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WHO
Our Study Groups
Literature (Various Writings)
Achievements at Conferences, Workshops etc.
Events
Theme Related Links
Newspaper Articles


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WHO

AMADA Josuke
ARAKI Shigetsugu
ARIYOSHI Reiko
HOTTA Yoshitaro
ISHIDA Hiroshi
KAGAMI Katsuhiro
KITAMURA Kentaro
◆KOBAYASHI Muneyuki
◆KOISHI Masako
KOTSUJI Hisanori
LEE Wook
MAKI Masako
NAKAGUCHI Michiko
NISHI Masahiko
NISHIZAWA Izumi
NOZAKI Yasunobu
SHIBUYA Terumi
TAJIMA Akiko
TANIMURA Hitomi
TATEIWA Shin'ya
◆TOKUYAMA Takako
YANO Ryo


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Our Study Groups

Study Group on Aging
Study Group on Aging from the Viewpoint of Historical Sociology


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Literature

TATEIWA Shin'ya November 13, 2015 The End of Mental Hospital Regime: In the Age of Dementia,Seidosha, 433p. ISBN-10: 4791768884 ISBN-13: 978-4791768882 2800+ [amazon][kinokuniya]

◆KOBAYASHi Muneyuki & TANIMURA Hitomi (Eds.) February 20, 2013 Questioning Aging in Postwar Japan, Report Issued by Research Center for Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.19, 153p. ISSN 1882-6539※

MAKI Masako September 30, 2012 Repeal of Deduction for the Elderly and Health-care Insurance Reform: Verification of "Earnings-related System" of the National Health Insurance Fees (Taxes), Bunrikaku, 193p. ISBN-10:4892596914 ISBN-13:978-4892596919; 2,000 yen + tax [amazon][kinokuniya]

Repeal of Deduction for the Elderly and Health-care Insurance Reform: Verification of


NAKAGUCHI Michiko March 31, 2012 "Regarding Issues Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: Application of PEG for Elderly People with Dementia"
Core Ethics 8:291-303 [PDF]

SHIBUYA Terumi March 31, 2012 "Care Workers and Home Helpers as the Origin of Elderly Care: Activities at Elderly Nursing Homes"
Core Ethics 8:195-206 [PDF]

AMADA Josuke September 25, 2011 Discovery of Aging and Frailty, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Publishing, 256p. ISBN-10:4047034959 ISBN-13: 978-4047034952 1890 [amazon][kinokuniya]

Discovery of Aging and Frailty


NISHI Masahiko September 25, 2011 Terminal Life: Scenery of Terminal Phase, Sakuhin-sha, 348p. ISBN-10:4861823528 ISBN-13: 978-4861823527 3780 [amazon][kinokuniya]

◆KOBAYASHI Muneyuki and KOTSUJI Hisanori May 25, 2011 "The Issues of Missing Elderly in Newspapers," Ars Vivendi 4: 208-219

NISHIZAWA Izumi March 31, 2011 "A Historical Examination of the Role of the Initiative of Residents in Community-based Healthcare: The Case of Shiramine Clinic / Horikawa Hospital in Kyoto"
Core Ethics 7:211-221 [PDF]

KOTSUJI Hisanori March 31, 2011 "Analysis of Perspectives on Social Isolation of Elderly People"
Core Ethics 7:109-119 [PDF]

KOTSUJI Hisanori & KOBAYASHI Muneyuki March 31, 2011 "History of News Reports on Lonely Death"
Core Ethics 7:121-130 [PDF]

AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin, 522p. ISBN-10: 4903690733 ISBN-13: 9784903690735 3150 [amazon][kinokuniya]

Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging


KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro March 25, 2011 "Introduction," pp.3-18 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

SHIBUYA Terumi March 25, 2011 "How Has Home Care Welfare Labor Been Conducted?: Focusing on Labor Practice Conducted by Home Helpers from the Second Half of 1950s to 1980s," pp.30-89 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

MAKI Masako March 25, 2011 "The Current Health Care System Reform Accompanied with Tax System Revision for the Elderly since 1980s," pp.90-125 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Policies and History of Aging," pp.126-147 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Economics of Medical Nation in Postwar Japanese Society," pp.148-175 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

TAJIMA Akiko March 25, 2011 "Examination of "QOL" in Japanese Rehabilitation: Pursuing Scaffold of Rehabilitation Beyond Subjective / Objective Views," pp.178-216 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

