This book describes and clarifies how certain problems can be resolved in Japan and Asia. For the future, the focus should be on Japan, which can provide "common knowledge" as a public good. The book collects the results of researchers in Japan, China, South Korea, and Indonesia on declining birthrates and aging, rapid technological innovation and societal changes, and recovery from natural disasters.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.

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Part 1 Declining Birthrate and Aging 6 1 Japanese Social Welfare System Reform and Transformation of Social Governance 7

1.1 Basic Conceptions and Understanding of Japan's Social Welfare Reform 7

1.1.1 Social Welfare, the Welfare State, the Welfare Society 8

1.1.2 Social Governance 9 1.2 Institutional Reform and Transformation in Management Format 10

1.2.1 The Administrative Measures Model of Welfare 10

1.2.2 Institutional Reform of Japan's Welfare System 11

1.2.3 Shift to Local Welfare 12

1.3 The Outcomes and Problems of the Institutional Reform 14 1.4 Conclusion 16

References 19

2 Aging Population, Decreasing Birthrate and National Security 20

2.1 Outline of Japan's defensive power and population problem 20

2.2 National Defense Plan and Population Problems in Korea 27

2.3 Conclusion 32

References 34

Part 2 Technological Innovation and Society Changes 36

3 The Impact of Modern Technology on Japanese Studies 37

3.1 A Brief History of Modern Technology in Japanese Studies 37

3.2 Pros and Cons of Using Modern Technology in Japanese Studies 40

3.3 Concluding Remarks 42

4 Social technology research in Japan as a public good 43

4.1 Introduction: the problem 43 4.2 An examination of social technology research in Japan 45

4.3 What social technology research in Japan suggests 47

4.4 Conclusion 49

References 51

5 The new overseas Chinese in Japan: What case studies tell us 52

5.1 The development of research and its challenges 52

5.2 Research subjects and method 54

5.3 What the survey tells us 55

5.3.1 The state of identity: Japan and China in life 55

5.3.2 On nationality 56

5.3.3 Relationship with the host society 56

5.4 On the future 58

5.5 Conclusion and remaining challenges 58

Part 3 Robust Society against Natural Disasters &nb...