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Low birth-rate is a phenomenon of demographic changes that profoundly affects the present and the future in each phase of our society. In order to resolve and ameliorate this complex problem, there have been a wide range of interdisciplinary cooperations between private, public and business sectors, and the government even has come out with a policy called 'Happy House.' Housing is one of the key problem-solving tools and approaches as the base of people's life. It gives support to children's growth and development, and the issue of planning, supply and improvement of residential environment in which parents can raise their children in peace is now a very urgent task that cannot be put off any longer. Therefore, this study examines the case of Japan which had seriously experienced low birthrate and aging issues well before Korea, by analysing the content of the common housing planning guidelines of Japan's local governments and private companies with child care support, in order to find out the characteristics that indicate what kind of environmental elements are described with what range of consideration in which categories. Japan's common housing planning guidelines with child care support recognizes the importance of the residential space where children spend most of their time, and there has been a revitalizing support for the facilities and services in the living environment that takes into account the enlargement of the scope of children's lives according to their growth. These guidelines are considerate in that they can be applied appropriately to the lifestyle of the parenting household members, and they contain flexibilities to reflect evolving social changes and technological advancements, and as they consist of information that can be easily understood by everyone, their application can also be easily carried out. The case of Japan provides considerable amount of implications for South Korea which has just started private housing measures to tackle the low birthrate phenomenon. |