About this book

Encyclopedia [object]: a book giving information on many subjects or many aspects of one subject. A non-linear assemblage of interconnected concepts and ideas.

Post-growth [concept]: a stage of societal development reached after the end of sustained economic growth and modernization; a cultural transition with far-reaching impacts on the structure of society, space, family, and consciousness.

Japan [place]: an densely populated archipelago of islands located off the Korean peninsula in northeast Asia, home to 125 million people; a major country with the third-largest GDP in the world; the first advanced society to experience the second demographic transition and population decline.

The short entries included in this publication are an attempt to distill the trends that are shaping society in post-growth Japan in their own terms, unconstrained by preexisting and outdated assumptions about growth society. Entries will range from definitions of terminology to imaginative perspectives, drawing on personal experience, observation, a wide range of books and academic research.

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