Economic Challenges Facing Japans Regional Areas [Hardcover]

This book analyzes issues related to economic challenges for Japans regional revitalization. Japans responses to such challenges and to the problem of an aging population are of deep interest to the nations outside of Japan. This book brings together 19 articles contributed by Japans leading scholars, originally prepared for an online policy information portal, SPACE NIRA launched by the Nippon Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) with Dr. Tatsuo Hatta, President of the Asian Growth Research Institute, as its General Editor. This book is a significant and useful reference for all scholars, students, and individuals with an interest in current policy issues in Japan.

1Introduction (Professor Tatsuo Hatta): 

2Medical and Nursing Care: The Burden on Local Governments 

?Coordinator: Professor Wataru Suzuki

?Paper 1: Designing a New Health Insurance System through Risk Structure Adjustment (Professor Yasushi Iwamoto) 

?Paper 2: Medical and Long-term Nursing Care and Regional Fiscal Policy (Professor Masayoshi Hayashi) 

3Japans Agricultural Policy: Points for Discussion 

?Coordinator: Professor Masayoshi Honma 

?Paper 1: Towards a New Agriculture (Dr. Kazunuki Ohizumi)

?Paper 2: Japans Agricultural Policy: Escaping the Ancien Regime (Dr. Kazuhito Yamashita) 

4Japans Tourism Policy (TBA) 

 

Dr. Tatsuo Hatta is president of the Asia Growth Research Institute and director of Keizai Doyukais Policy Study and Analysis Center since April 2013. Dr. Hatta was president of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and professor at the University of Tokyo, Osakal3-