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Fureai kippu (Japanese: ふれあい切符 lit. "caring relationship ticket") is a Japanese sectoral currency created in 1995 by the Sawayaka Welfare Foundation so that people could earn credits helping seniors in their community.^[1]

The basic unit of account is an hour of service to an elderly person. Sometimes seniors help each other and earn the credits, other times family members in other communities earn credits and transfer them to their parents who live elsewhere. For example, an elderly woman who no longer has a driver’s license; if you shop for her, you get credit for that, based on the kind of service and the number of hours. These credits accumulate- users may keep them for when they become sick or elderly themselves, then use the credits in exchange for services. Alternatively, the users may transfer credits to someone else.

A surprising part of the project has been that the elderly tend to prefer the services provided by people paid in Fureai Kippu over those paid in yen. This may be due to the personal connection. When they surveyed the elderly, it was clear they preferred the people who worked for Fureai Kippu over the people who worked for yen because of the nature of the relationship. To convert this community service to yen would seem to dilute the community ethic.

There are two clearinghouses that send the credits from one side of Japan to the other.^[2]

References

^ "Community currency guide by Bernard Lietaer and Gwendolyn Hallsmith". publishing.yudu.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
^ "Japan's Fureai Kippu Time-banking in Elderly Care: Origins, Development, Challenges and Impact". IJCCR. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2017-10-06.

[1] "Community currency guide by Bernard Lietaer and Gwendolyn Hallsmith". publishing.yudu.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.

[2] "Japan's Fureai Kippu Time-banking in Elderly Care: Origins, Development, Challenges and Impact". IJCCR. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2017-10-06.

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+{{Short description|Sectoral currency}}
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-'''Fureai kippu''' (in Japanese characters ふれあい切符 or in a rough English translation: Caring Relationship Tickets) is a Japanese [[community currency]] created in 1995 by the [[Sawayaka Welfare Foundation]] so that people could earn credits helping seniors in their community.
+'''Fureai kippu''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: ふれあい切符 lit. "caring relationship ticket") is a Japanese [[sectoral currency]] created in 1995 by the [[Sawayaka Welfare Foundation]] so that people could earn credits helping [[aging of Japan|seniors in their community]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publishing.yudu.com/Library/Axgmj/Communitycurrencygui/resources/index.htm|title=Community currency guide by Bernard Lietaer and Gwendolyn Hallsmith|website=publishing.yudu.com|access-date=2017-10-06}}</ref>
+The basic unit of account is an [[hour]] of [[Community service|service]] to an elderly person. Sometimes seniors help each other and earn the credits, other times family members in other communities earn credits and transfer them to their parents who live elsewhere. For example, an elderly woman who no longer has a driver’s license; if you shop for her, you get credit for that, based on the kind of service and the number of hours. These credits accumulate- users may keep them for when they become sick or elderly themselves, then use the credits in exchange for services. Alternatively, the users may transfer credits to someone else.
-The basic unit of account is the hour of service to an [[elderly]] person.
+A surprising part of the project has been that the elderly tend to prefer the services provided by people paid in Fureai Kippu over those paid in [[yen]]. This may be due to the personal connection. When they surveyed the elderly, it was clear they preferred the people who worked for Fureai Kippu over the people who worked for yen because of the nature of the relationship. To convert this community service to yen would seem to dilute the community ethic.
-Sometimes seniors help each other and earn the credits, other times family members in other communities earn credits and transfer them to their parents who live elsewhere.
+There are two clearinghouses that send the credits from one side of Japan to the other.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ijccr.net/2012/08/16/japans-fureai-kippu-time-banking-in-|title=Japan's Fureai Kippu Time-banking in Elderly Care: Origins, Development, Challenges and Impact|date=2012-08-16|work=IJCCR|access-date=2017-10-06}}</ref>
-An immediate application to explain the credit awards: You have an elderly woman on your
-block who no longer has a driver’s license. If you shop for her, you get credit for that, based on the kind of service and the number of hours.
+==Further reading==
-Those credits accumulate in an account. Users may keep them for when they become sick or elderly themselves, then use the credits in exchange for services. Alternatively, the users may transfer credits to someone else.
+*''Marketplace Revolution - from Concentrated Wealth to Community Capital'',  David LePage, Buy Social Canada, 2020.
-A surprising part of the project has been that the elderly tend to prefer the services provided by people paid in Fureai Kippu over those paid in yen. This may be due to the personal connection developed between users of the currency.
-There are two clearinghouses that are set up in [[Japan]] whose purpose is to send the credits from one side of the country to the other.
-The Fureai kippu solution makes more sense from an economic point of view as well as a human point of view. When they surveyed the elderly, it was clear they preferred the people who worked for hureai kippu over the people who worked for yen &mdash; because the relationships are different. To convert this community service to yen would be seen to dilute the community ethic of relationship that it produces.
-[[China]], too, is starting to implement the hureai kippu concept. By the end of 2004 or sometime in 2005, the largest complementary currency system in the world is going to be in China{{fact|date=November 2008}}.
 == See also ==
+{{Portal|Money}}
+* [[Demurrage (currency)]]
 * [[Fureai]]
+* [[Local exchange trading system]]
-* [[LETS]]
+==References==
-[[category: Community currencies]]
+{{Reflist}}
-[[category: Free economy]]
-[[Category: Alternative economy]]
+[[Category:Local currencies]]
-[[de: Fureai Kippu]]
-[[pl: Fureai Kippu]]