See also immigration

forestry

afforestation, 164–165, 185–189, 315

encroaching forests, 163, 315

industry, 185–189, 406, 408

reforestation (kakudai-zorin), 185–189

Fukushima Prefecture, 440

furusato, 36, 113, 145, 156, 211, 249, 288, 365

genkai shuraku, 25–26, 34, 184, 343

Germany

demographic shrinkage, 50

Social Integrative City Programme, 56

Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru (Night on the Milky Way Train), 324–325

Gini coefficient, 87

governance, 57–58, 243–246, 411

graves, 159, 168, 212, 316–317

Great East Japan Earthquake, 439–444

Great East Earthquake Reconstruction Design Council, 446–447

response to, 453–457

Heisei Great Merger (Heisei dai gappei), 108, 139, 178, 218, 247, 356, 343

Hiroshima Prefecture, 165

historical perspective, 23, 30–36, 83, 401–405

Hokkaido, 213, 255, 420

hope

common sense of hope, 324–325

Hope Studies Research in Kamaishi, 320–327

hope (continued )

restoring hope, 453–457

role of networks, 321–322

social phases of hope, 320

human agency, 23

identity, 326, 389–406

brand identity, 346

local identity, 404–405

operational identity, 388

place identity, 412

Ikeda, Hayato, 87, 347

image

brand image, 398

conceptual image, 404

reinvention of image, 372–374

immigrants, immigration

Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law, 285

Industrial Training Programme (ITP), 282

international marriage, 285–292

overview, 275

policy, 273

potential for repopulation, 289

Technical Internship Programme (TIP), 282

See also foreigners

Index of Isolation, 193–201

industry

industrial heritage tourism, 255–262

restructuring, 213–219

transformation, 85, 220–225

See also Kchi Prefecture

infrastructure

demographic impact, 137–140

planning policy, 234–239