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Family Issues on Marriage, Divorce, and Older Adults in Japan

With Special Attention to Regional Variations

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Fumie Kumagai

    1. Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Approaches Japanese demography and families from a regional variation perspective

  • Challenges Japanese family issues through the dual perspective of traditional and modern natures

  • Builds on demography and families in Japan from historical, cultural, and qualitative perspectives

  • Contributes a Japanese perspective to understanding of the Japanese family

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction: A New View on Changes in Japanese Families

    • Fumie Kumagai
    Pages 1-10

  3. Demographic Changes in Japan

    • Fumie Kumagai
    Pages 11-38

  4. History of Courtship and Marriage in Japan

    • Fumie Kumagai
    Pages 39-64

  5. International Marriage in Japan: A Strategy to Maintain Rural Farm Households

    • Fumie Kumagai
    Pages 65-88

  6. Changing Divorce in Japan: With Special Attention to Regional Variations

    • Fumie Kumagai
    Pages 89-117

  7. Late-Life Divorce in Japan Revisited: Effects of the Old-Age Pension Division Scheme

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    Pages 119-137

  8. Japanese Elders Living Apart: Policy Suggestions

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    Pages 139-168

  9. Conclusion: Toward Globalization of Japanese Families

    • Fumie Kumagai
    Pages 169-177

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 179-184
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About this book

This book provides insightful sociological analyses of Japanese demography and families, paying attention not only to national average data, but also to regional variations and community level analyses. In analyzing Japanese family issues such as demographic changes, courtship and marriage, international marriage, divorce, late-life divorce, and the elderly living alone, this book emphasizes the significance of two theoretical frameworks: the dual structure and regional variations of the community network in Japan.

By emphasizing the extensive cultural diversity from one region to another, this book represents a paradigm shift from former studies of Japanese families, which relied mostly on national average data. The method of analysis adopted in the study is qualitative, with a historical perspective. The book is thus an invitation to more in-depth, qualitative dialogue in the field of family sociology in Japan.

This book will be of great interest not only to Asian scholars, but also to other specialists in comparative family studies around the world.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan

    Fumie Kumagai

About the author

Fumie Kumagai is a Japanese sociologist holding an American doctorate, with extensive experience in the West as a student, college professor and researcher. Her overseas experience affords her a unique cross-cultural perspective in the field of families and demography, social issues, and intercultural communication. In discussing Japanese society, culture, and families, she pays close attention to regional variations rather than taking Japan as a whole. Since her return to Japan, Professor Kumagai has been Professor of Sociology with the Graduate School of International Cooperation and the Department of Foreign Studies at Kyorin University in Tokyo, and is currently Professor Emeritus of Kyorin University. Although she no longer carries out regular teaching duties, she continues to conduct research and writings. She feels that a part of the invisibility of Japan comes from its inability to express itself clearly in the international community. In order to address the situation, Professor Kumagai is eager to exchange dialogue with the ever progressing global society about the true nature of Japan.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Family Issues on Marriage, Divorce, and Older Adults in Japan

  • Book Subtitle: With Special Attention to Regional Variations

  • Authors: Fumie Kumagai

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-185-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-184-8Published: 30 October 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1254-9Published: 22 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-185-5Published: 14 October 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 184

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Demography, Anthropology, Cultural Studies

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