As more and more older persons in Japan are living in one-person-households, the number of unaccompanied and undetected deaths has risen as well. These so-called “lonely deaths” (kodokushi) have been problematized in various contexts over the last decades. Popular mass media reports interpret the growing number of kodokushi as a sign of the demise of…
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Contemporary Japan is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Japanese History and Culture, Asian Culture and Media Studies, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Contemporary Japan 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Japanese History and Culture Asian Culture and Media Studies Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Social Policy and Reform Studies Migration and Labor Dynamics |
| ISSN | 1869-2729 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.74 |
| h-index | 21 |
| i10-index | 58 |
| Total citations | 1,867 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
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It appears that Japanese employment practices, once hailed as one of the secrets to Japan's “miracle” of rapid economic development after World War II, are not keeping up with important changes in Japan's economy and society under deceleration of economic growth and aging of the population. Nevertheless, the current regulations protect the practices of lifetime…
A growing number of older people in Japan lack reliable future caretakers for their family grave. By performing numerous memorial rites and maintaining their family grave, the bereaved typically transform the family dead into benevolent ancestors. However, what will happen to those whose ashes are not interred in a family grave? In this article, I…
Over the last decades, social inclusion has become a significant factor in social policy programmes in most countries of the world. It has been endorsed through various directives of international organisations and then implemented by numerous national governments. The relatively vague nature of the concept may facilitate this present prevalence, since it makes it easily…
This paper examines the possible impacts of rapid aging and population decline on Japan's immigration policies. It is commonly understood that Japanese governments have shown a considerably restrictive attitude toward the acceptance of foreigners. In fact, immigrants and even foreign workers were not officially accepted in Japan unless they were highly skilled professionals. At the…