In jeder Gesellschaft ist die eigene Geschichte ein wichtiges Mittel zur Stiftung von Identität. Als solche ist sie überall und zu jeder Zeit ein öffentlich umstrittenes Thema. Japan ist dabei keine Ausnahme. Auch dort lösen, je nach politischer und gesellschaftlicher Lage, nationale Selbstbestätigung und Selbstkritik einander ab.

In der vorliegenden Anthologie sind 66 Beiträge von namhaften Autorinnen und Autoren zusammengestellt, die in ihren Texten den Diskurs über die japanische Geschichte in den letzten 150 Jahren maßgeblich geprägt haben.

In Japan, like in other post-industrialized societies, expectations for “successful” parenting are much higher today than they were three or four decades ago (for the case of Germany, see Bertram and Spiess 2011).

Additionally, raising a child has become more costly in terms of both time and money. These elevated costs, together with the rising opportunity costs for women opting for motherhood, are strongly correlated with the fertility rate in Japan (Ogawa et al. 2009). As the country’s low fertility rate is considered a major demographic problem by policy makers, it is imperative that they better understand parents, particularly those with young children who require a high degree of care.

2015, de Gruyter, Berlin and New York, 123 p.
ISSN (Online) 1869-2737
ISSN (Print) 1869-2729

 

 

This paper sets out to investigate (i) whether an increase in donations in the aftermath of disasters can mitigate the negative effects on subjective well-being (SWB), and if so, (ii) whether policy measures such as tax law changes can amplify this mitigating effect by providing further incentives for donations.

To analyse these questions we use data on a recent, impactful disaster: the triple disaster that occurred on March 11, 2011 in Japan (3-11).

2015, de Gruyter, Berlin and New York, 123 p.
ISSN (Online) 1869-2737
ISSN (Print) 1869-2729