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The purpose of this paper was to review Japanese developmental psychological studies of adulthood and the elderly from July 2010 to June 2011. The studies of adulthood (aged 20-65 years) were classified into parenthood, marital relationships, career, and physical changes. The studies of the elderly (aged over 65 years) were classified as adjustment, grandparenthood, cognition, and care. The main findings were as follows: there were not many studies with data from multiple developmental stages of both adulthood and the elderly. In most studies of adulthood, the research question was about parenthood and career development. Among the studies of the elderly, there were some that investigated narratives of the oldest old (over 85 years) and personality development. These studies suggested that elderly is a mature stage in lifespan development. In addition, there were a few studies of a major earthquake in Hanshin-Awaji (January, 1995). The short- and long-term psychological studies and support for adults and the elderly will be expected, in the event of a major earthquake in Eastern Japan (March, 2011).