Japan Study as a Public Good in Asia (eBook) von Lin Huang

Part 1 Declining Birthrate and Aging.- 1 Japanese Social Welfare System Reform and Transformation of Social Governance.- 2 Aging Population, Decreasing Birthrate and National Security.- Part 2 Technological Innovation and Society Changes.- 3 The Impact of Modern Technology on Japanese Studies.- 4 Social technology research in Japan as a public good.- 5 The new overseas Chinese in Japan: What case studies tell us.- Part 3 Robust Society against Natural Disasters.- 6 People with Different Ability and DisasterLesson Learnt from Jogjakarta Post Earthquake 2006-2016.- 7 Advertising media channels and post-disaster destination: a case of Japan.

Chapter 1 covers Japanese social welfare system reform and transformation of social governance. Chapter 2 deals with the decreasing birthrate and national security. Chapters 3 to 5 discuss three aspects of the impact of modern technology on Japanese society. Chapter 6 and 7 include the research results on recovery from the earthquake disasters in Indonesia and East Japan. 

Through reading this book, the increasingly necessity to capture Japanese studies in Asia as a public good can be understood. The authors believe that sharing of knowledge as a public good is of great help in solving problems for the future.