The purpose of this study was to inquire into the formation and alteration of child care
support policy and the actual of community based child care support policy in Japan in
order to draw implications for child care policy in Korea. For the purpose of this study,
the research contents are as follows. First, inquire into the formation and alteration of
child care support policy. Second, inquire into the actual community based child care
support policy. The major literatures reviewed were 'Child Rearing Visions' and 'Child
Rearing New System'(The Cabinet Office, 2010) in Japan. For child care policy in Korea,
two implications were drawn from community based child care support policy in Japan.
First, it is necessary to establish macroscopic, comprehensive child care policy. And, the
policy has to consider local finance and conditions of the community. Second, the child
care budget based on liaison government and community should be expanded. Also, it
has to provide child care support service through a community network.