Abstract
Depopulation is a phenomenon that is steadily but quietly eroding Japanese society, even in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area. Decline at the outer edges is already underway in earnest in places such as Chiba and Kanagawa Prefectures, but a fall in dynamism and a weakening of the centripetal pull of the large cities is noticeable even in central commuter areas.
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Notes
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Suzuki, Taro, personal communication, December 2014.
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Ibid.
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Yamazaki 2010.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Nihonshintoshikaihatsu Corporation.
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IPSS 2012.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government 2015.
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MLIT 2015.
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Utsunomiya 2013.
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Cabinet Office 2011.
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Suzuki, Taro, personal communication, December 2014.
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This calculation is based on data from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS 2013).
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Fire and Disaster Management Agency 2014.
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MIC 2010.
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Fire and Disaster Management Agency 2014.
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MIC 2013.
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Cabinet Office 2011.
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IPSS 2013.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government 2012.
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Osaka Prefectural Government 2014.
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MLIT 2011.
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Central Japan Railway Company 2012.
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Fumihiko, S., Hiroshi, O., Goro, U. (2018). The Greater Tokyo Shock. In: Funabashi, Y. (eds) Japan’s Population Implosion. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4983-5_2
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