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Comparative Study of the well-being of active agers in Japan and East Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K18447
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 8:Sociology and related fields
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Sakurai Yoshihide  北海道大学, 文学研究院, 教授 (50196135)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 李 賢京  東海大学, 文学部, 准教授 (80584333)
樋口 麻里  北海道大学, 文学研究院, 教授 (80755851)
伍 嘉誠  北海道大学, 文学研究院, 准教授 (90808487)
清水 香基  北海道大学, 文学研究院, 助教 (20907563)
工藤 遥  拓殖大学北海道短期大学, その他部局等, 准教授(移行) (20888036)
遠山 景広  札幌大谷大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 講師 (60967983)
金 昌震  札幌大学女子短期大学部, その他部局等, 准教授 (00849721)
Project Period (FY) 2021-07-09 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywordsウェルビーイング / ウェルダイング / 東アジア / アクティブ・エイジング / サードエイジャー / オーストラリア / セカンド・ライフ / セカンドライフ / 新型コロナ感染拡大 / サードエイジ / 超高齢化・長寿化社会
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では日本サードエイジャー世代を対象に意識調査を行い、QOLを構成する諸要素を抽出すると共に、申請者に地域調査の経験と協力機関がある韓国・中国・台湾・香港・タイの五カ国でアクティブな高齢者の<働く・居る・遊ぶ>の諸側面を探索的に比較調査する。また、伝統宗教の衰退が、高齢者の役割・居場所・死生観の構築にどの程度関連しているのかを総合的社会調査(インターネット調査)で明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines how elderly people can lead healthy, socially active lives with a sense of happiness, introducing examples from East Asia and Australia. It investigates the religious awareness, preferences, hobbies, and value systems of different generations of elderly people, and conducts joint research to explore the conditions necessary for living a fulfilling life in the third age, the stage of life after retirement.
The study adopted a mixed-methods approach combining overseas case studies with domestic social awareness surveys. It was conducted as a collaborative research project involving sociologists, welfare researchers, and healthcare professionals. The findings were published in April 2025 as “Active Aging in East Asia: Living the Third Age,” edited by Yoshihide Sakurai and Koki Shimizu, by Hokkaido University Press, A5 format, 332 pages.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

私は、この数年間、ウェルビーイングの研究を行い、保健医療・社会福祉領域の専門家とともに臨床社会学的研究を進め(2019-2022年 基盤研究B「高齢多死社会日本におけるウェルビーイングとウェルダイングの臨床社会学的研究」(課題番号19H01554))の助成を受けるかたわら、北海道大学の社会学研究室で学位を取得した留学生と共に本研究を遂行してきた。
アクティブ・エイジングのスキームは、高年齢世代における①働く(社会的役割を持つ)②居る(第三の居場所の開発)③遊ぶ(趣味縁や宗教縁の活用)の三項関係をバランスよく保つことにある。日本以上に東アジアの諸国やオーストラリアに先行例があることを提示した。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2024 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (8 results)

  • [Journal Article] 正しさに依存するこころ-カルト2024

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Journal Title

      臨床心理学

      Volume: 24-6 Pages: 678-682

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 宗教リテラシーについて2024

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Journal Title

      現代宗教研究

      Volume: 58 Pages: 131-154

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Biopolitics, Stigma and Religion in Hong Kong: Government’s Zero-Covid Measures and Responses of Christian Communities2024

    • Author(s)
      Ng, Ka Shing
    • Journal Title

      Satoshi Abe, Lim Taiwei (eds). Social Stigma and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Challenges and Responses across Greater Asia. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company

      Volume: 1 Pages: 93-110

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] “Authoritarian Tendencies of Chinese People in Different Regions : A Preliminary Comparative Analysis Based on the World Values Survey2024

    • Author(s)
      伍嘉誠, 清水香基
    • Journal Title

      北海道大学文学研究院紀要

      Volume: 174 Pages: 1-25

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Inequalities between Ethnic Minorities and Han in China2023

    • Author(s)
      翁 康健、清水 香基、伍 嘉誠
    • Journal Title

      East Asian sociology of the 21st century

      Volume: 2023 Issue: 12 Pages: 76-93

    • DOI

      10.20790/easoc.2023.12_76

    • ISSN
      1883-0862, 2423-8856
    • Year and Date
      2023-03-01
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 日本を『カルト天国』にしないために2023

