Ryotaro Takahashi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryotaro Takahashi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryotaro |
| FAMILY NAME | Takahashi |
| SIGNATURE | TAKAHASHI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tokai University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0104-326X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Politics of Social Care in Japan
This study examines why Japan's social care reforms of the early 1970s led to a generous elderly care system but only modest and narrowly targeted support for children. Although child allowances and free medical care for the elderly were introduced almost simultaneously, they followed sharply divergent paths. Both policies were initially blocked at the national level owing to fiscal constraints imposed by the Ministry of Finance. They first gaine…
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Tale of a Missed Opportunity
While a value-added tax (VAT), which supports a welfare state, was officially introduced in Japan in 1989, earlier attempts to implement this tax system failed. This study looks in-depth at why Japan was slower than other countries to implement a VAT. The tax authorities’ debates during the 1960s and 1970s are reviewed to understand why other attempts to introduce a VAT failed. Implementing the VAT would require a shift from the ideology centerin…
The origins of income equality with a small government in Japan
Japan was one of the most equal societies from the 1970s to the 1990s, in terms of income among the OECD countries, despite its small government. This study sheds light on the income policy formation process in 1975 as a critical juncture, when labour unions were demanding wage increases in response to rising prices after the 1973 oil crisis. A common theory holds that the formation of this income policy is explained by labour-management relation…
Under Treasury Control
The origins of income equality with a small government in Japan
Japan was one of the most equal societies from the 1970s to the 1990s, in terms of income among the OECD countries, despite its small government. This study sheds light on the income policy formation process in 1975 as a critical juncture, when labour unions were demanding wage increases in response to rising prices after the 1973 oil crisis. A common theory holds that the formation of this income policy is explained by labour-management relation…
The origins of income equality with a small government in Japan
Japan was one of the most equal societies from the 1970s to the 1990s, in terms of income among the OECD countries, despite its small government. This study sheds light on the income policy formation process in 1975 as a critical juncture, when labour unions were demanding wage increases in response to rising prices after the 1973 oil crisis. A common theory holds that the formation of this income policy is explained by labour-management relation…
Tale of a Missed Opportunity
While a value-added tax (VAT), which supports a welfare state, was officially introduced in Japan in 1989, earlier attempts to implement this tax system failed. This study looks in-depth at why Japan was slower than other countries to implement a VAT. The tax authorities’ debates during the 1960s and 1970s are reviewed to understand why other attempts to introduce a VAT failed. Implementing the VAT would require a shift from the ideology centerin…
The Politics of Social Care in Japan
This study examines why Japan's social care reforms of the early 1970s led to a generous elderly care system but only modest and narrowly targeted support for children. Although child allowances and free medical care for the elderly were introduced almost simultaneously, they followed sharply divergent paths. Both policies were initially blocked at the national level owing to fiscal constraints imposed by the Ministry of Finance. They first gaine…
Under Treasury Control
Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · Welfare (2 works)