ARIYOSHI Reiko March 25, 2011 "Movement and Fruits of Those Who Are Living with Artificial Kidney: Creating New Systems for Living," pp.217-269 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

KITAMURA Kentaro March 25, 2011 "Patients' Movements and Development of Systems of Patients with Hemophilia in 1970s: Obtaining Pubic Funds and the Course to Official Approval of Self-injection," pp.270-302 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

HOTTA Yoshitaro March 25, 2011 "Socialization Theory of Care and Liberalism: Theory of Distribution of Care and Division of Labor," pp.303-348 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Detention to Surplus of Family and Residue of Security: (Un)production of Family and Policies over Aging in the Postwar Period," pp.349-372 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Governance of "Fragile Lives": Difficulties in "Application" of Theory of Governance to Elderly Care," pp.374-412 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Overlapping Scream: We Live with / Leave from Families to Live," pp.413-437 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Turning "Generation" into a System of Thought: Receiving "Conflicts between Generations" and Questioning them," pp.438-465 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Considering Society where Date and Place Are Impressed: Several Issues that Academics Should Deal with," pp.466-480 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Those who Touch the Bottom Lose Voices and Provides Voices: Cruel Knots over "Aging and Frailty,"" pp.481-507 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging," pp.508-518 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke March 25, 2011 "Afterword," pp.519-522 AMADA Josuke, KITAMURA Kentaro & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) March 25, 2011 Governing Aging: Policies and History of Aging Seikatsu Shoin

AMADA Josuke October 15, 2010 "Those who Are Touching the Bottom Lose Voices and Provides Voices: Cruel Knots of 'Aging and Frailty'," MIYAUCH Hiroshi & YOSHII Hiroaki (Eds.) Sociology of "Involved Persons": Through Encounters in Research, Kitaohji Shobo, 207+xvip. ISBN-10:4762827304 ISBN-13: 978-4762827303 2940 yen [amazon][kinokuniya]

KAGAMI Katsuhiro March 31, 2010 "From 'Prevention of Becoming Bedridden' to 'Prevention of Long-term Care'," Core Ethics 6:109-119 [PDF]/ [Abstract in English]

SHIBUYA Terumi March 31, 2010 "A Study on the Creation of the Home Helper System as a New Home Care Welfare Labor and Workforce Supply Policy," Core Ethics 6: 241-251 [PDF]/[Abstract in English]

TAJIMA Akiko March 31, 2010 "Transformation and Formation of Theory and Research on Occupational Therapy for Elderly with Dementia: Analysis of Rehabilitation Magazines of the 1980s and 1990s," Core Ethics 6:265-276 [PDF]/[Abstract in English]

MAKI Masako March 31, 2010 "The Concept of "Elderly with an Income Level of Active Workers" in the Medical Care System for the Elderly: A Historical Study on Changes in the State's Contribution Caused by the Medical Reform of 2006," Core Ethics 6: 375-384

AMADA Josuke March 10, 2010 Sociology of 'Aging and Frailty' (Enlarged and Revised Edition),Taga Shuppan,vi+683p. ISBN-10: 4811575717 ISBN-13: 978-4811575711 4,200yen [amazon][kinokuniya]

MAKI Masako March 31, 2009 "Influence of Abolition of Old Age Deduction: In View of Tax System Revisions by the Ruling Party in 2004" Core Ethics 5:283-292 [abstract] (http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/gr/gsce/ce/ce5engtext.htm#24)

AMADA Josuke, TATEIWA Shinya, OTANI Izumi, KOIZUMI Yoshiyuki & HOTTA Yoshitaro February 25, 2009 "Critical Point of Ars Vivendi (3)" (Round Table Discussion) , Ars Vivendi 1 :236-264

HOTTA Yoshitaro February 25, 2009 "Socialization of Care and Marginalization of Publicness", Ars Vivendi 1:265-278

ARIYOSHI Reiko February 25, 2009 "Medical Insurance System: Scheme Viewed from Policies in 1972 and 1973", Ars Vivendi 1:293-307

TAJIMA Akiko February 25, 2009 "Rehabilitation with/of "Bedridden Aged People": Especially after 1990", Ars Vivendi 1:308-347

