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This article pays attention to “active seniors” in the middle and advanced aged people who have strong desire in their jobs and hobbies, and are actively engaged in the local society. Positive utilization of such active seniors is extremely effective to maintain economical vitality. Specially, NPO activities require the skills and ability of active seniors cultivated in their firms. On the other hand, it is also attractive for active seniors to participate in social contribution activities through NPO where they can utilize their own ability. The purpose of the paper is to seek the enabler of the development mainly focusing on the life courses in the aged society and the role of active seniors, including the viewpoint on NPO activities and gender. The relation between life courses and active seniors are examined first, and the examples of new employment in NPO and volunteer groups except firms are also inquired.
JEL classification : I0, I3
