Public transportSmart card dataCox hazard modelNumber of OD passengersRural cities in Japan need to maintain public transport services because the proportion of elderly people in the population is increasing. However, measures to reduce the frequency of public......
With its cosmopolitan, modern cities, advanced transportation and technology, and small geographical size, it can be challenging to find greenery, nature, and places with few people in Japan––especially for those visiting Tokyo. However, thecountryside in Japanis accessible when using theJR Pass....
Subsequently, 64 indicators were evaluated by 19 mayors from cities in southern Brazil. Their resulting subset of sustainability indicators covers nature and social well-being, sustainable public management, historical and cultural management, sustainability education, new savings for sustainability, and ...
in Japan are graying even faster than cities, an d there are just not enough workers to drive buses an d taxis. " sai d Hiroshi Nakajim a of mo-bile gaming software maker DcNA Co.In the initial (最初的) experiments, the elderly of Nishikat a were sent from a service are a to ...
and foreign workers participating in the TITP in a rural town in northern Kyūshū. I argue that the hierarchization of different groups of migrants results in the invisibility and the marginalization of foreign workers in Japan's countryside, making them more vulnerable than migrants in cities. ...
“Smaller towns in Japan are graying even faster than cities, and there are just not enough workers to drive buses and taxis," said Hiroshi Nakajim a of mobile gaming software maker DeNA Co.In the initial(最初的) experiments, the elderly of Nishikat a were sent from a service are a ...
in the nation’s regional areas, excluding the big cities of Sapporo, Sendai, Hiroshima and Fukuoka, grew 0.1 percent from a year earlier as of Jan. 1, while commercial land prices in those areas rose 0.3 percent — both figures seeing the first increase in 28 years, it ...
Far from the high-tech, high-rise of the super-cities, there lies another Japan. A Japan where snakes slither down school corridors, where bears prowl dark forests and where Westerners are still regarded as curious creatures. Welcome to the world of theinaka– the Japanese countryside. ...
Globally, the deteriorating Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect poses a significant threat to human health and undermines ecosystem stability. UHI mitigation strategies have been investigated and utilized extensively within cities by the provision of green, b
Shrinking localities tend to focus on trying to get people from elsewhere in Japan to move there. They talk not just of encouraging people to return to the countryside from cities but also of persuading people to move from towns to rural areas. Many offer families free housing and other subs...