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A shrinking society = post-demographic transition in Japan /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A shrinking society/ by Toshihiko Hara.
Reminder of title:	post-demographic transition in Japan /
Author:	Hara, Toshihiko.
Published:	Tokyo :Springer Japan : : 2015.,
Description:	ix, 65 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	1 Introduction: The Demographic Impacts from the Great East Japan Earthquake (The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami; The Demographic Impacts; Comparing the Population Projections: Prefectures Level; Comparing the Population Projections: Cities Level; Impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake; About This Book) -- 2 Population Prospects in Japanese Society (From Population Growth to Population Decline; Changing Dependency Ratios as Indicators of Child/Elder Care Cost; Depopulation at Sub-national Level: Shrinking Regions) -- 3 Demographic Transition and Child/Elder Care Cost (Optimal Care Cost and Net Reproduction Rate; Historical Change of Optimal Care Cost Curves; The Effects of the Rising Longevity on the Child/Elder Care Cost) -- 4 Historical Process and Background of Fertility Decline in Japan (Female Life Expectancy and Survival Rate of Women; Fertility Effects of the Rising Survival Rate of Women of Reproductive Age; Mean Number of Children Ever Born to Women; Decreasing Number of Children; Causal Model of Demographic Transition in Japan; Condition for Recovering the Replacement Fertility Level) -- 5 Sustainability of Japan as A Shrinking Society (Increasing Conflicts on the Redistribution between Different Social Groups ; Collapse of Nation's Finances; Social Security Reform) -- 6 Policy Measures for A Shrinking Society (Family Policies for Recovering Replacement Fertility; Immigration Policies for Globalization of Japanese Society; Selections and Re-Concentration of Communities) -- 7 Epilogue: The Principle of the Sustainable Population (The Principle of the Sustainable Population; Conclusion).
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Social Sciences. -
Subject:	Japan -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54810-2
ISBN:	9784431548102 (electronic bk.)

A shrinking society = post-demographic transition in Japan /
Hara, Toshihiko.

A shrinking societypost-demographic transition in Japan /[electronic resource] :by Toshihiko Hara. - Tokyo :Springer Japan :2015. - ix, 65 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. - SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, Population studies of Japan,2211-3215. - SpringerBriefs in Population Studies.Population studies of Japan..

1 Introduction: The Demographic Impacts from the Great East Japan Earthquake (The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami; The Demographic Impacts; Comparing the Population Projections: Prefectures Level; Comparing the Population Projections: Cities Level; Impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake; About This Book) -- 2 Population Prospects in Japanese Society (From Population Growth to Population Decline; Changing Dependency Ratios as Indicators of Child/Elder Care Cost; Depopulation at Sub-national Level: Shrinking Regions) -- 3 Demographic Transition and Child/Elder Care Cost (Optimal Care Cost and Net Reproduction Rate; Historical Change of Optimal Care Cost Curves; The Effects of the Rising Longevity on the Child/Elder Care Cost) -- 4 Historical Process and Background of Fertility Decline in Japan (Female Life Expectancy and Survival Rate of Women; Fertility Effects of the Rising Survival Rate of Women of Reproductive Age; Mean Number of Children Ever Born to Women; Decreasing Number of Children; Causal Model of Demographic Transition in Japan; Condition for Recovering the Replacement Fertility Level) -- 5 Sustainability of Japan as A Shrinking Society (Increasing Conflicts on the Redistribution between Different Social Groups ; Collapse of Nation's Finances; Social Security Reform) -- 6 Policy Measures for A Shrinking Society (Family Policies for Recovering Replacement Fertility; Immigration Policies for Globalization of Japanese Society; Selections and Re-Concentration of Communities) -- 7 Epilogue: The Principle of the Sustainable Population (The Principle of the Sustainable Population; Conclusion).

This is the book to focus on a new phenomenon emerging in the twenty-first century: the rapidly aging and decreasing population of a well-developed country, namely, Japan. The meaning of this phenomenon has been successfully clarified as the possible historical consequence of the demographic transition from high birth and death rates to low ones. Japan has entered the post-demographic transitional phase and will be the fastest-shrinking society in the world, leading other Asian countries that are experiencing the same drastic changes. The author used the historical statistics, compiled by the Statistic Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2006 and population projections for released in 2012 by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, to show the past and future development of the dependency ratio from 1891 to 2060. Then, utilizing the population life table and net reproduction rate, the effects of increasing life expectancy and declining fertility on the dependency ratio were observed separately. Finally, the historical relationships among women’s survival rates at reproductive age, the theoretical fertility rate to maintain the replacement level and the recorded total fertility rate (TFR) were analyzed. Historical observation showed TFR adapting to the theoretical level of fertility with a certain time lag and corresponding to women's survival rates at reproductive age. Women's increasing lifespan and survival rates could have influenced decision making to minimize the risk of childbearing. Even if the theoretical fertility rate meets the replacement level, women's views of minimizing the risk may remain unchanged because for women the cost benefit imbalance in childbearing is still too high in Japan. Based on the findings, the author discusses the sustainability of Japanese society in relation to national finances, social security reform, family policies, immigration policies and community polices.

ISBN: 9784431548102 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-4-431-54810-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

786955
Social Sciences.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

1100468
Japan

LC Class. No.: HB3651

Dewey Class. No.: 304.60952

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