Demographic Change and the Family in Japan's Aging Society

John W. Traphagan is Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan, published by SUNY Press, and the coeditor (with Kiyotaka Aoyagi and Peter J. M. Nas) of Toward Sustainable Cities: Readings in the Anthropology of Urban Environments. John Knight is Lecturer at the School of Anthropological Studies at Queen's University Belfast. He is the editor of Natural Enemies: People-Wildlife Conflicts in Anthropological Perspective.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Study of the Family in Japan: Integrating Anthropological and Demographic ApproachesJohn Knight and John W. Traphagan Family and Living Arrangements 2. Changes in the Living Arrangements of Japanese Elderly: The Role of Demographic FactorsJames M. Raymo and Toshiko Kaneda 3. Under One Roof: The Evolving Story of Three Generation Housing in JapanNaomi Brown Coping with Demographic Change 4. Generational Reengagements: Changing Demographic Patterns and the Revival of Intergenerational Contact in JapanLeng Leng Thang 5. Depopulation in Rural Japan: ""Population Politics" in Towa-choChristopher S. Thompson 6. Repopulating the Village?John Knight 7. Finding Common Ground: Family, Gender, and Burial in Contemporary JapanSatsuki Kawano Demographic Change and Aging 8. Trends in the Quantity and Quality of Life at Older Ages in JapanToshiko Kaneda and James M. Raymo 9. Parent Care and Shifting Family Obligations in Urban JapanBrenda Robb Jenike 10. Contesting Coresidence: Women, In-laws, and Health Care in Rural JapanJohn W. Traphagan Epilogue 11. Demographic and Family Change: Problems and SolutionsSusan O. Long and C. Scott Littleton Contributors Name Index Subject Index