AMADA Josuke May 9, 2008 "People's Practice and its History over Being Old and Weakening: on Ironic and Dangerous Situation Appearing as a Result of Saving Ourselves"
UENO Chizuko, OKUMA Yukiko, OSAWA Mari, JINNO Naohiko & SOEDA Yoshiya (Eds.) Care (Care: Its Thoughts and Practice (Total 6 Volumes) Volume 2, Iwanami Shoten
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bp17.html (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke March 30, 2008 "Ethics of Old Age: From/To Capability that Portrays Old Age," Issued by Japanese Society for Ethics, Rinrigaku Nenpo 57, 63-78 http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bpp48.html (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke March 1, 2008 "Structure of Economy of Donation of Death and Price: Older People's Strategies of Living"
Gendai Shiso 36-3(2008-3):82-101

AMADA Josuke November 1, 2007 "Aging No.7" (In the Middle of Sensitivity of the World No.7)
Kangogaku Zasshi 71-11(2007-11):-(Igaku Shoin) http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bs07-7.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke October 2007 "Aging that Death Abandons: Serious Conditions and Logics that Fights off Ethics"
Igaku Tetsugaku Igaku Rinri24
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bpp40.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke October 1, 2007 "Aging No.6" (In the Middle of Sensitivity of the World No.6)
Kangogaku Zasshi 71-10 (2007-10) (Igaku Shoin)
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bs07-6.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke September 10, 2007 "Aging Bodies: Where is the Boundary of Differences of Bodies?"
TASC MONTHLY (Issued by TASK) September 2007 Issue (No.381)
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bpp42.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke September 1, 2007 "Aging No.5" (In the Middle of Sensitivity of the World No.5)
Kangogaku Zasshi 71-09 (2007-09) Igaku Shoin http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bs07-5.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke August 1, 2007 "Aging No.4" (In the Middle of Sensitivity of the World No.4)
Kangogaku Zasshi 71-08 (2007-08) Igaku Shoin http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bs07-4.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke July 1, 2007 "Aging No.3" (In the Middle of Sensitivity of the World No.3)
Kangogaku Zasshi 71-07 (2007-07) Igaku Shoin http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bs07-3.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke June 1, 2007 "Aging No.2" (In the Middle of Sensitivity of the World No.2)
Kangogaku Zasshi 71-06 (2007-06) Igaku Shoin http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bs07-2.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke May 1, 2007 "Aging No.1" (In the Middle of Sensitivity of the World No.1)
Kangogaku Zasshi 71-05 (2007-05) Igaku Shoin http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bs07-1.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke January 30, 2007 Sociology of Aging and Frailty (Trade Edition), Taga Shuppan, 606p. ISBN: 4-8115-6362-X 5250yen [amazon]/[boople] (Japanese)
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AMADA Josuke September 30, 2006 "Questions to/from Aging: From the Horizon of Sociology of Aging" http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bp12.htm (Japanese)
HORI Shigeo (Ed) September 30, 2006 Development of Educational Aging Studies, Gakubunsha, 236p. ISBN-10: 4762015911 ISBN-13: 978-4762015915 2730yen [amazon]/[boople] (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke March 30, 2004 Freedom for the Frail Elderly: Social Theory of the Elderly Care from the User's Viewpoints, Harvestsha, 394p. ISBN: 4-938551-68-3 3800yen [amazon]/[boople]/[bk1] (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke November 10, 2003 "Removal of Diapers"/"Year of the International Aged"/"Early Dementia"/"The 100 Year-old Aged"/"Leisure"/"Retirement Community"/"Public Expenditure System of Medical Bill for the Elderly"/"Old Age", http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bp5.htm
AKIMOTO Miyo, FUJIMURA Masayuki, OSHIMA Iwao, MORIMOTO Yoshiki, SHIBANO Matsujiro & YAMAGATA Fumiharu (eds.) The Yuhikaku Dictionary of Social Welfare (Japanese), Yuhikaku, 549p. ISBN-10: 4641002622 ISBN-13: 978-4641002623 4095yen [amazon]/[boople] (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke February 28, 2003 Sociology of Aging and Frailty, Taga Shuppan, 595p. ISBN: 4-8115-6361-1 8925yen [amazon]/[boople]/[bk1]



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Achievements at Conferences, Workshops etc.

