Browse by Social Issue
ISVD articles organized by social issue. Find articles by the structure of the problem, not just keywords.
Labor and Wage Inequality
Issues in Japan's employment and wage structure, including the expansion of non-regular employment, stagnant real wages, and income wall thresholds.
Child Poverty and Family Support
Economic deprivation affecting children and families, including relative child poverty rates, single-parent working poverty, and the 'child-rearing penalty' structure.
Aging Society and Care Crisis
Structural challenges of a super-aging society, including care worker shortages, polypharmacy among the elderly, and intergenerational pension gaps.
Gender and Structural Inequality
Structural mechanisms of gender inequality, including the gender wage gap, time poverty from unpaid labor, and the hollowing-out of women's empowerment legislation.
Regional Decline and Depopulation
Structural impact of demographic change on communities, including municipalities at risk of extinction, Tokyo-centralization, and the vacant house crisis.
Digital Divide and Government DX
Issues at the intersection of digitalization and inequality, including gaps in My Number adoption, populations unreached by DX, and platform regulation.
AI Governance and Cognitive Risks
Cognitive and institutional challenges of the generative AI era, including authority bias, cognitive debt, regulatory gaps, and military use governance.
Climate, Food, and Energy Security
Intersections of climate change and social inequality, food self-sufficiency structures, energy security, and aging water infrastructure.
Loneliness, Isolation, and Mental Health
The effectiveness of loneliness countermeasure legislation, SNS fatigue, youth suicide rates, and the social disruption of attachment formation.
Social Security and Policy Gaps
Structural gaps in social security: the 20% welfare capture rate, invisible barriers to disability pensions, populations unreached by policy, and rising social insurance burdens.
Education Inequality and Learning Opportunities
Unequal distribution of educational opportunity: contradictions in tuition-free policies, structural causes of 350,000 non-attending students, teacher shortages, and the disconnect between higher education and labor markets.
Household Burden and Income Inequality
The reality of Japan's 46% national burden rate, consumption tax regressivity, the compound squeeze of inflation and social insurance, and global wealth concentration.