About this book series

The world population is expected to expand by 39.4% to 9.6 billion in 2060 (UN World Population Prospects, revised 2010). Meanwhile, Japan is expected to see its population contract by nearly one third to 86.7 million, and its proportion of the elderly (65 years of age and over) will account for no less than 39.9% (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in Japan, Population Projections for Japan 2012). Japan has entered the post-demographic transitional phase and will be the fastest-shrinking country in the world, followed by former Eastern bloc nations, leading other Asian countries that are experiencing drastic changes.

Part of this series
SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
Electronic ISSN
2198-2732
Print ISSN
2198-2724
Editor-in-Chief
  • Toru Suzuki
Series Editor
  • Shinji Anzo,
  • Hisakazu Kato,
  • Noriko Tsuya,
  • Kohei Wada,
  • Hisashi Inaba,
  • Minato Nakazawa,
  • Jim Raymo,
  • Ryuichi Kaneko,
  • Satomi Kurosu,
  • Reiko Hayashi,
  • Hiroshi Kojima,
  • Takashi Inoue,
  • Toshihiko Hara

Book titles in this series

  1. Parent-Child Co-residence

    A Focus on the Family Demography of Japan

    Authors:
    • Kiyosi Hirosima
    • Copyright: 2025

    Available Renditions

    • Soft cover
    • eBook