Population decline and ageing in Japan - The social consequences

Population Decline and Ageing in Japan - The Social Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-167

  Coulmas, Florian ^a,b  

^a German Institute for Japanese Studies   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84917173941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203962022     Document Type: Book

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