2016 Volume 54 Issue 2 Pages 18-27
This paper aims to reevaluated the contribution of Takayuki Namae as a pioneer of day nursery projects, focusing on his career as a Kobe City officer.
My paper begins by summarizing how Kobe City Fujin Houkoukai was founded, and how they managed child day nursery centers for military service men. Namae was not initially hired by Kobe city for the day nursery project but primarily to planrelief projects for the poor. Namae’s idea was inspired by Kousuke Tomeoka, who persuaded the city mayor to employ Namae. The prevention of juvenile delinquency became a major aim of his day nursery project.
This paper concludes that the prevention of juvenile delinquency could be seen as an important role of the modern day nursery project.
