Florian Coulmas, chair of Japanese Studies, Duisburg-Essen University, and director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo. He has published extensively in Japanese Studies, most recently Population Decline and Ageing in Japan – the social consequences, London (2007), and Die Illusion vom Glück. Japan und der Westen, Zurich (2009). He is co-editor of the Trilingual Glossary of Demographic Terminology (Brill, 2007) and The Demographic Challenge. A Handbook about Japan (Brill, 2008).Ralph Lützeler studied Geography and Japanese Studies at the University of Bonn (Dr. phil. 1993, habilitation degree 2006). He was senior research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo (1993–98, 2007–10), and at the Department of Japanese Studies, University of Bonn (1998–2007). He is affiliated with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies (ZEFIR), Ruhr-University of Bochum. He has published extensively on demography, human geography and urban society of Japan.

• List of Tables and FiguresList of ContributorsList of AbbreviationsPopulation Implosion: Coping with the Unknown, Florian Coulmas and Ralph LützelerPart ISocieties of Population DeclineConfronting the Demographic Trilemma of Low Fertility, Ageing and Depopulation, Shigemi KonoEurope’s Demographic FutureReiner KlingholzFlexible Employment, Flexible Families, and the Socialization of Reproduction, Wolfgang StreeckEconomic Globalization and Changes in Family Formation as the Cause of Very Low Fertility in Japan, Shigesato TakahashiIncome Inequality in a Rapidly Ageing Society, Japan: Focusing on Transformations in the Structure of Households with Elderly, Sawako ShirahaseAgeing Societies: Present Challenges and Models for the Future, Gertrud M. BackesPart II Fertility Decline and Policy ImplicationsJapanese Family Policies in Comparative Perspective, Makoto AtohPromoting Gender Equality, Birthrates, or Human Capital? Germany, Japan and Family Policy Discourse, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Tuukka ToivonenChild Care and Work-Life Balance in Low Fertility Japan, Barbara G. HolthusActors of Social Policy Making in Japan: A Look at the Individual Level, Axel KleinGrowing Up in a Shrinking City: The Impact of Residential Segregation on the Qualitative Reproduction of Urban Society, Klaus Peter StrohmeierPart III Challenges and Chances of Ageing Business Implications of Demographic Change in Japan: Chances and Challenges for Human Resource and Marketing Management, Florian KohlbacherSilver Employment in Germany: Trends and Consequences for the Management of an Ageing Workforce, Christiane Hipp and Birgit VerwornNew Housing Options for the Elderly in Japan: The Example of Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward, Maren GodzikThe Political Economy of Health-Care Migration: A Japanese Perspective, Gabriele VogtCare for the Elderly and Demographic Change: Ageing and Migrant Nurses in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Jens FriebeThe Power of Address: Age and Gender in Japanese Eldercare Communication, Peter BackhausJapan’s Adult Guardianship System: Statutory guardianship and civil guardians, Junko AndoJapan’s Adult Guardianship Law: Current Status and Issues, Makoto AraiPart IV Regional Aspects of Ageing and DepopulationDemographic Change and Challenges from a Regional Perspective: The Case of Germany, Franz-Josef KemperRecent In-Migration to Peripheral Regions of Japan in the Context of Incipient National Population Decline, Yoshitaka IshikawaRural Depopulation and Economic Shrinkage in Japan: What Can Affected Municipalities Do About It?, Volker ElisDemographic, Economic and Institutional Shrinkage – from the Perspective of Rural Areas in Germany, Stephan BeetzLeft Behind in the Global City: Spaces and Places of Ageing and Shrinking in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Ralph LützelerReferencesIndex of authors citedIndex of subjects

Florian Coulmas, chair of Japanese Studies, Duisburg-Essen University, and director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo. He has published extensively in Japanese Studies, most recently Population Decline and Ageing in Japan – the social consequences, London (2007), and Die Illusion vom Glück. Japan und der Westen, Zurich (2009). He is co-editor of the Trilingual Glossary of Demographic Terminology (Brill, 2007) and The Demographic Challenge. A Handbook about Japan (Brill, 2008).Ralph Lützeler studied Geography and Japanese Studies at the University of Bonn (Dr. phil. 1993, habilitation degree 2006). He was senior research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo (1993–98, 2007–10), and at the Department of Japanese Studies, University of Bonn (1998–2007). He is affiliated with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies (ZEFIR), Ruhr-University of Bochum. He has published extensively on demography, human geography and urban society of Japan.