TAJIMA Akiko, NAKAGUCHI Michiko & AMADA Josuke June 20 2008 Poster Presentation "Point for Occupational Therapists' Supporting Life of the Elderly with Dementia: Referring to Academic Journals Issued by Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists from 2000 through 2007" (Japanese)
The 42nd Japanese Ocuupational Therapy and Expo, Nagasaki

AMADA Josuke December 6, 2007 "Society over Aging"
"Special Lecture on Modern Sociology", Graduate School of Integrated Human and Social Welfare Studies at Shukutoku University, Shukutoku University
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bsp071206.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke November 19, 2007 "Aging that Death Abandons No.3"
Study Group on Aging and Death, University of Hawaii at Manoa
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bsp071119.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke October 14, 2007 "Preface of Sociology of "Ethics of Aging""
The 58th Annual Convention of the Japanese Society for Ethics, Common Issues: Symposium on "Aging", Niigata University
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bsp071014.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke September 8, 2007 Chairperson of "Care and Support between Generations"
The 17th Annual Convention of Japan Society of Family Sociology, Sapporo Gakuin University
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bsp070908.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke August 2, 2007 "Making Different Bodies Be Sociology: Focusing on Aging, Disability and Disease"
Study Group on Stigma and Normalization, Osaka Prefecture University
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bsp070802.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke May 20, 2007 Chairperson of "Care for the Aged"
The 33rd Annual Convention of the Japanese Society of Health and Medical Sociology, Niigata University of Health and Welfare
http://www.josukeamada.com/bk/bsp070520.htm (Japanese)

AMADA Josuke April 7, 2007 "Difficulties over Aging: How Was what Questioned?"
Construction of "Ars Vivendi", Saturday Lecture, Ritsumeikan University



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Events

◆July 14, 2015 (Tue) Lecture by Prof. Masami Takahashi, Questioning "Anti-aging": Wrinkle Reduction without Getting Old? How Should We Think about Aging?, Ritsumeikan University
◆June 6, 2010 (Sun) Public Event of Research Center for Ars Vivendi on the Homecoming Day of Ritsumeikan University "Living with Aging in Japan", Ritsumeikan University
◆December 27, 2008 (Sat) The 20th Study Group on Care of Dementia, Ritsumeikan University
◆September 20, 2008 (Sat) The 19th Study Group on Care of Dementia, Ritsumeikan University
◆September 14, 2008 (Sun) The 6th Study Group on Aging, Ritsumeikan University
◆May 25, 2008 (Sun) The 5th Study Group on Aging, Ritsumeikan University
◆June 30, 2007 (Sat) Study Group on Aging, Ritsumeikan University
◆April 7, 2007 (Sat) Saturday Lecture at Ritsumeikan University: "Construction of "Ars Vivendi": Towards the World Living with Disabilities, Aging, Illness and Differences"


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Theme-related Links

Situation in Japan

◆Announcement from The Japan Geriatrics Society Ethics Committee: The Terminal Care of the Elderly
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118810320/HTMLSTART
◆Japanese People Living Longer than Ever: Government
http://www.physorg.com/news166945685.html
◆OECD Health Data 2009
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/45/51/38979974.pdf

