Overview
- First book to analyse the patterns and causes of happiness among the Japanese people
- Based on new empirical investigations into how Japanese perceive their living conditions and reported levels of well-being
- Adopts econometric techniques to provide novel evidence for new arguments on quality of life and well-being
Part of the book series: Quality of Life in Asia (QLAS, volume 13)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Aging, Gender, and Migration
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Quality of Life in Japan
- Asian society and quality of life
- Family and well-being
- Positive psychology
- Social well-being
- Japanese lifestyle
- Income and happiness
- Lifestyle and happiness
- Aging population in Asia
- Elderly’s living condition
- Happiness in Contemporary Japan
- Intra-household Bargaining Power
- Time Poverty and Maternal Wellbeing in Japan
- Japanese Elderly
- Ancestor Worship and Quality of Life
- Japanese immigration
About this book
This edited volume approaches the life experiences and well-being of Japanese people from an empirical perspective. It explores the current trend of happiness among Japanese over time and examines the association of income, lifestyle, and perceived life conditions using modern econometric models with supplementary qualitative observations. Issues relating to ageing, gender, household division of labour, and emigration are also examined to provide a wide scope of results based on both survey and field methods for culturally sensitive researchers. Going beyond the conventional cultural interpretation of the uniqueness of the Japanese case, this book provides timely, empirical evidence for understanding how the various social groups comprising the Japanese population have enjoyed a better quality of life, while some groups are very dissatisfied with social arrangements and have elected to emigrate. The book is a pioneering endeavour to reveal the detailed structure ofquality of life and well-being in Japanese society.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Noriko Iwai is Director of Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSS) Research Center and Professor of Faculty of Business Administration, Osaka University of Commerce, Japan. Leading the JGSS's Project and East Asian Social Survey Project in past decades, she has been elucidating both the changing and persistent aspects in Japanese people’s social values and behaviours. Besides family studies, the scope of her research has extended to the impact of natural disasters on people’s quality of life.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quality of Life in Japan
Book Subtitle: Contemporary Perspectives on Happiness
Editors: Ming-Chang Tsai, Noriko Iwai
Series Title: Quality of Life in Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8910-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8909-2Published: 05 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8912-2Published: 05 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8910-8Published: 27 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2211-0550
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0569
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 217
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Positive Psychology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Family, Aging