새로운 인구 개념의 정책 적용 가능성과 과제: 일본의 관계인구를 중심으로 = Possibilities and Challenges of Policy Application of the New Population Concept: Focus on Relational Population

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper analyzes the issue of population decline in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that has been spreading recently, focusing on the case of the concept of relational population in Japan.
Korea government has presented the concept of ‘living population’ through new laws from 2023. This concept foreshadows the possibility of change in the new population policy by highlighting the existence of various types of local residents.
As a result of analyzing the concept, type, promotion structure, and issues of Japan's relational population, which began in earnest in 2018, there were many parts to be considered in terms of basic philosophy, cause analysis, and prescription in order to present a new population concept.
In particular, in order to form a relational population with advantages such as population formation centered on the relational axis rather than the time axis, including various types of the migratory population as regional contributors, and active responses from the region and residents, not only the cost and psychological burden felt by individuals, but the government's efforts to create infrastructure, residential environment, and meticulous institutional design should also be actively pursued.
In conclusion, it is emphasized that it is necessary to encourage the activeness of residents and the migratory population, to publicize the appropriate form of life in the region, and to face the regional reality from multiple angles, rather than promote unilateral population policies based on populationism.