The pension system in Japan and retirement needs of the Japanese elderly

Ageing in Southeast and East Asia: Family, Social Protection, Policy Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-21

  Choon, Chia Ngee ^a   Kitamura, Yukinobu ^b   Albert Tsui, K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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