Proceedings of the 51st International Academic Conference, Vienna

FACTOR OF SOCIAL GROWTH OF THE POPULATION AT JAPANESE LOCAL COUNTRYSIDE AREA

TAKASHI NAKAMURA, DAITO ISHIKAWA

Abstract:

Japan has been facing problems related to decline of population and aging. Especially, many municipalities in local countryside area are continuously population decreasing. In spite of this, municipalities of the social growth of the population increase exist. This study targets social growth of the population at Japanese Local Countryside area. The study analyzed population social increase or decrease according to 1896 municipalities of all over Japan from 2010 to 2015. Thereafter, we squeezed the municipalities of social growth of the population without three major metropolitan areas (Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka) and research the factor of social population increase. As a result the following points were demonstrated. A. There are many municipalities of the social growth of the populations around a local central city. These municipalities are characterized with a bedroom community to local central city. B. There are seen municipalities of the Social growth of the population at a resort and a sightseeing spot. There are many immigrants of the foreigner in such an area. C. There is a municipality of the social growth of the population by a company invitation with the creation of the industrial area. D. There are some local mountainous municipalities of social growth of the population by immigrant invitation measures such as cash supply for the marriage, delivery, the entrance to school, a little less than 5 million yen subsidy for house newly building, instruction by the expert to agriculture and forestry marine products industry beginner, etc.

Keywords: Regional Development, Social Growth of the Population, Immigrant invitation measures

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2019.051.029

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