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The Review of Comparative Social Security Research
(Kaigai Shakai Hosho Kenkyu) (Published Quarterly)

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Winter 2009 No. 169

Special Issue: Social Policy in the UK: A Decade of New Labour

  • Foreword
    (Shogo Takekawa)
  • British Social Policy under New Labour
    (Michihiko Tokoro)
  • Reform of Public and Private Pension Scheme in UK
    (Kosuke Marutani)
  • Welfare for Low-income People in the UK
    (Hideaki Kikuchi)
  • The NHS Reform under the Blair Government: Structural And Regulatory Changes
    (Ryozo Matsuda)
  • Community Care Reforms under New Labour in England: Collaboration between Health and Social Care and Consumer-directed Care for Older People
    (Kimiko Nagasawa)
  • The New Labour's Policy for Children (and Families): Ensuring Equal Life Chances for Every Child
    (Tetsuo Tsuzaki)
  • Social Care for Disabled People: The Review of Direct Payments
    (Yoshimichi Ogawa)

Research Note

  • Disputed Points for Government to Measure and Release Take-up Rate of Public Assistance: Focused on the Opinion by United States Government Accountability Office
    (Hiroya Noda)

Report and Statistics

  • International Statistics of Social Security Expenditure:
    Recent Developments in International Organizations
    (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Department of Research Planning and Coordination)

Book Review

  • Osamu Nagase, Toshihiro Higashi and Satoshi Kawashima
    CRPD and Japan: Overview and Prospects
    (Ryoji Hoshika)

 


 

Autumn 2009 No. 168

Special Issue: Terminal Care in Five Countries

  • Foreword
    (Naoki Ikegami)
  • The History and Present Condition of End of Life Care in U.K.: A Suggestion to Japan
    (Tsuneo Kato)
  • Terminal Care in France
    (Shinya Matsuda)
  • Terminal Care in Germany: Home Support Network for the Elderly
    (Kentaro Fujimoto)
  • The Present Condition and Issues of Terminal Care in the Netherlands
    (Mariko Hirose)
  • Current Situations and Problems of Aged Palliative Care in Australia
    (Yuko Fukuda)

Book Review

  • Kayo Kurata
    The Fundamental Ideals and Approaches about Supports to Families Raising Children

    (Junko Takahata)
  • Eri Kasagi
    The Coverage of the National Health Insurance - Based on a Comparative Study of German and French Law

    (Yojiro Shibata)

 


 

Summer 2009 No. 167

Special Issue: Comparative Study of Social Security between Korea and Japan

  • Foreword
    (Hye Kyung Lee)
  • Society and Social Security System of South Korea
    (Sung-won Kim and Katsuya Yamamoto)
  • The Policy of Social Security under the Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun Government
    (Chizuru Kabumoto)
  • Transformation of Workfare Policy in Korea
    (Jai cheol Jung)
  • Trend of Public Pension System in South Korea: Political Dynamics of the Pension Reform in 2007
    (Jung-bae Park)
  • Health Policy: Has the Past Been Overcome?
    (Lianhua Li)
  • Long-term care Insurance in Korea
    (Jung-nim Kim)
  • Measures for Declining Birthrate in South Korea
    (Akiko Matsue)
  • Appendix and Additional Data for the Issues
    (Sung-won Kim and Katsuya Yamamoto)

Report and Statistics

  • Trend of Expendituries for Public Assistance in USA: Using Data on Congressional Research Service Report
    (Hiroya Noda)

Book Review

  • Eiko Shinotsuka and Nobuko Nagase ed.
    Declining Birthrate and Economy in East Asia
    (Kiyoshi Ota)

 


 

Spring 2009 No. 166

Special Issue: International Trends in Disability Policies

  • Foreword
    (Yukiko Katsumata)
  • ADA Amendments Act of 2008 and Social Models of Disability
    (Satoshi Kawashima)
  • The Present Situation and Problems of the Welfare for the Disabled in Germany
    (Chikako Mori)
  • The Idea of the Independence for the Disabled Person in Denmark: Politics and Ethic
    (Yutaka Kataoka)
  • The New Development of Welfare Policy for Persons with Disabilities in Cambodia
    (Katsufumi Urushibara)

