Science for governing Japan's population / / Aya Homei, University of Manchester.
Twenty-first-century Japan is known for the world's most aged population. Faced with this challenge, Japan has been a pioneer in using science to find ways of managing a declining birth rate. Science for Governing Japan's Population considers the question of why these population phenomena...
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| Superior document: | Science in history |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Nov 2022). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; 1. Population statistics: between building a modern state and governing imperial subjects; 2. Medical midwifery and vital statistics: for the health of Japan's population; 3. Policy experts: tackling Japan's 'population problems'; 4. National land planning: distributing populations for the wartime nation-state-empire; 5. Birth control survey: visualizing a productive Japanese population for postwar reconstruction; 6. Public health demography: local, national, and transnational efforts to govern lower-class populations; Conclusion.