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This book provides current information about theories, policies, and practical issues concerning lifelong learning in East Asia. Case studies on lifelong learning in East Asia, including mainland China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, are provided. Lifelong learning in East Asia has been strongly influenced by Confucian culture as well as Western capitalism. The book analyses Confucian culture and the negotiation of Chinese and Western learning cultures in lifelong learning. This book was published as a special issue of the 'International journal of lifelong education'. The chapters are as follows: Foreword: from East to West; Introduction: orange or trifoliate orange?; Policies and practices of lifelong learning in China; Educational reform in Japan for lifelong learning / Paul Kawachi; The lifelong learning ecosystem in Korea: evolution of learning capitalism? / Soonghee Han; Continuing education in a lifelong learning society: the Hong Kong model / Enoch C. M. Young; Enhancing the interactive relationship between lifelong learning and social changes to carry out a learning society in Taiwan / Cheng-Yen Wang; Lifelong learning and development of continuing education among higher education institutions in Macau / Aliana Man Wai Leong; Conceptions of lifelong learning in Confucian culture: their impact on adult learners / Weiyuan Zhang; Confucian educational philosophy and its implication for lifelong learning and lifelong education / Qi Sun; Government driven partnership for lifelong learning in Korea: a case study of four cities / Wonsup Chang and Minyoung Cha.