policy, 240–244

infrastructure (continued )

Priority Plan for Social Infrastructure Development, 241

internal colonization, 92

international marriage, 285

isolation. See Index of Isolation

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

Iwate Prefecture, 371, 220, 440, 449

Japan Brand, 398

Japan International Training Cooperation Organisation, 282–283

Japan Railways, 145, 372

North Tohoku District Destination Campaign, 372

Japan Railways (JR) Shinkansen, 145

Japan Tourism Agency, 407

Japanese National Railways (JNR) Shinkansen, 140

Jiba Sangy Shinko Jigy (Regional Industry Promotion Projects), 24

Kagawa Prefecture, 163

kakusa mondai, 267

kakusa shakai, 3

Kamaishi City (Iwate Prefecture)

and Great East Japan Earthquake, 450–451

green tourism, 371

Green Tourism Monitor Tour, 372

Hope Studies Research, 320–327

identity, 326, 384

image, 324, 372

industrial transformation, 220–225

industry, 224, 377

Kamaishi City (continued )

Kamaishi Tourism Promotion Vision, 375

manufacturing, 225

population trends, 223

Kamaishi Steel Works, 326

Kaminoseki Town (Yamaguchi Prefecture), 34–37

Kan, Naoto, 446, 453–455

Kanbayashi River Valley (Kyoto Prefecture), 190–203

kaso areas (kasochi)

advantages, 249–251

defined, 25

Depopulated Areas Emergency Measures Law (kaso chiiki taisaku kinkyu sochih), 248

Depopulated Areas Special Promotion Law (kaso chiiki shink tokubetsu sochih), 248

policy, 247–249

subsidy (kaso taisaku jigy sai), 250

kasosai (kaso deficit bond), 249–251

Kii Peninsula (Wakayama Prefecture), 315–316

Kchi Prefecture

agriculture and fisheries employment, 126–127, 327–328

deep seawater–related industry, 220

demographic trends, 124

employment trends, 124

high-tech manufacturing, 333