Others

◆19th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics July 5 - 9, 2009
http://www.gerontologyparis2009.com/site/view8.php
◆Alberta Centre on Aging
http://www.aging.ualberta.ca/
◆Annual Health, Labour and Welfare Report 2007-2008
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/wp/wp-hw2/index.html
◆Annual Reports on Health and Welfare 1998-1999 Social Security and National Life
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/wp/wp-hw/index.html
◆Arizona Center on Aging
http://aging.medicine.arizona.edu/
◆Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity of Hunter College
http://www.brookdale.org/
◆Brunel University
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/research/networks/ageing
◆Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
http://www.northwestern.edu/aging/
◆Center for Aging and Diversity UNC Institute for Aging
http://www.aging.unc.edu/cad/about.html
◆Center on Aging, University of Hawaii at Manoa
http://www.hawaii.edu/aging/
◆Center on Aging, University of Miami
http://centeronaging.miami.edu/
◆Center on Aging (CoA), University of Minnesota
http://www.hpm.umn.edu/coa/
◆Center on Aging and Aged, Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~caa/
◆Center on Aging Studies (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
http://cas.umkc.edu/cas/
◆Chicago Center on Aging
http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/coa/about_us.php
◆Colorado State University Center on Aging
http://www.coa.cahs.colostate.edu/
◆Dementia (The Scottish Government)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/Services/Mental-Health/Dementia
◆Don't make the journey alone (Alzheimer Scotland)
http://www.alzscot.org/information_and_resources/information_sheet/1817_dont_make_the_journey_alone
◆Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
http://www.geri.duke.edu/
◆Huffington Center on Aging
http://www.hcoa.org/newsite/index.asp
◆Indiana University Center for Aging Research
http://medicine.iupui.edu/IUCAR/
◆Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iah/
◆International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG)
http://iagg_aog.umin.jp/
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences
http://www.geron.org/Publications/The%20Journal%20of%20Gerontology:%20Psychological%20Sciences
◆K-State Center on Aging
http://www.humec.k-state.edu/aging/
◆Landon Center on Aging University of Kansas
http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/
◆National Center on Elder Abuse
http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/
◆Northeast Arkansas Center on Aging
http://www.centeronagingne.com/
◆Nova Scotia Centre on Aging
http://www.msvu.ca/nsca/
◆Oregon Center for Aging and Technology, Oregon Health & Science University
http://www.orcatech.org/
Psychology and Aging
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pag/
Public Long-Term Care Insurance/Public Nursing Care Insurance
Research on Aging
http://roa.sagepub.com/
◆Sanford Center for Aging, University of Nevada, Reno
http://www.unr.edu/sanford/
◆Sandards of Care for Dementia (The Scottish Government)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/05/31085414/0
◆The Center on Aging, Florida International University
http://www.fiu.edu/~coa/
◆The Centre on Aging at the University of Victoria
http://www.coag.uvic.ca/
◆The Gerontological Society of America
http://www.geron.org/
The Gerontologist
http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
http://www.baywood.com/journals/previewjournals.asp?id=0091-4150
◆The Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health
http://www.jhsph.edu/AgingandHealth/
◆The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
http://www.napca.org/
◆The Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College
http://www.bc.edu/research/agingandwork/?name=index
◆The University of Iowa Center on Aging
http://www.centeronaging.uiowa.edu/index.shtml
◆The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
http://www.mc.uky.edu/coa/
◆UAB Center for Aging
http://www.aging.uab.edu/
◆UCLA Center on Aging
http://www.aging.ucla.edu/whoweare.html
◆Uconn Center on Aging
http://www.uconn-aging.uchc.edu/
◆UMaine Center on Aging
http://www.umaine.edu/mainecenteronaging/
◆University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community
http://cac.uindy.edu/
◆University of Maryland Center on Aging
http://www.sph.umd.edu/hlsa/AGING/index.cfm
◆WVU Center on Aging
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/coa/


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Newspaper Articles

◆October 24, 2015 "Survey Finds People Divided in Their Opinions about Life with Dementia" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/24/national/science-health/survey-finds-people-divided-opinions-life-dementia/#.Vi3TaTKhfGg

◆October 19, 2015 "An Increasingly Bitter Battle of the Ages Brews in Japan" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/10/19/language/increasingly-bitter-battle-ages-brews-japan/#.Vi79jzKhfGg

◆October 16, 2015 "Does Fungus Cause Alzheimer’s?" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/16/world/science-health-world/fungus-cause-alzheimers/#.Vi3WlzKhfGg

◆October 15, 2015 "Protein Thought Vital to Alzheimer’s Treatment Identified" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/15/world/science-health-world/protein-thought-vital-alzheimers-treatment-identified/#.Vi3W6zKhfGg

◆October 9, 2015 "Abe Counts on Kato to Reverse Sliding Birthrate, Labor Exodus in Aging Japan" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-counts-kato-reverse-sliding-birthrate-labor-exodus-aging-japan/#.Vi3IojKhfGg

◆October 5, 2015 "A New Vision for Healthy Aging" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/10/05/commentary/japan-commentary/a-new-vision-for-healthy-aging/#.Vi3HkTKhfGg

◆October 3, 2015 "Economizing on Medical Spending" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/10/03/editorials/economizing-medical-spending/#.Vi3XhjKhfGg

◆September 29, 2015 "Japan’s Cheap Debt, Aging Population Prompt Ex-banker to Shift Focus" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/29/business/japans-cheap-debt-aging-population-prompt-ex-banker-shift-focus/#.Vi2wLjKhfGg

◆September 25, 2015 "Abe to Create New Ministerial Post to Tackle Key Social Issues" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/25/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-create-new-ministerial-post-tackle-key-social-issues/#.Vi20XDKhfGg

◆September 4, 2015 "Japan’s Medical Spending to Top ?40 Trillion in Fiscal 2014" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/04/national/japans-medical-spending-top-%c2%a540-trillion-fiscal-2014/#.Vi21CTKhfGg

◆September 1, 2015 "The Future Is Gray for the Developed World" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/09/01/commentary/world-commentary/future-gray-developed-world/#.Vi3ceDKhfGg

