Comparison of Socioeconomic Development and Population Aging in China, Korea and Japan

摘要

I. Introduction China, Korea and Japan in the East Asia are geographically very closely related. In addition to the geographical proximity, these three countries have shared many socio-cultural similarities. There are several common factors in China, Korea and Japan (Sodei, 1996). First, they belong to the Confucian cultural sphere or the Chinese cultural sphere. People in these countries have used and are still partly using the same Chinese characters, although pronunciation and meaning of some words are different among country.