パネリスト・モデレーター紹介

國富 敬二 師

Rev. Keiji Kunitomi

第7セッション
「少子高齢化問題」

パネリスト

経歴

WCRP日本委員会事務局長

東京大学経済学部卒業。庭野平和財団、立正佼成会サンフランシスコ教会長、青年本部本部長、東京教区長（杉並教会長）等を務める。現在は、立正佼成会理事、杉並教会長を兼務。2015年1月WCRP日本委員会事務局長に就任。

Curriculum Vitae

Secretary General of Religions for Peace Japan

Rev. Kunitomi graduated from Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo. He worked at Niwano Peace Foundation. He has served as the Minister of Toyohashi and San Francisco Dharma Center, He has experiences of the Director of the Youth Department Dharma Missions Bureau. Currently he is board of directors of Rissho kosei-kai and Minister of Suginami Dharma Center. From January 2015, he holds Secretary General of Religions for Peace Japan.

梗概

１．日本は昨年65歳以上の高齢者が3500万人(人口の28%以上)を超え、80歳以上の方も1000万人を超えた高齢化社会である。それをポジテイブに捉えるか、ネガティヴに捉えるかが問題提起の要点である。

２．宗教者は経済価値偏重の視点でとらえるのではなく、一人ひとりの人生に焦点を当てて、元気で生きがいに溢れる高齢者の活躍する社会づくりに貢献すべきではないか。

３．人生百年時代には、「人間とは」、「生きるとは」、「死とは」などの人生の根本命題に応えるのが、宗教者の役割ではないだろうか。

長寿者が生き生きと活躍する社会を見て、若者は少子高齢化社会に希望を見出すのではないか。

Abstract

1. Japan has been facing an aged society while population of over 65 years old were more than 35 million last year, which accounted for 28% of the total population in Japan. Also, more than 10 million people are over 80 years old. The elderly constitutes an increasingly large portion of the population. So, I would like to raise a question if we see this issue either positively or negatively.

2. I would like to state that religious people should contribute to building society which the elderly can live lively and actively with focusing on their every single life rather than weighing on economic values.

3. I would like to argue that religious people have a role of responding to fundamental questions of life, such as “What is human and how should we live?”, “What is life?”, “What is death?” in the generation of the 100-year-life.

Once young generations witness a society that the elderly are actively committed to their life, young people will find their hope for a society of decreasing birthrate and aging population.