◆August 27, 2015 "Global Life Expectancy Rises, but People Live Sicker for Longer" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/27/world/science-health-world/global-life-expectancy-rises-people-live-sicker-longer/#.Vi3XyjKhfGg

◆August 25, 2015 "Dementia Cases by 2050 to Be Nearly Triple Today’s Tally, Report Forecasts" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/25/world/science-health-world/dementia-cases-2050-nearly-triple-todays-tally-report-forecasts/#.Vi3YLzKhfGg

◆August 21, 2015 "Dementia May Be Stabilizing in Some Countries: Study" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/21/world/dementia-may-stabilizing-countries-study/#.Vi3YqzKhfGg

◆August 17, 2015 "South Korea Comes Full Circle in One Generation as Aging Crisis Looms" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/17/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/korea-comes-full-circle-in-one-generation-as-aging-crisis-looms/#.Vi3SxDKhfGg

◆August 15, 2015 "Research on Brain Disorders Leads to Superclever Mice" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/15/world/science-health-world/research-brain-disorders-leads-superclever-mice/#.Vi3aMTKhfGg

◆August 2, 2015 "Aging Hibakusha Pass on Witness Accounts to Younger Storytellers" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/02/national/aging-hibakusha-pass-witness-accounts-younger-storytellers/#.Vi3J5TKhfGg

◆July 7, 2015 "Signs of Aging Appear in Mid-20s, Study Finds" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/07/world/science-health-world/signs-aging-appear-mid-20s-study-finds/#.Vi3aojKhfGg

◆May 16, 2015 "Is Japan Becoming Extinct?" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/16/national/social-issues/japan-becoming-extinct/#.Vi3KejKhfGg

◆April 29, 2015 "Is There Life after Death for Japan’s Aging Women?" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/04/29/films/life-death-japans-aging-women/#.Vi3KxTKhfGg

◆April 24, 2015 "Loyalty to 1960s Machine Shows Risk from Japan’s Aging Factories" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/24/business/loyalty-1960s-machine-shows-risk-japans-aging-factories/#.Vi3JgjKhfGg

◆April 23, 2015 "Japan Lifts Pilot Age Limit to 67 amid Asian Shortage" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/23/business/japan-lifts-pilot-age-limit-67-amid-asian-shortage/#.Vi21eDKhfGg

◆April 17, 2015 "Seniors Grow to 26% of Population as Japan Shrinks for Fourth Year Straight" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/17/national/seniors-grow-26-population-japan-shrinks-fourth-year-straight/#.Vi24JTKhfGg

◆March 19, 2015 "Aging Population, Reform Taking a Toll on LDP" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/03/19/commentary/japan-commentary/aging-population-reform-taking-toll-ldp/#.Vi3NaTKhfGg

◆February 10, 2015 "Robots and Foreigners Are the Answer as Japan’s Population Ages, Says Investor Sawakami" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/10/business/economy-business/robots-foreigners-answer-japans-population-ages-says-investor-sawakami/#.Vi26EjKhfGg

◆February 5, 2015 "Better Life for Dementia Sufferers" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/02/05/editorials/better-life-for-dementia-sufferers/#.Vi3PUTKhfGg

◆January 22, 2015 "Aging Japanese Prove Rich Pickings for Investment Fraud" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/22/business/aging-japanese-prove-rich-pickings-investment-fraud/#.Vi7ZTjKhfGg

◆December 17, 2014 "Expert on Aging Forms Research Group on Muscle Loss" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/17/national/science-health/expert-aging-forms-research-group-muscle-loss/#.Vi27ejKhfGg

◆December 9, 2014 "Aging Brings Gray Hair … and Greater Happiness" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/12/09/commentary/world-commentary/aging-brings-gray-hair-and-greater-happiness/#.Vi3eOzKhfGg

◆November 23, 2014 "Japan Sanctioning Mass ‘Slave Labor’ by Duping Foreign Trainees, Observers Say" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/23/national/japan-sanctioning-mass-slave-labor-via-foreign-trainee-program/#.Vi3PwzKhfGg

◆November 23, 2014 "Foreign Workers in Demand amid Tourism Surge" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/23/business/foreign-workers-demand-amid-increase-tourists/#.Vi3QWjKhfGg

◆November 14, 2014 "Experts Urge Japan to Step up Dementia Care" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/14/national/social-issues/experts-urge-japan-step-dementia-care/#.Vi2-NjKhfGg

◆October 8, 2014 "Mobile Truck Stores Filling Void in Shrinking Suburbs" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/08/national/mobile-truck-stores-filling-void-in-shrinking-suburbs/#.Vi2_BjKhfGg

