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Rural communities in Japan have suffered from significant depopulation and economic downturn in post-war years. Low birth rates, aging populations, agricultural

Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in an agricultural cooperative running a training programme for aspiring farmers, this book explores the possibilities

Recent research suggests that rural residents in the global North are happier than urban populations in the same countries. This goes against received wisdom in

A revealing look at Japanese design weaving together the stories of people who shaped Japan’s design industries with social history, economic conditions, and

This book explores the decline of rural and peripheral areas in Japan, which results from an aging population, outmigration of the younger generations, and the