• List of Tables and FiguresList of ContributorsList of AbbreviationsPopulation Implosion: Coping with the Unknown, Florian Coulmas and Ralph LützelerPart ISocieties of Population DeclineConfronting the Demographic Trilemma of Low Fertility, Ageing and Depopulation, Shigemi KonoEurope’s Demographic FutureReiner KlingholzFlexible Employment, Flexible Families, and the Socialization of Reproduction, Wolfgang StreeckEconomic Globalization and Changes in Family Formation as the Cause of Very Low Fertility in Japan, Shigesato TakahashiIncome Inequality in a Rapidly Ageing Society, Japan: Focusing on Transformations in the Structure of Households with Elderly, Sawako ShirahaseAgeing Societies: Present Challenges and Models for the Future, Gertrud M. BackesPart II Fertility Decline and Policy ImplicationsJapanese Family Policies in Comparative Perspective, Makoto AtohPromoting Gender Equality, Birthrates, or Human Capital? Germany, Japan and Family Policy Discourse, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Tuukka ToivonenChild Care and Work-Life Balance in Low Fertility Japan, Barbara G. HolthusActors of Social Policy Making in Japan: A Look at the Individual Level, Axel KleinGrowing Up in a Shrinking City: The Impact of Residential Segregation on the Qualitative Reproduction of Urban Society, Klaus Peter StrohmeierPart III Challenges and Chances of Ageing Business Implications of Demographic Change in Japan: Chances and Challenges for Human Resource and Marketing Management, Florian KohlbacherSilver Employment in Germany: Trends and Consequences for the Management of an Ageing Workforce, Christiane Hipp and Birgit VerwornNew Housing Options for the Elderly in Japan: The Example of Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward, Maren GodzikThe Political Economy of Health-Care Migration: A Japanese Perspective, Gabriele VogtCare for the Elderly and Demographic Change: Ageing and Migrant Nurses in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Jens FriebeThe Power of Address: Age and Gender in Japanese Eldercare Communication, Peter BackhausJapan’s Adult Guardianship System: Statutory guardianship and civil guardians, Junko AndoJapan’s Adult Guardianship Law: Current Status and Issues, Makoto AraiPart IV Regional Aspects of Ageing and DepopulationDemographic Change and Challenges from a Regional Perspective: The Case of Germany, Franz-Josef KemperRecent In-Migration to Peripheral Regions of Japan in the Context of Incipient National Population Decline, Yoshitaka IshikawaRural Depopulation and Economic Shrinkage in Japan: What Can Affected Municipalities Do About It?, Volker ElisDemographic, Economic and Institutional Shrinkage – from the Perspective of Rural Areas in Germany, Stephan BeetzLeft Behind in the Global City: Spaces and Places of Ageing and Shrinking in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Ralph LützelerReferencesIndex of authors citedIndex of subjects

Florian Coulmas, chair of Japanese Studies, Duisburg-Essen University, and director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo. He has published extensively in Japanese Studies, most recently Population Decline and Ageing in Japan – the social consequences, London (2007), and Die Illusion vom Glück. Japan und der Westen, Zurich (2009). He is co-editor of the Trilingual Glossary of Demographic Terminology (Brill, 2007) and The Demographic Challenge. A Handbook about Japan (Brill, 2008).Ralph Lützeler studied Geography and Japanese Studies at the University of Bonn (Dr. phil. 1993, habilitation degree 2006). He was senior research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo (1993–98, 2007–10), and at the Department of Japanese Studies, University of Bonn (1998–2007). He is affiliated with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies (ZEFIR), Ruhr-University of Bochum. He has published extensively on demography, human geography and urban society of Japan.

• List of Tables and FiguresList of ContributorsList of AbbreviationsPopulation Implosion: Coping with the Unknown, Florian Coulmas and Ralph LützelerPart ISocieties of Population DeclineConfronting the Demographic Trilemma of Low Fertility, Ageing and Depopulation, Shigemi KonoEurope’s Demographic FutureReiner KlingholzFlexible Employment, Flexible Families, and the Socialization of Reproduction, Wolfgang StreeckEconomic Globalization and Changes in Family Formation as the Cause of Very Low Fertility in Japan, Shigesato TakahashiIncome Inequality in a Rapidly Ageing Society, Japan: Focusing on Transformations in the Structure of Households with Elderly, Sawako ShirahaseAgeing Societies: Present Challenges and Models for the Future, Gertrud M. BackesPart II Fertility Decline and Policy ImplicationsJapanese Family Policies in Comparative Perspective, Makoto AtohPromoting Gender Equality, Birthrates, or Human Capital? Germany, Japan and Family Policy Discourse, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Tuukka ToivonenChild Care and Work-Life Balance in Low Fertility Japan, Barbara G. HolthusActors of Social Policy Making in Japan: A Look at the Individual Level, Axel KleinGrowing Up in a Shrinking City: The Impact of Residential Segregation on the Qualitative Reproduction of Urban Society, Klaus Peter StrohmeierPart III Challenges and Chances of Ageing Business Implications of Demographic Change in Japan: Chances and Challenges for Human Resource and Marketing Management, Florian KohlbacherSilver Employment in Germany: Trends and Consequences for the Management of an Ageing Workforce, Christiane Hipp and Birgit VerwornNew Housing Options for the Elderly in Japan: The Example of Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward, Maren GodzikThe Political Economy of Health-Care Migration: A Japanese Perspective, Gabriele VogtCare for the Elderly and Demographic Change: Ageing and Migrant Nurses in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Jens FriebeThe Power of Address: Age and Gender in Japanese Eldercare Communication, Peter BackhausJapan’s Adult Guardianship System: Statutory guardianship and civil guardians, Junko AndoJapan’s Adult Guardianship Law: Current Status and Issues, Makoto AraiPart IV Regional Aspects of Ageing and DepopulationDemographic Change and Challenges from a Regional Perspective: The Case of Germany, Franz-Josef KemperRecent In-Migration to Peripheral Regions of Japan in the Context of Incipient National Population Decline, Yoshitaka IshikawaRural Depopulation and Economic Shrinkage in Japan: What Can Affected Municipalities Do About It?, Volker ElisDemographic, Economic and Institutional Shrinkage – from the Perspective of Rural Areas in Germany, Stephan BeetzLeft Behind in the Global City: Spaces and Places of Ageing and Shrinking in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Ralph LützelerReferencesIndex of authors citedIndex of subjects