Citation

Pelletier P. Espace-Populations-Societes 1995; 2: 159-180.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995)

DOI

10.3406/espos.1995.1687

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Five Japanese demographic surveys are presented. They show the demographic transition took place quite early, achieved duing the 1920s, and the post-war baby boom did not challenge it. Although a stabilisation occurred during the 1970s, rural depopulation started again during the 1980s towards the Megalopolis and especially greater Tokyo. Today, the ageing of the Japanese population is not a stricto sensu demographic problem but also a social and geographical one. Because of the need for workforce in the Megalopolis and the attraction of Japan in Asia, the immigration of Asians is growing in Japan. Despite stereotypes, the suicide rate in Japan is not too high, and concerns mostly the deep rural areas. -from English summary

Language: fr

Keywords

Japan; ageing population; demographic studies; immigration growth; population change; rural depopulation