TY - BOOK ID - 4868693 TI - A shrinking society : post-demographic transition in Japan PY - 2015 SN - 9784431548102 4431548092 9784431548096 4431548106 PB - Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Social Sciences. KW - Demography. KW - Family. KW - Social Policy. KW - Social sciences. KW - Social policy. KW - Sciences sociales KW - Politique sociale KW - Démographie KW - Aging -- Japan -- Economic aspects. KW - Demographic transition -- Japan. KW - Japan -- Economic conditions. KW - Japan -- Population. KW - Demography KW - Social sciences KW - Social policy KW - Business & Economics KW - Population aging KW - Aging of population KW - Aging population KW - Aging society KW - Demographic aging KW - Graying (Demography) KW - Greying (Demography) KW - Families. KW - Families KW - Social aspects. KW - Family KW - Family life KW - Family relationships KW - Family structure KW - Relationships, Family KW - Structure, Family KW - Social institutions KW - Birth order KW - Domestic relations KW - Home KW - Households KW - Kinship KW - Marriage KW - Matriarchy KW - Parenthood KW - Patriarchy KW - Historical demography KW - Population KW - Vital statistics KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economic policy KW - Family policy KW - Social history KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Social aspects KW - Social conditions KW - Age distribution (Demography) KW - Families—Social aspects. KW - Japan KW - Japan. KW - Population. KW - al-Yābān KW - Giappone KW - Government of Japan KW - Iapōnia KW - I͡Aponii͡ KW - Japam KW - Japani KW - Japão KW - Japon KW - Japonia KW - Japonsko KW - Japonya KW - Jih-pen KW - Mư̄ang Yīpun KW - Nihon KW - Nihonkoku KW - Nippon KW - Nippon-koku KW - Nipponkoku KW - Prathēt Yīpun KW - Riben KW - State of Japan KW - Yābān KW - Yapan KW - Yīpun KW - Zhāpān KW - I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ KW - Nihon-koku KW - Япония KW - اليابان KW - يابان KW - 日本 KW - 日本国 KW - Jepun KW - Yapon KW - Yapon Ulus KW - I︠A︡pon KW - Япон KW - I︠A︡pon Uls KW - Япон Улс UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4868693 AB - 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. ER -