Systemwide Events Calendar

Center for Japanese Studies Seminar Series

March 8, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Manoa Campus, Tokioka Room (Moore 319)

Dr. John Campbell (professor, University of Michigan) will give a talk titled, "The Welfare State and Long-Term Care in Japan: Problems, Achievements, Puzzles." The abstract of his talk is as follows:

Japan has long been seen as relying more on family care than a "western-style" welfare state. Actually Japan’s welfare state is quite normal in the most important respects, but it has two distinctive features.

First, its approach to anti-poverty and employment policy has relied on supporting employment in unproductive sectors—an approach that has run into trouble recently.

Second, in the field of care for frail elderly people—sometimes called the "last frontier of the welfare state"—Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance that started in 2000 is unusually generous. Not only is it more than twice as big as the similar German program, it relies less on family care and more on formal services.

Ticket Information
Free and Open to Public

Event Sponsor
Center for Japanese Studies, Manoa

More Information
Center for Japanese Studies, 956-2665, cjs@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/cjs/seminarseries.html#campbell

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