Twenty-first-century Japan is known for the world's most aged
population. Faced with this challenge, Japan has been a pioneer in
using science to find ways of managing a declining birth rate.
Science for Governing Japan's Population considers the question of
why these population phenomena have been seen as problematic. What
roles have population experts played in turning this demographic
trend into a government concern? Aya Homei examines the
medico-scientific fields around the notion of population that
developed in Japan from the 1860s to the 1960s, analyzing the role
of the population experts in the government's effort to manage its
population. She argues that the formation of population sciences in
modern Japan had a symbiotic relationship with the development of
the neologism, 'population' (jinko), and with the transformation of
Japan into a modern sovereign power. Through this history, Homei
unpacks assumptions about links between population, sovereignty,
and science. This title is also available as Open Access.
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