Chapter 14 The science of population and birth control in post-war Japan

This essay examines the entanglement between population science and population governance immediately after World War II. It analyzes debates on population and birth control research that contributed to the state-endorsed birth control campaign. Drawing on the existing works on the campaign as wel...

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birth control
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Demographics of Japan
Empire of Japan
Human overpopulation
Population control
Population growth
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Population growth
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