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Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan is a book that was written by a team of American and Japanese authors. The book covers a variety of topics related to public policy and the aging of society in Japan. The book is divided into six sections, each of which covers a different topic related to aging. The first section of the book covers the history of aging in Japan and how public policy has changed over the past thirty years. The second section of the book covers the challenges that public policy faces in responding to the aging of society. The third section of the book covers the various social and economic implications of an aging society. The fourth section of the book covers the various policies that are in place to support the aging population. The fifth section of the book covers the ways in which the Japanese government is trying to prepare for the aging of society. The final section of the book covers the future of public policy and aging in Japan.
Thirty years ago, when compared to the U.S., England, France, and Sweden, Japan had the lowest life expectancy for males and females. Today, Japan has the highest life expectancy and is the world's most rapidly aging society. Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan captures the vitality of Japanese policymakers and the challenges they face in shaping a modern society responding to its changing needs. The rapid transition to an aging society poses a set of complex policy and resource dilemmas; the responses taken in Japan are of great value to policymakers, professionals, and students in the fields of gerontology, Asian and Japanese studies, sociology, public policy, administration and management, and anthropology in other industrial aging societies. Readers of Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan will discover the array of social and economic implications that comes with an increasingly aged society. Such a change in demographics affects pension expenditures and pension contributions, capital formation and savings rates, health costs, service systems, tax bases, labor pools, career counseling, training, advertising, and marketing. This book does not stop with these topics, however. Readers also learn about:
- how older Japanese workers are staying employed and employable
- policies in Japan for a smooth transition from work to retirement
- Japan's Silver Human Resource Centers
- the new direction of health services in Japan
- the Japanese financing system for elderly health care
- the expansion of formalized in-home services for Japan's aged
- Japanese housing policy and the concept of universal design
- the Gold Plan, a comprehensive ten-year plan to promote health care and welfare for the aged
- the concept of ikigai--promoting feelings of purpose and self-worth in the agedPublic Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan is one of only a handful of books prepared in English by American and Japanese authors for an international audience about aging and social policy in Japan. The book's recent collection of articles by leading scholars on the subject makes it a unique and timely source of information. Above all, Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan makes it clear that the rest of the world has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan's approach to its rapidly aging society.
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