Book Review

  • Takuji Tanaka
    Poverty and Republic

    (Takayuki Hirosawa)

 


 

Winter 2008 No. 165

Special Issue: Social Policy of Enlarged EU and Its Implications to Member States

  • Foreword
    (Shinichi Oka)
  • Under the Expanded EU and the Expanded Social Policies’ Significance and the Tasks
    (Susumu Sato)
  • EU Employment Strategy and Social Protection
    (Keiichiro Hamaguchi)
  • The Projections of Social Security Expenditures for EU: Advancement of Researches on the Effects of Ageing on Social Security Expenditures in EU Countries
    (Yoshihiro Kaneko)
  • EU Membership and Pension Reform in Hungary
    (Róbert Iván Gál and Kazuko Sato)
  • The Old-age Pension System in the Czech Republic
    (Shuichi Ikemoto)

Article

  • Germany’s 2007 Health Care Reform: From the Viewpoint of Competition Promotion
    (Katsuaki Matsumoto)

Research Note

  • A Study Trends and Issues of the Income Security of Women of the Korea: Focus on the Academic Journal and Government Think Tank Paper
    (Kim Jin)

Report and Statistics

  • International Statistics on Social Security Cost: Updated SOCX 2008 ed. and New Directions in the Comparative Standards
    (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Department of Research Planning and Coordination)

 


 

Autumn 2008 No. 164

Special Issue: Elderly Housing and Care Policy

  • Foreword
    (Masahiro Kawagoe)
  • Elderly Housing and Care Policy in Japan
    (Masahiro Kawagoe and Ken Miura)
  • Community Care and Housing Policy in Britain
    (Michihiko Tokoro)
  • Elderly Housing and Care Policy in Sweden
    (Yoshitaka Okumura)
  • Care Policy and Housing for the Elderly in Finland
    (Satoshi Ishii)
  • Elderly Housing and Long-Term Care Policy in Denmark
    (Yoko Matsuoka)
  • Challenges Facing Senior Housing and Services in the U.S.
    (Yoko Sakuma Crume)
  • Housing Environment and Care Policy for the Elderly in France
    (Naoko Okuda)

Book Review

  • I. Holiday and P. Wilding ed. / Takafumi Uzuhashi, Hanako Odagawa, Kiyomi Kimura, Youichi Miyake, Hirotoshi Yano and Noriyo Washizu
    Welfare Capitalism in East Asia – Social Policy in the Tiger Economies
    (Junko Takezawa)

 


 

Summer 2008 No. 163

Trilateral Social Security Policy Research: Canada, Korea and Japan

  • Foreword
    (Toshimitsu Shinkawa, Ito Peng and Sooman Kwon)
  • Canada as Counter—Narrative Multiculturalism, Recognition and Redistribution
    (Keith G. Banting)
  • Financing Healthcare in Canada: History and Challenges
    (James H. Tiessen)
  • Health Care and Income of the Elderly in Korea
    (Soonman Kwon)
  • Reorganizing Health Care Systems in Diversified and Aging Societies in Canada, Japan and Korea
    (Katsuhisa Kojima and Hiroya Ogata)
  • Framing Knowledge about Demographic, Family and Work Change in Canada as Capacity to Act
    (Susan A. McDaniel)
  • New Social Risks in Korea: Balancing Work and Family, Income Polarization
    (Eunyoung Choi)
  • Evolution of Federal Child Benefits of Canada and Suggestions for Japan
    (Megumi Ozawa)

Research Note

  • A Care Study of the Social Security of Home—Returned Overseas Chinese: An Anthropological Approach to Taishan Haiyan Overseas Farm
    (Kyoko Nagura)