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Journal Title

      中央公論

      Volume: 5 Pages: 132-139

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 統一教会-宗教リテラシーと歴史認識の貧困がもたらしたもの2023

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Journal Title

      世界

      Volume: 8 Pages: 105-109

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 統一教会問題の解決とは何か-『解散命令』請求の限界2023

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Journal Title

      世界

      Volume: 12 Pages: 81-86

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 何が精神障がい者に対する寛容な社会意識を高めるのか――国際比較研究からみる日本の特徴2022

    • Author(s)
      樋口麻里
    • Journal Title

      自殺予防と危機介入

      Volume: 42(2) Pages: 3-8

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Schwartzの「価値観理論」の構築とその後の展開 :「円環連続体モデル/ヒエラルヒカル構造モデル」に焦点を合わせて2022

    • Author(s)
      真鍋一史・前田忠彦・清水香基
    • Journal Title

      関西学院大学社会学部紀要

      Volume: 139 Pages: 1-41

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本の新型コロナウイルス感染症への対応と顕在化した社会問題2021

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Journal Title

      21世紀東アジア社会学

      Volume: 11 Pages: 22-39

    • NAID

      130008130527

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] The Influence of Religious-Cultural Activities on Moral Attitudes: A Study of Japan’s Secular Youth2024

    • Author(s)
      Koki Shimizu and Mari Higuchi
    • Organizer
      The 6th Annual Conference of the East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (EASSSR)
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Construction of Religiosity in Japan: Behavior-based and Belief-based Model2024

    • Author(s)
      Ng Ka Shing and Koki Shimizu
    • Organizer
      Academic Lecture at Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, November 26th
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Complexity of Japanese Religious Landscape: Multiple Religious Belonging and Religiosity Among Non-religious Japanese2024

    • Author(s)
      Yoshihide Sakurai and Koki Shimizu
    • Organizer
      Academic Lecture at Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, November 26th.
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] セカンドライフに関する意識調査-調査の視点と方法2023

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀,清水香基
    • Organizer
      北海道社会学会大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Religions And Politics In Japan: After The Murder Of Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe And The Unification Church’s Issue2023

    • Author(s)
      Yoshihide Sakurai
    • Organizer
      International Society for the Sociology of Religion 37th Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] New Developments in the Relationship between Politics and Religion in Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Yoshihide Sakurai
    • Organizer
      5th Annual Meeting of East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Religion and Biopolitics in Hong Kong: Religious Responses to Government's Zero-Covid Measures2022

    • Author(s)
      Ng, Ka Shing
    • Organizer
      4 th Annual Meeting of East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Examining "Non-equivalence" in Measuring of Religiosity in East Asian Societies2022

    • Author(s)
      Koki Shimizu, Kangjian Weng
    • Organizer
      4 th Annual Meeting of East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The second suppression of Omoto-kyo; and its members’ belief and experience in 1935-45’ 4 th Annual Meeting of East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion2022

    • Author(s)
      Yoshihide Sakurai
    • Organizer
      4 th Annual Meeting of East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 東アジアのアクティブ・エイジング-サードエイジを生きる2025

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀・清水香基編
    • Total Pages
      294
    • Publisher
      北海道大学出版会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 死者の結婚-慰霊のフォークロア2024

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Total Pages
      377
    • Publisher
      法蔵館
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 統一教会-性・カネ・恨(ハン)から実像に迫る2023

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Total Pages
      339
    • Publisher
      中央公論新社
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report 2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 信仰か マインド・コントロールか-カルト論の構図2023

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀
    • Total Pages
      384
    • Publisher
      法藏館
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 創価学会-政治宗教の成長と隘路2023

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀・猪瀬優理編
    • Total Pages
      336
    • Publisher
      法藏館
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 大学のハラスメント相談室 ― ハラスメントと向き合うすべての人へ2023

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀・上田絵理・木村純一・佐藤直弘・柿﨑真実子
    • Total Pages
      208
    • Publisher
      北海道大学出版会
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 現代社会を宗教文化で読み解く2022

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀・平藤喜久子編
    • Total Pages
      292
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ウェルビーイングの社会学2022

    • Author(s)
      櫻井義秀編
    • Total Pages
      320
    • Publisher
      北海道大学出版会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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