This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most
pressing challenges facing Japan today: population decline and
ageing.
It argues that social ageing is a phenomenon that follows in the
wake of industrialization, urbanization and social modernization,
bringing about changes in values, institutions, social structures,
economic activity, technology and culture, and posing many
challenges for the countries affected. Focusing on the experience
of Japan, the author explores:
- how Japan has recognized the emerging problems relatively early
because during the past half century population ageing has been
more rapid in Japan than in any other country
- how all of Japanese society is affected by social ageing, not
just certain substructures and institutions, and explains its
complex causes, describes the resulting challenges and analyses the
solutions under consideration to deal with it
- the nature of Japan's population dynamics since 1920, and
argues that Japan is rapidly moving in the direction of a
'hyperaged society' in which those sixty-five or older account for
twenty-five per cent of the total population
- the implications for family structures and other social
networks, gender roles and employment patterns, health care and
welfare provision, pension systems, immigration policy, consumer
and voting behaviour and the cultural reactions and ramifications
of social ageing.
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