Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century: Contemporary Responses to Depopulation and Socioeconomic Decline
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  • Sachie Mizohata is most grateful to Kimie Kitanaka, Tooru Kitanaka, the late Kumi Ohmori, Shigeo Ohmori, Isao Sawai, Okuji Nishijima, Nui Iwabuchi, Takehisa Okazaki, and Yuko Yamamoto for their support and thoughtful suggestions, as well as to all those who participated in her study for their generous time and insights. She also wishes to thank Masayuki Kunitomo of Shiga prefectural government for permission to use photo 6.3.
  • Naofumi Nakamura would like to mention an Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, publication titled Kib no Saisei: Kamaishi no Rekishi to Sangy ga katarumono (Reproducing hope: What the history and industry of Kamaishi tell us), in Y. Genda and N. Nakamura (eds.), (University of Tokyo Press, 2009), which is related to the research on Kamaishi City presented in chapters 5, 8, and 9.
  • Philip Seaton acknowledges that his contribution is based on the article ‘Depopulation and bankruptcy in Ybari: Market forces, administrative folly, or a warning to others?,’ which appeared in Social Science Japan Journal (2010).
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