@article{724337, author = {Hara, Toshihiko,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/724337}, title = {A shrinking society post-demographic transition in Japan / [electronic resource] :}, abstract = {This is the book to focus on a new phenomenon emerging in the twenty-first century: the rapidly aging and decreasing population of a well-developed country, namely, Japan. The meaning of this phenomenon has been successfully clarified as the possible historical consequence of the demographic transition from high birth and death rates to low ones. Japan has entered the post-demographic transitional phase and will be the fastest-shrinking society in the world, leading other Asian countries that are experiencing the same drastic changes. The author used the historical statistics, compiled by the.}, recid = {724337}, pages = {1 online resource (ix, 65 pages) :}, }