Report and Statistics

  • Old-age Monetary Assistance Programs in Mexico
    (Hidehiko Yamaguchi and Hiroko Matsuoka)

 


 

Spring 2008 No. 162

International Trend for Community-Based Comprehensive Care Systems

  • Foreword
    (Hiroshi Takahashi)
  • Current State and Problems of Community-Based Comprehensive Care System in Japan
    (Masahiro Kawagoe)
  • Horizon of Community Comprehensive Care System in England
    (Kozo Tatara)
  • The Current State of the Medical and Care Service System in France-Focused on Intensive Care Management at Home Medical Care-
    (Michihiko Shinoda)
  • Trends and Issues in the Recent Local Welfare Reform in the Netherlands
    (Mariko Hirose)
  • Trends and Basic Philosophy of Senior Citizen Welfare Policy in Denmark
    (Ryotaro Seki)
  • Community Care System in Eastern Canada
    (Koji Wada, Ritsuko Kakuma and Masahiro Kawagoe)
  • Overview of Australian Aged Care System: Role of Aged Care Assessment Teams and New Service Programs Across Acute and Aged Care
    (Azusa Sema)

 


 

Winter 2007 No. 161

Special Issue: The Currents and Problems of the Social Protection Scheme in France

  • Foreword
    (Takahiro Eguchi)
  • How to Understand the Social Protection Scheme in France
    (Tomoyuki Kato)
  • The Medical Care System-Recent Developments and Problems-
    (Eri Kasagi)
  • The Development of the Long-term Care System in France
    (Keiichiro Harada)
  • The Currents and Prospects of the French Pension System
    (Sayaka Dake)
  • Family Policy in France
    (Yasuyuki Shimizu)
  • Unemployment Insurance and Emplyment Policy in France
    (Fumito Matumura)

Report and Statistics

  • Updating the OECD Social Expenditure Database-Reference to the OECD SOCX 2007 edition-
    (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Department of Research Planning and Coordination)

Book Reviews

  • Jean-Claude Barbier, Bruno Théret / Takayuki Nakahara, Hiroyuki Uni, Shuetsu Kanda, Fumiaki Suda
    The Social Protection System in France
    (Masatoshi Yoneyama)

 


 

    Autum 2007 No. 160

    Special Issue: The Current State of Family Policies among Developed Countries

  • Foreword
    (Makoto Atoh)
  • Recent Trends of Fertility Rate in Industrialized Countries
    (Rie Moriizumi)
  • New Family Policies in Germany (Akiyo Uozumi)
  • Support for Childcare in France: Family Policy and Free Choice for Parents
    (Machiko Kamio)
  • Support for Child-rearing in Sweden: Promoting Work Life Balance and Children’s Rights
    (Mieko Takahashi)
  • Family Policy under the Blair Government
    (Michihiko Tokoro)
  • Governmental Support towards Child-rearing in the U.S.: A High Birthrate and the Limited Extent of Family Policy
    (Sawako Shirahase)
  • Fertility Decline and Policy Development in Korea
    (Kim Myong-Jung and Chang Ji-Yeun)

Report and Statistics

  • On the Trend of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in America: Considering What Public Assistance for People Who are Challenged to Work Should Be (Hiroya Noda)

Book Reviews

  • Yoshiaki Nishimura ed.,
    Pension Reform in Transition Economies
    (Akio Komorida)

 


 

    Summer 2007 No. 159

    Special Issue: Income Disparity and Social Security

  • Foreword
    (Tetsuo Fukawa)
  • Reshaping Australian Egalitarianism in an Era of Prosperity
    (Peter Saunders)
  • Income Disparity and Public Perception in the United States
    (Aya Abe)
  • Social Securities and Income Redistribution in Sweden
    (Yasushi Iino)
  • Income Inequality and RMI in France
    (Yuji Izumo)
  • Distribution Issues in Germany (Reishi Maruya and Takayuki Nago)

