This document discusses questions for a group discussion on the topic of quality of life for Japanese people. The questions probe how to define quality of life, the validity of criteria used to assess it, whether Japanese people currently have a good or bad quality of life, and how their quality of life now compares to the early postwar days, weighing any improvements against sacrifices made.

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• How can we define ‘quality of life’ ?
• How valid are the criteria used to assess it ?
• In what ways can Japanese people be said to have
a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ quality of life
• What are the difference between the ‘quality of life’
of Japanese people now and in the early post-war
days ? Are the ‘improvements’ worth the sacrifices ?