Nippon Steel Corporation, 320, 451

nonprofit, 12

Nonprofit Organization Law

(tokutei heiri katsud sokushinh), 242, 245, 355

nuclear energy, 452–453

Oga Peninsula (Akita Prefecture), 341–360

contradictions in tourism planning, 355–360

Hotel Kiraraka (Sakurajima-so), 352–354

namahage, 348–350

Oga Aquarium, 345–348

Oga Tourism Association, 354–355

tourism development, 341–345

oil shocks, 88, 100, 187, 189, 224

Okinawa Prefecture

agriculture, 172

cultural tourism, 364–368

economy, finance, government, 172–173

ecotourism, 368–369

Eco-Tourism Association (ETA), 369

New Okinawa Prefecture Outlying Islands Development Plan, 175

policy issues, 175

population, 171

socioeconomic conditions, 170

sustainable tourism, 369–371

One Village One Product (isson ippin) movement, 24, 412

onsen (hot spring) tourism, 351–353

paradox of progress (transportation), 344–345

peripherality

economics of, 123

geographic, 135, 182

policy recommendations, 11–12

politics (of regional revitalization), 263

population

change, 19–20, 427

future, 273–274, 425–427

and infrastructural development, 100

Japan, 97–106

Japan’s prefectures, 94–95, 101, 104

national-level data, 91–92

selected prefectures, 93

structure (Kusakabe Village), 203–210

structure (Sado Island), 122

population shrinkage. See shrinkage

Priority Plan for Social Infrastructure Development, 244

rail transport, 137

recommendations (policy), 11–12

regional brand (chiiki burando), 420

Regional Industry Promotion Projects ( jiba sangy shinko jigy), 24

Replacement Migration report, 273

Revised Special Law Promoting Independence/Autonomy in Depopulated Areas (kaisei kaso chiiki jiritsu sokushin tokubetsu sochih), 25

revitalization, 5

conceptual operational space in, 405

cultural resources in, 392–393, 399