Long-Term Transition of Population and National Land System

Masahisa Fujita (), Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Yoshihiro Kameyama ()
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Masahisa Fujita: Kyoto University
Yoshihiro Kameyama: Saga University

Chapter Chapter 1 in Spatial Economics for Building Back Better, 2021, pp 1-23 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents a historical overview of the long-term transformation of Japan’s national land system under sustained population growth and economic development. During the post-World War II period, Japan’s national land system has been transformed considerably, with formation of the Pacific Industrial Belt during high economic growth in the 1960s, heavy concentration in the Tokyo metropolitan area along with the economic transition to knowledge-creation industries in the 1980s, and with increasing concentration of central administrative functions and knowledge-creation activities since the low-growth period in the 1990s, strengthening the Tokyo monopolar system. While the population increased, Tokyo absorbed the abundant labor offered by baby boomers and their second generation coming from rural areas. The concentration in Tokyo continues even during the declining-population phase, absorbing highly educated workers from local regions.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4951-6_1

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