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Shrinking Population Economics: Lessons from Japan. By Akihito Matsutani. Tokyo: International House of Japan, 2006. xiv, 200 pp. ¥1429 (paper). - Tackling Japan's Fiscal Challenges: Strategies to Cope with High Public Debt and Population Ageing. Edited by Keimi Kaizua and Anne Krueger. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. xvi, 222 pp. $85.00 (cloth). - Population Decline and Ageing in Japan—The Social Consequences. By Florian Coulmas. New York: Routledge, 2007. viii, 167 pp. $150.00 (cloth). - The Care of the Elderly in Japan. By Youngmei Wu. New York: Routledge. 2004. xv, 224 pp. $170.00 (cloth). - Social Welfare in Japan: Principles and Applications. By Kojun Furkawa. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2008. xi, 425 pp. $109.95 Aus (cloth).

Japan's Aging Population: Perspectives of “Catastrophic Demography”

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Shrinking Population Economics: Lessons from Japan. By Akihito Matsutani. Tokyo: International House of Japan, 2006. xiv, 200 pp. ¥1429 (paper).

Tackling Japan's Fiscal Challenges: Strategies to Cope with High Public Debt and Population Ageing. Edited by Keimi Kaizua and Anne Krueger. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. xvi, 222 pp. $85.00 (cloth).

Population Decline and Ageing in Japan—The Social Consequences. By Florian Coulmas. New York: Routledge, 2007. viii, 167 pp. $150.00 (cloth).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2008

John Creighton Campbell
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University of Michigan
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Review Essay—Japan
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2008

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