Summary – DEMOGRAPHY – The Korean Population: Recent Changes and Major Issues (Kim Doo-Sub) A Brief History of Policy Responses to Low Fertility and Population Ageing in South Korea (Kim Ik Ki) Women in Ageing Korea and Gender Ideology Conflicts…
China has begun to take action to turn the tide against pollution and unconstrained carbon emissions. For the Chinese people, their polluted environment is of course an even more urgent issue than the longer-term problem of carbon emissions and climate…
In line with the topics introduced by the previous issue of Japan Analysis (focusing on Japan’s openness to the world), this 35th issue of Japan Analysis explores the various actions recently initiated by the Abe government to make Japan a…
The number and nature of international rankings published in large-circulation magazines have grown significantly in importance in the last fifteen years. They now cover a multiplicity of topicsdomains and are structured around criteria ranging from gross domestic product and the…
With the Diet’s June 2012 adoption of the project that doubled the consumption tax and passed other measures destined to reform Japan’s fiscal policy and social security system, the government of Noda Yoshihiko seems to have won a significant victory….
Maintaining social stability is at the core of China’s authoritarianism. An elaborated system of “social management” aims at anticipating and preventing social disorder. The Chinese Communist Party has been able to extend its reach by embracing new technologies and embarking…
At the World Economic Forum held in Davos on January 26th, Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko stated that he was determined to steer his country on a path of administrative, fiscal and social reform destined to redress Japan’s financial situation; and…
The pact that China has made with globalization, trading huge external dependence for miraculous export growth, may be unravelling. The crisis in the West is hurting exports, and inflation and bubbles at home are creating unrest in the vital coastal…
In the aftermath of the triple disaster of March 2011, this issue is in line with the previous one and proposes a precise vision, after the past months, at the same time of the assessment to draw up and of…
In Japan but also all over the world, everyone keeps in mind the events of last March 11th, with a certain amount of incomprehension and astonishment. How can the Japanese population be so calm when confronted to a disaster? Why…