth during the Past 100 Years (Makoto Atoh)......Page 26
2.  Fertility and Mortality (Hans Dieter Ölschleger)......Page 46
3.  Statistical Foundations of Population Projections (Ryuichi Kaneko)......Page 62
4.  Regional Demographics (Ralph Lützeler)......Page 82
5.  Demographic Comparisons with Other Countries with the Emphasis on the More Developed Regions (Shigemi Kono)......Page 102
6.  History of Demography in Japan (Matthias Koch)......Page 118
PART II Social Aspects of Demographic Change......Page 140
Introduction......Page 142
7. Social Ageing and the Sociology of Ageing (Sepp Linhart)......Page 146
8. Changing Social Concepts of Age: Towards the Active Senior Citizen (Takeo Ogawa)......Page 166
9. Ageing Society and the Transformation of Work in the Post-Fordist Economy (Chikako Usui)......Page 184
10. Engaging the Generations: Age-Integrated Facilities (Leng Leng Thang)......Page 200
11.  Social Change and Caregiving of the Elderly (Susan Orpett Long)......Page 222
12.  Income Inequality in the Ageing Society (Sawako Shirahase)......Page 238
13. Changes in Family Structure (Toshiko Himeoka)......Page 256
14. Changing Family Life Cycle and Partnership Transition—Gender Roles and Marriage Patterns (James M. Raymo and Miho Iwasawa)......Page 276
15. Child Care in a Low Birth Society (Akiko S. Oishi)......Page 298
16. Transcultural Society (Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu and David Blake Willis)......Page 314
PART III Cultural Aspects of Demographic Change......Page 338
Introduction......Page 340
17. Traditional Concepts and Images of Old Age in Japan (Susanne Formanek)......Page 344
18.  Notions of Life, Old Age and Death in Ageing Japan (Mayumi Sekizawa)......Page 366
19.  Population Decline, Municipal Amalgamation, and the Politics of Folk Performance Preservation in Northeast Japan (Christopher S. Thompson)......Page 382
20.  Ancestors, Burial Rites, and Rural Depopulation in Japan (John W. Traphagan)......Page 408
21. Religion in Post-World War II Japan and Social Ageing (Kenji Ishii)......Page 418
22.  Coming of Age: The Courts and Equality Rights in Japan's Ageing Society (Craig Martin)......Page 438
23. Coming to Terms with Age: Some Linguistic Consequences of Population Ageing (Peter Backhaus)......Page 476
24.  Population Ageing and Language Change (Fumio Inoue)......Page 494
25.  Age and Ageing in Contemporary Japanese Literature (Lisette Gebhardt)......Page 512
26.  Media Use in the Ageing Society (Nobuko Shiraishi)......Page 534
27.  Gendered Age (Sumiko Iwao)......Page 552
28.  Education in the Aged Society: The Demographic Challenge to Japanese Education (Roger Goodman)......Page 568
29.  Ageing Japan and the Transmission of Traditional Skills and Know-How (Takanori Shintani)......Page 582
30.  Age-specifi c Technology: A Demographic Challenge for Design (Fumihiko Satofuka)......Page 592
31.  Ageing Tourists, Ageing Destinations: Tourism and Demographic Change in Japan (Carolin Funck)......Page 600
32. Pastimes (John Clammer)......Page 620
33.  Sports and Demographic Change in Japan (Wolfram Manzenreiter)......Page 634
PART IV Political Aspects of Demographic Change......Page 654
Introduction......Page 656
34.  Demographics and the State (Leonard Schoppa)......Page 660
35.  Politics of Old-Age Policy-Making (John Creighton Campbell)......Page 674
36.  Political Parties in an Ageing Society (Paul Talcott)......Page 688
37.  Civil Society Roles in Elderly Care: A Non-profi t (Organization Census)......Page 710
38.  Neighbourhood Associations and the Demographic Challenge (Robert Pekkanen and Yutaka Tsujinaka)......Page 728
39.  "Induced" Voluntarism: A New Role for Schools? (Akihiro Ogawa)......Page 742
40.  Educational Policy: Framework and Challenges (Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg)......Page 754
41.  Family Policy: Framework and Challenges (Liv Coleman)......Page 770
42.  Immigration Policy: Framework and Challenges (Glenda S. Roberts)......Page 786
43.  Infrastructural Policy: Framework and Challenges (Thomas Feldhoff)......Page 802
44. Postal Privatization and its Implications for the Ageing Society (Patricia L. Maclachlan)......Page 820
PART V Economic and Social Security Aspects of Demographic Change......Page 836
Introduction......Page 838
45. Population Ageing and Economic Growth: The Role of Two Demographic Dividends in Japan (Naohiro Ogawa)......Page 842
46. Macroeconomic Impact and Public Finance Perspectives of the Ageing Society (Akihiro Kawase and Seiritsu Ogura)......Page 862
47. The Impact of the Ageing Society on Regional Economies (Volker Elis)......Page 882
48. A Survey of Household Saving Behaviour (Charles Yuji Horioka)......Page 900
49. The Ageing Society and Economic Inequality (Fumio Ohtake)......Page 920
50. Poverty Among the Elderly (Hisashi Fukawa)......Page 942
51. Economic Factors in the Declining Birth Rate (Naohiro Yashiro)......Page 954
52. Labour Market and Labour Market Policies for the Ageing Society (Hendrik Meyer-Ohle)......Page 968
53. Gender Dimensions of the Ageing Workforce (Karen A. Shire)......Page 984
54. Human Resource Management Practices and the Ageing Workforce (Harald Conrad)......Page 1000
55. The Impact of the Ageing Society on Consumer Behaviour and Consumer Markets (Hidehiko Sekizawa)......Page 1020
56. The Ageing Society and Reactions of the Automobile Industry – a Case Study Andreas Moerke......Page 1038
57.  Ageing and the Social Security System (Ito Peng)......Page 1054
58.  Providing Care for the Ageing Society (Naoki Ikegami)......Page 1070
59.  Guardianship for Adults (Makoto Arai)......Page 1086
60.  The Public Health-Care System – a Financial Perspective (Tetsuo Fukawa)......Page 1098
61.  The Public Pension System and the Ageing Society (Takashi Oshio)......Page 1118
62.  The Search for More Equitable Pensions Between Generations (Noriyuki Takayama)......Page 1136
63.  The Restructuring of the Corporate Pension System (Tomoyuki Kubo)......Page 1156
List of contributors......Page 1172
Index of authors cited......Page 1176
Index of subjects......Page 1190