Abstract
In Japan, the number of policies and demonstrating studies related to the balance between occupation, family and community life are increasing. In addition, in the social governance field, various studies have been reconsidering the concept of "public." In the field, "citizen's social responsibility" is currently receiving considerable attention, and it is being discussed how to promote the citizen's participation in the community. On the basis of this situation, in this paper we analyze the balance between occupation, family and community life. The purposes of the paper are to suggest the new concept of "flexible time distribution" and to analyze whether or not the concept is appropriate in the context of this balance. As a result, it became clear that in order to achieve a good balance, it is necessary to cooperate actively with surrounding people, i. e., family, coworkers, community, partners and so on, as well as to regulate other actions, and to distribute the time flexibility.