Research Note

  • A Community-based Welfare Policy for the Elderly in Korea: Suggetions from the ‘KyonRoDang’ Policy
    (Yoshitaka Saito, Katsunori Kondo, Hiroshi Hirai and Yukinobu Ichiba)

Book Reviews

  • Shogo Takegawa and Hye-kyung Lee
    Welfare Regimes in Japan and Korea: Social Security, Gender and Labor Markets
    (Mungu Yoon)
  • Takao Koike
    Homelessness in the United States: Policies and Development
    (Nanami Inada)

 


 

    Spring 2007 No. 158

    Special Issue: Pension Policy at a Glance - Public Policies across Advanced Countries

  • Foreword
    (Katsuya Yamamoto)
  • Funding Discipline of Public Pension System under Pay-as-you-go Finance
    (Masaaki Ono)
  • International Comparison on the Treatment of Women in the Public Pension System
    (Katsura Maruyama)
  • Pension Coverage of Part-time Workers
    (Jun Nishimura)
  • Public Pensions and Public Assistances for Old-age, Low-income People in Developed Countries
    (Miki Arimori)
  • Contribution Evasion: Implications for Public Pension Scheme in Japan (Tokihiko Shimizu)

Report and Statistics

  • Does Public Pension System Obstruct the Household Savings? Evidence from Chinese Panel Data
    (Meixin Wang)
  • Structural Characteristics of 'SUBAL Insurance System for the Elderly' as Long Term Care System in Korea
    (Jaewook Chung and Masakazu Shirasawa)

 


 

    Winter 2006 No. 157

    Special Issue: Basic Income Scheme: Academic Controversy and Political Feasibility

  • Foreword
    (Shuji Ozawa)
  • Development of Basic Income Scheme in Europe
    (Hideaki Kikuchi)
  • A Discussion over the Ideas of a Citize's Pension in the UK
    (Katsuhiko Fujimori)
  • A Modified Version of "Basic Income"?: The "Free Year" Program in Sweden
    (Michiyo Morozumi)
  • The Debate on Basic Income in South Africa
    (Kumiko Makino)
  • A Study of Basic Income with Income Redistribution Survey
    (Katsuya Yamamoto)

Article

  • The Evolution and Generalization of the Medical Insurance System in France (Yojiro Shibata)

Report and Notes

  • Aging Problem in Taiwan from the Changes in Population and Family
    (Sachiko Kaneto)
  • Discussions on Privatization of Elder Service in Taiwan: Issues of Private Business Enterprises
    (Chuang, Hsiu-Mei))

Report and Statistics

  • The Status of Japan's Social Expenditure in Views of International Comparison: Reference to the OECD SOCX Data 2006 Edition
    (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Department of Research Planning and Coordination)

Book Review

  • Hiroshi Shibuya A Fiscal History of the United States in the 20th Century I, II, III
    (Makoto Ishimitsu)

 


 

    Autumn 2006 No. 156

    Special Issue: Demarcation and Coordination between Health and Long-Term Care in Six Countries

  • Foreword
    (Kenji Shimazaki)
  • Demarcation and Coordination between Health and Long-Term Care in Japan
    (Masahiro Kawagoe)
  • Division and Coordination between Health and Long-Term Care in the UK
    (Atsuaki Gunji)
  • Shared Responsibility and the Connection between Health Care and Long-Term Care for the Elderly in Sweden: Changes and the Current Situation after the A¨del Reform
    (Tomonori Izawa)
  • Differentiation and Cooperation between Health and Social Services in France
    (Shinya Matsuda)
  • Functional Separation and Linkages of Medical and Extended Care in Canada
    (Toshimitsu Shinkawa)
  • Function and Collaboration of Health Care and Nursing Care in the Netherlands
    (Masahiro Ohmori)

Article

  • A Fundamental Study on Medical Expense Containment Effect of Medical Insurance Reform in Urban China by Analyzing Indicators of Diabetes Mellitus Inpatients of a Third-Grade General Hospital in Liaoning Province
    (Kai Meng)

Book Review

  • Yeon Myung Kim
    Debate on the Characteristics of the Korean Welfare State Regime
    (Naoko Soma)

 


 

    Summer 2006 No. 155

    Special Issue: A Course of German Social Security: What Does Change of Government Bring?

