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....
The ministry's latest move served as adjustment before the government introduces more foreign workers to Japan starting in April under the new visa system to deal with serious labor shortages amid the aging population and falling birthrate. As wages remain generally higher in major cities compared ...
Since the 1980s, it was common for people in remote rural areas to move to big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in search of work. However, in recent years, the young generation has begun to move against the current, flocking to the vast rural areas to set up home. This "...
The shift means that even if small businesses can successfully bring in foreign workers in collaboration with local governments, they may lose them to employers in other prefectures or in large cities that offer better pay and working conditions. Many rural regions are painfully aware that they are...
A Classic Race Site in Japan ; Suzuka Has Rural Setting, Proximity to Cities and Devoted Local Racing FansHome to the Japanese Grand Prix since 1987, the Suzuka Circuitoffers a rural setting just a...Spurgeon, Brad
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. ...
underlining the increasing importance of sustainable rural development. The recent COVID-19 pandemic as an international public health emergency has once again reiterated the importance of public health. Most studies tend to focus on urban areas in terms of the spread, prevention, and control of the...
The decision to stay put in this particular corner of rural Japan, while in part due to having been won over by the town’s old atmosphere, is rooted in something more Japanese. “I’m the first son in my family so, in Japan, this gives you a strange sense of loyalty to your homet...
Fig. 2.4. Daily laborers in Indian cities suffer from lack of shelter and sleep on roadsides. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is incapable of absorbing the demand for employment. The second wave of the pandemic aggravated the economic and health conditions, especially ...
Fig. 2.4. Daily laborers in Indian cities suffer from lack of shelter and sleep on roadsides. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is incapable of absorbing the demand for employment. The second wave of the pandemic aggravated the economic and health conditions, especially ...