This book provides an insightful sociological study of the
shrinking Japanese population through a regional variation
perspective as it varies significantly by municipality, even within
the same prefecture. Using demographic data on municipal levels,
the book identifies the power unique to each municipality, which
can mobilize a shrinking but sustainable Japan. The study
identifies the principal explanatory factors based on the small
area data of e-Stat through GPS statistical software tools such as
G-census and EvaCva within a historical perspective. The
theoretical framework of this study, i.e., the reason for regional
variations in Japan, is the Goki-Shichido (Five Home Provinces and
Seven Circuits of Ancient Japan). This historical knowledge helps
in understanding the significance of the regional cultural heritage
that remains in each municipality today. The book pays special
attention to municipal variations within the same prefecture,
utilizing a completely unique approach, unlike those that have been
pursued by other researchers. This volume studies two present-day
prefectures for detailed analyses based on the Goki-Shichido
framework for impacts of regional variations of population decline
in Japan. They are Niigata Prefecture, made up of the formerly
named Echigo and Sado provinces; Ishikawa Prefecture, formed by the
ancient Kaga and Noto provinces; Fukui Prefecture, based on the
earlier Wakasa and Echizen provinces of the Hokurikudo; Nagano
Prefecture, still called Shinano Province today and commonly
divided into four areas and ten regions; and Gifu Prefecture,
composed of the ancient Mino and Hida provinces of the Tosando as
examples of the impact of municipal power on regional variations of
shrinking Japan. However, due to the limitation of the number of
pages set forth for Springer Briefs in Population Studies:
Population Studies of Japan, for which the current publication is a
part, it has become necessary to divide the book into two volumes,
namely Volume I and Volume II. Because of this limitation the
current volume I is consisted of three chapters, namely, Chapter 1:
Issues, theoretical framework, and methodology; Chapter 2: Niigata
Prefecture in the Hokurikudo; and Chapter 3: Ishikawa Prefecture in
the Hokurikudo. The remaining three prefectures, i.e., Fukui in the
Hokurikudo area, Nagano and Gifu both in the Tosando area will be
discussed in the Volume II of this book. By presenting unique
analyses of regional variations on small municipal levels, with
demographic variables, social indicators, and historical
identities, this book offers suggestions for effective regional
policies to revitalize a shrinking Japan to a sustainable one. The
Volume I, therefore, analyzes and discusses in detail both Niigata
and Ishikawa prefectures of the Hokurikudo.
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