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Being young in super-aging Japan: Formative events and cultural reactions

Being young in super-aging Japan: Formative events and cultural reactions CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2019, VOL. 31, NO. 2, 264–275 BOOK REVIEWS edited by Heinrich, Patrick and Galan, Christian, 2018, London, Routledge, 230 pp., £115 (hardback). ISBN: 9781138494978 Scholars and students of contemporary Japan are aware that the country has been experi- encing drastic demographic change with ageing population and declining birth rates, coupled with prolonged consequences of the burst of the economic bubble (Allison, 2013; Coulmas, Conrad, Schad-Seiffert, & Vogt, 2008; Kawano, Roberts, & Long, 2014). To date, few studies have focussed exclusively on how these forces shaped the youth today, as well as the ways in which youths make sense of their lives in this environment. This edited volume therefore represents a breakthrough in social sciences literature on contemporary Japanese society. Its main objective is to show how the Heisei youth of present-day Japan (born in the late 1980s to early 1990s) are ‘remarkably different from other Japanese generations’ (p. 1). Besides the innovative (albeit much needed) research focus on the youths’ lived experience in ageing Japan, this volume is also unique in another aspect: multidisciplinary perspectives. Indeed, the two editors and contributors hail from backgrounds as diverse as education studies, sociolinguistics, sociology, literature, political science, economics, and contemporary http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Japan Taylor & Francis

Being young in super-aging Japan: Formative events and cultural reactions

Wang, Zi
Contemporary Japan , Volume 31 (2): 4 – Jul 3, 2019
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Being young in super-aging Japan: Formative events and cultural reactions

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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2019, VOL. 31, NO. 2, 264–275 BOOK REVIEWS edited by Heinrich, Patrick and Galan, Christian, 2018, London, Routledge, 230 pp., £115 (hardback). ISBN: 9781138494978 Scholars and students of contemporary Japan are aware that the country has been experi- encing drastic demographic change with ageing population and declining birth rates, coupled with prolonged consequences of the burst of the economic bubble (Allison, 2013; Coulmas, Conrad, Schad-Seiffert,...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2018 Zi Wang
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1869-2737
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1869-2729
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10.1080/18692729.2018.1546111
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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2019, VOL. 31, NO. 2, 264–275 BOOK REVIEWS edited by Heinrich, Patrick and Galan, Christian, 2018, London, Routledge, 230 pp., £115 (hardback). ISBN: 9781138494978 Scholars and students of contemporary Japan are aware that the country has been experi- encing drastic demographic change with ageing population and declining birth rates, coupled with prolonged consequences of the burst of the economic bubble (Allison, 2013; Coulmas, Conrad, Schad-Seiffert, & Vogt, 2008; Kawano, Roberts, & Long, 2014). To date, few studies have focussed exclusively on how these forces shaped the youth today, as well as the ways in which youths make sense of their lives in this environment. This edited volume therefore represents a breakthrough in social sciences literature on contemporary Japanese society. Its main objective is to show how the Heisei youth of present-day Japan (born in the late 1980s to early 1990s) are ‘remarkably different from other Japanese generations’ (p. 1). Besides the innovative (albeit much needed) research focus on the youths’ lived experience in ageing Japan, this volume is also unique in another aspect: multidisciplinary perspectives. Indeed, the two editors and contributors hail from backgrounds as diverse as education studies, sociolinguistics, sociology, literature, political science, economics, and contemporary

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