Society
Masahiro Yamada
How Japan Became a Low-Birthrate Country
A leading sociologist who studies Japan's youth, family, and low birthrate issues
Lesson Plan
- Lesson Length : 11 Lessons ㆍ 1 hours 15 miutes
- Language : 한국어, English
Exploring Japan's struggle with low birthrate despite combatting the issue since 30 years ago
Declining birthrates are a global social problem. However, unlike the West, where it has been a slow process, the decline in East Asia has been very steep. Japan has been aggressively pursuing policies to combat the declining birthrate for more than 30 years, but it's still struggling.
Japanese sociologist Masahiro Yamada, has prepared lectures on the topic of "How Japan Became a Low-Birthrate Country." He identifies Japan’s shift to a “marriage-less” society as the biggest cause of the country's low birthrate. Noting that being unable to marry preceded the lack of children, Yamada cited the deterioration of the Japanese economy as one of the causes. The post-war period of high growth, the bubble economy, and the Asian financial crisis divided Japanese youth into full-time and part-time workers, and the resulting gap between the two groups has contributed to the current low birthrate.
Yamada adds that the fertility policy that rushed to copy the West without reflecting Japanese characteristics was also a problem.
Learn about the reality of Japan's declining birthrate as analyzed by Masahiro Yamada, the scholar who has spent over 30 years studying family issues in Japan.
Full Bio
Masahiro Yamada
- Professor of Sociology, Chuo University, Japan
- President of the Japan Society of Family Sociology
- Author of Why Japan's Policy to Tackle Low Birth Rate Failed, Family Refugees, Parasite Singles, etc.
- Coined the terms "parasite singles," "gap-widening society," and "marriage hunting.”
Masahiro Yamada is one of Japan's leading sociologists. Focusing on family issues and the declining birthrate in Japan, he has analyzed why Japan still struggles with the plunging birthrate even though the country has been actively taking measures to tackle the problem for the last 30 years.
Using not only academic research and statistical data on marriage and family, but also interviewing himself hundreds of thousands of people, Yamada has found that the falling birthrate is linked to the "youth problem" and the youth problem to the deterioration of the Japanese economy. He coined terms such as "parasite singles," "gap-widening society," and "marriage hunting," encapsulating the issues and trends of Japanese society.
He is the author of Hope Disparity Society, The Age of Parasite Singles, Family Refugees, Why Japan's Policy to Tackle Low Birth Rate Failed, and more.
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