◆September 26, 2014 "In Praise of What Looks Like China’s New Norm" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/09/26/commentary/world-commentary/in-praise-of-what-looks-like-chinas-new-norm/#.Vi3QuDKhfGg

◆September 16, 2014 "In Japan, Grave Times for the Tombstone Trade" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/16/national/in-japan-grave-times-for-the-tombstone-trade/#.Vi3BGDKhfGg

◆September 14, 2014 "Ministry Estimate Says Elderly Account for Record 25.9% of Population" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/14/national/ministry-estimate-says-elderly-account-record-25-9-population/#.Vi3ROjKhfGg

◆August 19, 2014 "Kewpie Adapts Its Menu to Feed a Graying Nation" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/19/national/kewpie-adapts-its-menu-to-feed-a-graying-nation/#.Vi3BdTKhfGg

◆August 4, 2014 "The Elderly who Need Help" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/04/editorials/elderly-need-help/#.Vi3HJDKhfGg

◆August 3, 2014 "Europe May Have Weathered Financial Storm, but Aging Society Will Need Structural Reform" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/03/commentary/world-commentary/europe-may-weathered-financial-storm-aging-society-will-need-structural-reform/#.Vi7fdTKhfGg

◆July 24, 2014 "China’s Aging Millions See Bleak Future Ahead" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/24/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/chinas-aging-millions-see-bleak-future-ahead/

◆July 4, 2014 "Japanese Scientists Find Aging Cure for Flowers" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/04/national/science-health/japanese-scientists-find-aging-cure-for-flowers/#.Vi3dVzKhfGg

◆June 8, 2014 "Elderly with Dementia Increasingly Targeted in Consumer Fraud" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/08/national/social-issues/elderly-dementia-increasingly-targeted-consumer-fraud/

◆June 6, 2014 "More than 250 People with Dementia Missing in Japan" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/06/national/250-people-dementia-missing-japan/

◆May 24, 2014 "Getting Past the Stigma of Dementia" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/24/national/media-national/getting-past-stigma-dementia/

◆May 21, 2014 "Caring for Dementia Sufferers" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/05/21/editorials/caring-dementia-sufferers/

◆May 20, 2014 "Aging Japanese-Brazilians Facing Challenges" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/20/national/aging-japanese-brazilians-facing-challenges/#.Vi7cAjKhfGg

◆May 16, 2014 "Aging, Crowded China Instigates Funereal Revolution: Burial at Sea" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/16/asia-pacific/offbeat-asia-pacific/aging-crowded-china-instigates-funereal-revolution-burial-at-sea/#.Vi7e0jKhfGg

◆May 14, 2014 "Elderly Woman Found after 7 Years" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/14/national/elderly-woman-found-7-years/

◆May 11, 2014 "S. Korea’s Economy and the Elderly" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/11/business/s-koreas-economy-elderly/#.Vi71IDKhfGg

◆April 15, 2014 "Japan Population Drops for Third Year Straight; 25% Are Elderly" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/15/national/japans-population-drops-for-third-straight-year-25-are-elderly/#.Vi7WCDKhfGg

◆April 10, 2014 "Senile Seniors Challenge Japan Inc." (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/10/national/senile-seniors-challenge-japan-inc/

◆March 30, 2014 "Documentary Shines Light on New Dementia Therapy" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/30/national/documentary-shines-light-on-new-dementia-therapy/

◆March 25, 2014 "Government Plans to Cut Number of Elderly Kept Alive on Feeding Tubes" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/25/national/government-plans-to-cut-number-of-elderly-kept-alive-on-feeding-tubes/

◆March 13, 2014 "Aging 3/11 Foster Folks Facing Health Worries" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/13/national/aging-311-foster-folks-facing-health-worries/#.Vi7a5DKhfGg

◆February 27, 2014 "Stroke Prevention Drug Found to Slow Mild Dementia" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/27/national/stroke-prevention-drug-found-to-slow-mild-dementia/

◆February 17, 2014 "Medical Reforms for an Aging Nation" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/17/editorials/medical-reforms-for-an-aging-nation/#.Vi7YFjKhfGg

◆January 22, 2014 "Aging Society Tops All Issues" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/01/22/reader-mail/aging-society-tops-all-issues/#.Vi7hrzKhfGg

◆January 2, 2014 "Hong Kong Faces a Familiar Aging Problem" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/01/02/lifestyle/hong-kong-faces-a-familiar-aging-problem/#.Vi7Z8DKhfGg

