20.500.12556/RUL-135274 The relationless Japanese society and the practices of belonging during the COVID-19 pandemic Japonska družba brez odnosov in prakse pripadanja med pandemijo COVID-19 The aging of the population, lonely deaths (kadokushi), single-member households, and weak local bonds have been given as signs that Japan is now a “relationless society”, or muen shakai. The term muen shakai has been used by the media to describe a society in which social isolation is intensified because of the lack of connection between immediate family mem-bers, more distant relatives, and local community. On the other hand, some sociological and religious studies on Japanese society have shown that it is precisely this social isolation that awakens the need for networking, and even excessive networking. This article studies what types of social relations became highlighted under the new conditions of recommended social isolation due to COVID-19. The Japanese government did not explicitly forbid and sanction socializing, leaving the responsibility and duty for common health to individuals as well as members of groups. It seems that the way in which Japanese society has fought COVID-19 largely depends on existing interpersonal ties and belonging to certain groups and communities. I look at sociocultural factors in social relations in Japan, to examine whether the ties and belonging to groups and communities, which has been more to the fore during COVID-19, is something new in the society or existed preceding the pandemic. Japanese society COVID-19 social isolation social identity practices of belonging muen shakai relationless society sociocultural factors japonska družba COVID-19 socialna izolacija družbena identiteta prakse pripadanja muen shakai družba brez odnosov sociokulturni dejavniki true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-03-04 08:43:31 2022-03-04 08:43:32 2022-09-14 04:12:32 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 45-68 iss. 1 Vol. 10 (26) 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 316:616-036.21(520) 2232-5131 10.4312/as.2022.10.1.45-68 99636739 RAZ_Delakorda_Kawashima_Tinka_2022.pdf RAZ_Delakorda_Kawashima_Tinka_2022.pdf 1 1CE71A546690B211CEAAF0510A33AE29 0289265b5b2432bacb092cb7838de984506554c33a31ce85cfa4c1cd212ff92c 7fc3c84d-9b8f-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=154245 https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/10121/10034 1 84bef8b0-9b8e-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=154243 Filozofska fakulteta Asian studies 0 0 0