The Concept of Lifelong Learning and the New Development of Contemporary Social Education in Japan

As one of the key program of educational reform in Japan,lifelong learning relates to social education intensely. The article comments on the relationship between the concept of lifelong learning and social education in Japan from the aspects as follows:the background and basic concept of lifelong learning;the position of social education in the system of lifelong learning;the influence on social education brought by the promotion of lifelong learning.