家族変動と保育改革の動向

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The national day nursery system in Japan was established in 1947, shortly after the end of World War II. From the beginning, this system was oriented towards providing universal day nursery care services. However, in practice these services were actually provided to only a limited number of children from low income families. This limited delivery of services was sue to the receptive nature of the Japanese day care nursery providers. Day nursery care services later expanded in the period of high economic growth. This expansion was in response to the needs of increasing numbers of families with both parents working. This expansion of services was accompanied by the demand for more diverse day care services. In order to cope with this demand, the government of Japan chose to deregulate the day nursery business. This policy of deregulation has brought about serious problems. In this paper it is argued that adequate public nursery services need to be provided.