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The Japanese word ikigai can be translated as “source of value in one’s life” or “what makes life worth living.” Ikigai can have a range of meanings, extended from devotion to one’s children up to wider needs for fulfillment, such as personal growth, freedom, and self-actualization. In this respect, the concept of ikigai is similar to what contemporary psychologist Abraham Maslow called a “hierarchy of needs.” The ideal of ikigai has not been relegated to traditional virtues. This ideal has now been adopted by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in its national health promotion plan encouraging people to remain active beyond age 80.

Sources: Fukui (1988), Nakanishi (1999), Park (2015), Tilak (1989).