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Volunteerism and the State in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Koichi Hasegawa
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In 2006, close to 400,000 people in Japan participated in voluntary activities and more than 30,000 volunteer associations received a nationally certified status as non-profit organizations (NPOs). In 1985, only about 100,000 people counted as volunteers. These figures indicate not only a quantitative but also a qualitative change. Japan today is moving toward a borantia shakai or volunteer-oriented civil society, with particularly high rates of NPO activitity in urban regions. Why has this change occurred?

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 12 , December 2007 , e20
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