Thursday 22 June 2006
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Interpersonal Relations and Social Change
Daiwa Foundation Japan House
Organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in association with the Embassy of Japan, UK
This seminar will address societal change in the UK and Japan through the prism of interpersonal relations and family life. The increase in one-person households and lone-parent families is impacting upon the economic and social framework of both countries. Changing views of marriage and rising divorce rates are combining to redefine the concept of family and contributing to household fragmentation. Our speakers will offer parallel perspectives on the state of marriage, divorce and the single life in the UK and Japan.
This lecture has been arranged in association with the Embassy of Japan in the UK.
About the contributors
Mariko Fujiwara
Mariko Fujiwara is a Research Director of Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living (HILL). She is also a Partner in the consultancy Business Futures Network (London) and Executive Director of Mobile Marketing Inc and serves on various ministerial councils, including at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Finance, and the Supreme Court. She has published reports in a wide range of publications on Japanese consumers, Japan’s post-war baby boom generation, second baby boom generation, changing roles of women, changes in families, aging population and emerging trends among senior citizens.
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan is a sociologist specialising in criminology and family policy. She is a Visiting Fellow at Buckingham University and was Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Civil Society (1995-2005). Her recent publications include Farewell to the Family (1995), Who Needs Parents? (1996), Marriage-Lite: The Rise of Cohabitation and its Consequences (2000), and Family Policy, Family Changes (2006). She is a frequent contributor to television and radio programmes.
Mami Mizutori
Mami Mizutori (chair) is Director of the Japan Information and Cultural Centre at the Embassy of Japan, London. After graduating from the Hitotsubashi University, she joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983, where she has served in a number of overseas and policy postings. Most recently, she has worked in the Foreign Policy Bureau as Director of the United Nations Policy Division (2002-03) and Director of the National Security Policy Division (2003-05).