Japan's first national intergenerational conference: The story behind the planning

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-16

  Yajima, Satoru ^a,e   Kaplan, Matthew ^b   Kuraoka, Masataka ^c   Kusano, Atsuko ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Shiraume Gakuen University   (Japan)

^e Faculty of Education   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intergenerational conference; Intergenerational networks; Intergenerational practice; Intergenerational specialists; International conference; Japan; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349085507     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15350770802628786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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