  • Foreword
    (Katsuaki Matsumoto)
  • Evaluation of the Health Insurance Reform under the Schro¨der Government and Perspective
    (Katsuaki Matsumoto)
  • Blueprint of the Pension Reform Proposed by the New Cabinet in Germany: How Would Germany Cope with Rapid Demographic Change?
    (Kentaro Fujimoto)
  • The Development of Longterm-care Insurance and the Issues of the New Government in Germany
    (Takeshi Tsuchida)
  • Trend of the Family Policy in Germany: The Family Policy in "the Second Schro¨der Government" and "the Great Coalition Government"
  • (Toshiyuki Suda)
  • Tasks and Prospects of Employment Policy for the "Great Coalition Government" in Germany
    (Yasushi Iguchi)

Report and Statistics

  • The Policy for the Elderly in Mexico: Its Limits and Possibilities
    (Hidehiko Yamaguchi and Hiroko Matsuoka)

Book Review

  • Stephen P. Heyneman (ed.)
    Islam and Social Policy
    (Hiroshi Kojima)
  • Ajit S. Bhalla and Fre´de´ric Lapeyre
    Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World, 2nd edition
    (Hideaki Kikuchi)

 


 

    Spring 2006 No. 154

    Special Issue: International Trend on Interaction between Long-term Care Policy and Disability Policy

  • Foreword
    (Takanobu Kyogoku)
  • Current Situation and Overview of the Policies for Caring for the Elderly and the Disabled in Japan
    (Yoshiki Minemura)
  • Relation between Care Benefits and Participation-oriented Benefits in Germany
    (Katsuaki Matsumoto)
  • Policies and Measures for Caring for the Elderly and the Disabled in the Netherlands
    (Tatsuo Ihara)
  • Long-term Care Policy and Disability Policy in UK
    (Hideharu Uemura, Masaaki Yanagida)
  • Policy for Caring for the Disabled in Sweden: Considering the Differences from the Elderly Care Policy
    (Yoshitaka Okumura, Tomonori Izawa)
  • Administrative Reform of Local Government regarding Welfare for the Disabled and the Elderly in Denmark
    (Hikaru Shimogaki)
  • Long-term Care (Support) for the Disabled and the Elderly in U.S.A.
    (Seiichi Kitano)

Article

  • The Effect of Poverty on the Non-participation of Young People in Education or Employment in the UK: Implications for Anti-poverty Policies and Further Research
    (Yuka Uzuki)

Book Review

  • Kuniaki Takagi
    Disability Services in Australia
    (Tatsuo Honda))

 


 

    Winter 2005 No. 153

    Special Issue: Social Security in Latin America

  • Foreword
    (Tatsuo Honda)
  • The Argentine Social Security System in Transformation
    (Koichi Usami)
  • Changes in the Social Security System under the Constitutions and Ordinary Legislation of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    (Masato Ninomiya)
  • Social Security Reforms in Costa Rica: Problems of the Medical and Pension Systems, Marketism, and Labour Issues
    (Yasushi Maruoka)
  • Social Security in Mexico: Its Characteristics and Reform in the 1990s
    (Keiko Hata)
  • The Social Security System in Nicaragua: Political Instability in the Poorest Country and Reform of the Social Security System
    (Fumie Takagi, Ryuich Komatsu)
  • Peru's Social Security System at the Cross Road: Towards Universal Coverage
    (Shigeo Osonoi)

Report and Statistics

  • Updated estimates of Japan's Social Expenditure for FY2002: Appendix of the Cost of Social Security in Japan for FY2003
    (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)

