Demographic change and population policy in four Asian nations: Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand.

The author examines differences among the recent population histories and population policy approaches of Japan the Republic of Korea Singapore and Thailand. Particular attention is paid to the experience of Thailand and to the applicability of that countrys experience to Indonesia. The author suggests that although the fertility decline was primarily linked to socioeconomic development in the other three countries considered in Thailand it has been due to other factors such as the national family planning program. (ANNOTATION)