◆December 11, 2013 "Doctor Helps His Grandma Die to Avoid Feeding Tube" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/doctor-helps-his-grandma-die-to-avoid-feeding-tube/

◆December 5, 2013 "Dementia Cases to Treble Worldwide by 2050: Study" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/05/world/science-health-world/dementia-cases-to-treble-worldwide-by-2050-study/

◆October 30, 2013 "Aging Overseas Hibakusha Still Seek Equal Treatment" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/30/national/social-issues/aging-overseas-hibakusha-still-seek-equal-treatment/#.Vi7cfzKhfGg

◆June 23, 2013 "Epidemic of Dementia" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/23/editorials/epidemic-of-dementia/

◆June 3, 2013 "4.6 Million Elderly Are Suffering Dementia" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/03/national/science-health/4-6-million-elderly-are-suffering-dementia/

◆February 25, 2013 "Reining in the Welfare Costs" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/02/25/commentary/world-commentary/reining-in-the-welfare-costs/#.Vi3R6DKhfGg

◆October 6, 2012 "Future of Senile Dementia" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/10/06/editorials/future-of-senile-dementia/

◆September 4, 2012 "Part of Aging Process: Preparing for the End" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/04/reference/part-of-aging-process-preparing-for-the-end/#.Vi3bWDKhfGg

◆June 9, 2012 "Anti-aging Tips for the Elderly ? Don’t Let the Society Age You" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/06/09/our-lives/anti-aging-tips-for-the-elderly-dont-let-the-society-age-you/#.Vi7eFjKhfGg

◆May 31, 2012 "Aging Population a Drag on Economy: Shirakawa" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/31/business/aging-population-a-drag-on-economy-shirakawa/#.Vi7bfzKhfGg

◆May 28, 2012 "China, Too, Faces Challenge of an Aging Society" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/05/28/commentary/china-too-faces-challenge-of-an-aging-society/#.Vi7doTKhfGg

◆April 7, 2012 "Japan-like Fertility Rate, Aging Population Pose Threats to China" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/07/business/japan-like-fertility-rate-aging-population-pose-threats-to-china/#.Vi3d2jKhfGg

◆November 13, 2011 "Creating a Future for Japan’s Aging Society" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/13/national/media-national/creating-a-future-for-japans-aging-society/#.Vi7f2DKhfGg

◆July 5, 2011 "Welfare Rise: Sign of Economic, Aging Times" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/05/reference/welfare-rise-sign-of-economic-aging-times/#.Vi7egDKhfGg

◆December 11, 2010 "Aging Naturally and Gracefully" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2010/12/11/our-lives/aging-naturally-and-gracefully/#.Vi7g2zKhfGg

◆August 25, 2010 "When Scores of Centenarians Fall off Radar" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100825f3.html

◆August 8, 2010 "56 out of 75 'Missing' Centenarians Are Men" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100808a7.html

◆April 2, 2010 "University of Tokyo Transforming Kashiwa into City for the Elderly" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100402f1.html

◆May 23, 2009 "Japanese women, at 86, live longest in world: WHO" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090523a3.html

◆April 20, 2008 "The Challenges of an Aging Society" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2008/04/20/books/book-reviews/the-challenges-of-an-aging-society/#.Vi70rDKhfGg

◆August 21, 2007 "Nation's Oldest Citizen Dies at 113" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070821b1.html

◆August 15, 2007 "World's Oldest Person Dies" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070815a5.html

◆March 8, 2007 "Realizing the Potential of an Aging Society" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/03/08/commentary/world-commentary/realizing-the-potential-of-an-aging-society/#.Vi7dNjKhfGg

◆February 3, 2007 "National Center Set to Introduce Unified Living Will Forms" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070203f1.html

◆January 31, 2007 "New Oldest Woman Is 114 in Fukuoka" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070131b2.html

◆July 16, 2006 "Adventures in Gerontology" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fb20060716a1.html

◆November 18, 2005 "Old Textbooks, Games Bring Spark of Memory to Those Suffering Dementia" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20051118f3.html

◆July 17, 2003 "Foreign Drugs Urged for Alzheimer's" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20030717a6.html

◆February 19, 2002 "Gene Study Sheds Light on Alzheimer's Disease" (The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20020219k2.html

◆January 9, 2002 "Tackling the Problem of Aging" (The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2002/01/09/editorials/tackling-the-problem-of-aging/#.Vi7gXjKhfGg




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