Economic Challenges Facing Japan's Regional Areas
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Policy Directions to Meet Economic Challenges in Regional Areas -- Subsidy Policies: Grounded in a Misrecognition of the Facts -- Structural Reforms: Driving Force for Regional Revitalization -- The Contents of this Volume -- Group One: Regulatory Reforms -- Part I: Agricultural Policy (Masayoshi Honma -- Kazunuki Ohizumi and Kazuhito Yamashita) -- Part II: Fisheries Policy (Masayuki Komatsu -- Kojun Hamada and Mari Koyano) -- Part III: Tourism Policy (Yasushi Shinohara -- Yoshitaka Mizoo and Kumiko Tomikawa) -- Group Two: Administrative Reforms -- Part IV: Public Service Sectors for the Elderly (Wataru Suzuki -- Yasushi Iwamoto and Masayoshi Hayashi) -- Part V: Measures to Address Japan's Low Birth Rate (Tatsuo Hatta -- Masayuki Nakagawa and Wataru Suzuki) -- Part VI: Local Government Fiscal System (Motohiro Sato -- Wataru Kobayashi and Tomomi Miyazaki) -- Conclusion: The Structural Reforms Essential to Regional Revitalization -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Part I: Regulatory Reforms: Agricultural Policy -- Chapter 1: Agricultural Policy: Supporting the New Developments in Japan's Agriculture -- References -- Chapter 2: A New Direction for Agriculture in Japan -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Developing a New Agriculture through the Creation of Food Chains -- 3 Realizing Growth in Agriculture by Means of Advanced Farm Management -- 4 Creating an Environment for the Development of New Agricultural Businesses -- Chapter 3: Japan's Agricultural Policy: Escaping the Ancien Régime -- 1 Factors in the Decline of Japan's Agriculture -- 2 The Reasons Agricultural Cooperatives Are Committed to High Rice Prices -- 3 Reform of Agricultural Cooperatives under Abenomics