Abstract:

China and Japan have similar cultural traditions in East Asia. The population development of the two countries is not only similar in population transition, population increase and population aging structure, but also similar in the comparative relation between their population and land. This paper mainly studies population phenomena of distribution, migration and urbanization affected deeply by the basic relation between population and land of China and Japan. Although there are some essential differences of the development of population distribution, migration and urbanization between the two countries and there is no evident "East Asia Model" in population transition, increasing and aging, there are many common characteristics in their developmental courses and expressive formations.

Key words: population distribution, migration, urbanization, "East Asia Model"