Book Review

  • Toru Kodama, Kengo Nakamura, Tamiko Tsuru and Shigeru Hirakawa (eds.)
    Homelessness in Europe and the USA Volume 1: Realities and Policy Responses
    Kengo Nakamura, Tohru Nakayama, Yoshihiro Okamoto, Tamiko Tsuru and Shigeru Hirakawa (eds.)
    Homelessness in Europe and the USA Volume 2: Examples of Supporting Practice
    (Aya Abe)

 


 

    Autumn 2005 No. 152

    Special Issue: Housing Policy and Social Security

  • Foreword
    (Shogo Takegawa)
  • Housing Policy and Social Security: from the viewpoint of welfare regime theory
    (Hideaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Kaneko)
  • Living Quality of the People: Comparative Study between Japan and USA and Review of Economic Perspectives
    (Masayuki Nakagawa)
  • Housing Policy and Social Protection in France
    (Tamiko Tsuru)
  • Changing Housing Policy and Social Exclusion in Britain
    (Toru Kodama)
  • Securing Suitable Living Environments and Housing Policy in the United States
    (Tetsutaro Okada)
  • Development of Policies for Affordable Housing in Germany: Social Housing Scheme and Rent Control
    (Shigeaki Oba)

Report and Statistics

  • Toshimitsu Shinkawa, Giuliano Bonoli (eds.), Ageing and Pension Reform around the World: Evidence from Eleven Countries
    (Junko Kato)
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      Summer 2005 No. 151

      Special Issue: International Trend of Corporate Pensions

      • Foreword
        (Shinichi Emile Oka, Kenji Shimazaki)
      • Part 1: The Review of Corporate Pensions with Socio-Economic Changing
        • International Trends: Role and Issues of Corporate Pensions
          (Kenji Shimazaki, Naomi Miyazato)
        • International Accounting Standard and Corporate Pensions
          (Aishi Imafuku)
        • Recent New Wave on DB Pension Fund Management in the World
          (Yasuchika Asaoka)
        • A New Evolution of Occupational Pensions via Directive 2003 in the EU
          (Shinichi Emile Oka)
      • Part 2: Corporate Pensions at a Glance
        • Recent Developments in the US Corporate Pension Plans: Loopholes in Pension Funding Rules
          (Hiroyuki Mitsuishi)
        • Occupational Pension Schemes in the United Kingdom
          (Masaaki Ono)
        • Recent Developments in German Corporate Pensions
          (Harald Conrad)
        • Current Situation and Future Perspective of Japanese Corporate Pension
          (Tomoyuki Kubo)
      • Reference: Corporate Pension Schemes in 19 Countries

      Report and Note

      • W.H. Beveridge, Unemployment Theory in 1909, British Social and Economic Thoughts and British Unemployment Problems
        (Shinjiro Nagashima)

      Report and Statistics

      • Mari Osawa, Welfare Strategies in Asian Countries
        (Makoto Kono)

       


       

        Spring 2005 No. 150

        Special Issue: Growing Social Security Schemes in Asia

      • Foreword
        (Katsufumi Urushibara)
      • The Population of Singapore and Mechanics of the CPF
        (Kohei Komamura)
      • Income Security and Healthcare in Malaysia
        (Hironobu Sugaya)
      • Construction of the National Health Security System in Developing Countries --The Case of Thailand--
        (Norio Kawaguchi)
    • Current Situation and Problems of Social Security for Farmers in China
      (Sha YinHua)
    • Transition to a Market Economy and Social Security System in Mongolia
      (Terukazu Suruga)
    • Social Security in Vietnam
      (Tetsuhiko Izumi)
    • The Social Security Schemes in Lao PDR and Kingdom of Cambodia
      (Katsufumi Urushibara)

    Report and Statistics

    • Social Security Schemes in Japan as Observed by Asian Administrators: A Brief Survey on the Role of Japanese Official Development Assistance to Asian Social Security Schemes
      (Katsufumi Urushibara and Katsuya Yamamoto)
    • Current Situation and Problems of System Ensuring Minimum Standard of Living in China's Urban Areas
      (Zhong Renyao)