Universal basic income in Japan

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Universal basic income refers to a social welfare system where all citizens or residents of a country receive an unconditional lump sum income, meaning an income that is not based on need (i.e. it is not means tested). The proposal has been debated in a number of countries in recent years, including Japan. [1]

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According to Hirano Hiroya of Mejiro University, the growing debate is understandable, as social exclusion, precarity in the labor market and poverty have increased in recent decades. [2] Indeed, the state welfare system in Japan developed quite late and is still considerably less generous than in Europe, with the state playing a much smaller role in welfare provision and families, local communities and corporations play a larger role. [3] In response to the combined effects of automation and job uncertainty, three political parties support universal basic income: Nippon Ishin no Kai, Reiwa Shinsengumi and Greens Japan. Japanese academics arguing for basic income include Toru Yamamori of Doshisha University and Hiroya Hirano of Nihon Fukushi University. Ronald Dore, a British sociologist specializing in the Japanese welfare state, has also been engaged in the basic income debate for many years, arguing for its implementation. The main organization promoting basic income in Japan is BIEN Japan, which is part of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). [4]

History (year by year)

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References

  1. ↑ "BIEN: National Affiliates". www.basicincome.org. Basic Income Earth Network. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Hiroya, Hirano The Potential of introducing Basic Income for the“New Public Commons” in Japan: A Road to Associational Welfare State? (read February 5, 2013)
  3. ↑ Kasza, Gregory James (1 January 2006). "One World of Welfare: Japan in Comparative Perspective". Cornell University Press. Retrieved 19 August 2016– via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Yamamori, Dr Toru. "BIEN Japan". tyamamor.doshisha.ac.jp. Dr Toru Yamamori. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ↑ USBIG NEWSLETTER Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine VOL. 5, nr. 29, sept-okt 2004
  6. 1 2 Yamamori, Toru. "Introduction for Basic Income". www1.doshisha.ac.jp. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  7. ↑ Japan party that endorses basic income has a new political platform
  8. ↑ "Basic Income in Japan - Prospects for a Radical - Y. Vanderborght - Palgrave Macmillan" . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Tokyo, Japan: Thinking about Basic Income Basicincome.org February 24, 2015 (read April 21, 2015)
  10. ↑ AI and Basic income. Basic Income News, maj 2016.
  11. ↑ Yamamori, Toru. "Japan: National TV will show a short program about UBI on 27th July". www.basicincome.org. Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Reiwa Shinsengumi - Policies". Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "停滞か、維新か。 - 日本維新の会 衆院選2021マニフェスト". 停滞か、維新か。 - 日本維新の会 衆院選2021マニフェスト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  14. ↑ "政策｜日本維新の会". 日本維新の会. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  15. ↑ "政策提言 維新八策２０２２" (PDF). 日本維新の会. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
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