Economic Challenges Facing Japan’s Regional Areas

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This book analyzes issues related to economic challenges for Japan’s regional revitalization. Japan’s responses to such challenges and to the problem of an aging population are of deep interest to the nations outside of Japan. This book brings together 19 articles contributed by Japan’s leading scholars, originally prepared for an online policy information portal, SPACE NIRA launched by the Nippon Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) with Dr. Tatsuo Hatta, President of the Asian Growth Research Institute, as its General Editor. This book is a significant and useful reference for all scholars, students, and individuals with an interest in current policy issues in Japan. Front Matter ....Pages i-xli Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Agricultural Policy: Supporting the New Developments in Japan’s Agriculture (Masayoshi Honma)....Pages 3-7 A New Direction for Agriculture in Japan (Kazunuki Ohizumi)....Pages 9-17 Japan’s Agricultural Policy: Escaping the Ancien Régime (Kazuhito Yamashita)....Pages 19-27 Front Matter ....Pages 29-29 Fishing Policy: Toward Introduction of Science-based Measurement/Management of Resources (Masayuki Komatsu)....Pages 31-37 Introduction of an Individual Quota (IQ) System to Japan’s Fishing Industry: An Economic Analysis (Kojun Hamada)....Pages 39-49 Revitalization of Japan’s Fishing Industry: A Legal Perspective—The Cases of Rishiri and Rebun Islands (Mari Koyano)....Pages 51-64 Front Matter ....Pages 65-65 Tourism Strategy towards 2020: Promotion of Tourism and the Revitalization of Regional Areas (Yasushi Shinohara)....Pages 67-73 Creation of DMOs to Promote Inbound Tourism: Methods and Issues (Yoshitaka Mizoo)....Pages 75-82 Towards the Relaxation of Regulations on Minpaku in Japan (Kumiko Tomikawa)....Pages 83-89 Front Matter ....Pages 91-91 Local Government Financing of Health Insurance and the Revitalization—Facilitating Migration of the Elderly (Wataru Suzuki)....Pages 93-98 Designing New Systems Through Risk Adjustment (Yasushi Iwamoto)....Pages 99-102 Health Care, Long-term Care, and Local Public Finances: Intergovernmental Financing of Social Insurance Programs (Masayoshi Hayashi)....Pages 103-113 Provision of National Health Insurance “Model Benefits” to Japan’s Prefectures (Tatsuo Hatta)....Pages 115-128 Front Matter ....Pages 129-129 Measures to Address Japan’s Low Birth Rate (Tatsuo Hatta)....Pages 131-135 Marriage and Childcare in the Metropolitan Areas: A Comparison of Sapporo City and the Greater Fukuoka Area (Masayuki Nakagawa)....Pages 137-143 Childcare and Measures Targeting Japan’s Low Birth Rate: What Effect Can the Decentralization of Authority Have on the Birth Rate? (Wataru Suzuki)....Pages 145-154 Front Matter ....Pages 155-155 Good and Bad Fiscal Decentralization (Motohiro Sato)....Pages 157-161 Examining Functions of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer (Wataru Kobayashi)....Pages 163-171 Decentralization Reform and Property Tax in Japan: A Consideration of the Benefit Principle (Tomomi Miyazaki)....Pages 173-179 Back Matter ....Pages 181-184