Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan

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This book offers a multidisciplinary analysis of approach in the field of energy studies of Japan, examining post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification. It considers the impact of closures on the agricultural industry, the re-absorption of laid off coal miners into service and industrial sectors, and the gentrification of former coal mines into agricultural farms and communities. It also considers the historical process of gentrification in terms of origins, social history, continuity/discontinuity and cooperation/resistance. The historical background of coal mine closures analyses nostalgic recollection about mine closures and Sakubei's UNESCO drawings of life in the coal mines and other cultural materials related to coal energy and the mining industry in general in Japan. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction: Post-Mining Communities—A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Post-Closure Coal Mining Towns in Japan and Their Gentrification History (Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim)....Pages 1-8 Comparison of the Impacts of Japan’s Industrialization on the Coal Mining and Agriculture and Forestry Industries (Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim)....Pages 9-28 The Miike Coal Mine and Omuta City: A Case Study of the Largest and Last Mine’s Closure in Japan (Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim)....Pages 29-65 Historical Development and Gentrification of Hokkaido’s Former Coal Mining Areas: Case Studies of Bibai, Kushiro, Mikasa, and Yubari (Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim)....Pages 67-131 The Coal Industry in the Northeast Asian Context (Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim)....Pages 133-166 Coal Mining Subcultures: A Brief Cultural History of Hokkaido and Comparative Perspectives with Other Regions (Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim)....Pages 167-181 The World of the Female Miner in Japan: Sites of Compliance and Resistance (Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim)....Pages 183-213 Conclusion (Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim)....Pages 215-222 Back Matter ....Pages 223-225