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Refocusing the Shôshika Phenomenon: A Literature Review on the Low Birth Rate in Japan
https://doi.org/10.34577/00005074
https://doi.org/10.34577/000050745c23a1b9-e6c6-4c81-abba-d86ed17e09ec
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Refocusing the Shôshika Phenomenon: A Literature Review on the Low Birth Rate in Japan (1.5 MB)
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| Item type | 紀要論文 / Departmental Bulletin Paper(1) | |||||
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| 公開日 | 2022-04-01 | |||||
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| タイトル | Refocusing the Shôshika Phenomenon: A Literature Review on the Low Birth Rate in Japan | |||||
| 言語 | en | |||||
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| タイトル | Refocusing the Shôshika Phenomenon: A Literature Review on the Low Birth Rate in Japan | |||||
| 言語 | en | |||||
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| 資源タイプ識別子 | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 | |||||
| 資源タイプ | departmental bulletin paper | |||||
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| ID登録 | 10.34577/00005074 | |||||
| ID登録タイプ | JaLC | |||||
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| アクセス権 | open access | |||||
| アクセス権URI | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |||||
| 著者 |
Bardot, Sonny
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| 内容記述タイプ | Abstract | |||||
| 内容記述 | Low fertility rates affect many developed countries, which struggle to find appropriate measures to counter this phenomenon. Japan has particularly drawn a lot of attention to this issue as one of the countries with the lowest fertility rates globally. Since the “1.57 shock” in 1990, during which the public opinion started noticing the demographic problem, various scholars have discussed the reasons for the “shôshika” (low birth rate) phenomenon in Japan, leading to a vast literature on the subject. While some people identified the “work-life balance” difficulties as the leading cause for the low birthrate, others have seen the economy’s deterioration as an important issue. However, those assessments only refer to problems related to married couples, which the author of this paper proposes to call the “post-marriage theory.” Even though one should not ignore the struggles for married couples to have children, they may not be the main aspects that explain the shôshika phenomenon. This paper is an attempt to refocus the shôshika issue on the pre-marital difficulties of building a family. Based on a review of the academic literature since the 1990s, this paper argues that the leading causes of the Japanese demographic crisis are the difficulties single people face to meet a marriage partner. Although whether the coronavirus pandemic will worsen a situation that is already critical for Japan is yet to be seen, it is crucial to understand the causes of low fertility in the archipelago. | |||||
| 言語 | en | |||||
| 書誌情報 |
ja : 社会科学ジャーナル 号 89, p. 63-83, 発行日 2022-03-31 |
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| 出版者 | 国際基督教大学 | |||||
| 言語 | ja | |||||
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| 収録物識別子 | 04542134 | |||||
