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Depopulation and Financial Collapse in Yūbari: Market Forces, Administrative Folly, or a Warning to Others?

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In 2006, the former coalmining town of Yūbari in Hokkaido declared financial collapse. This paper explores the reasons for the collapse with a focus on three factors: depopulation following the closure of the mines, the failings of a regeneration strategy based on tourism and decentralisation policy in the early 2000s. It considers the implications of depopulation and economic decline in Japan's ‘shrinking regions’ in an era of increasing wealth divisions in Japan on both personal and regional levels.

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  • Philip SEATON, 2010. "Depopulation and Financial Collapse in Yūbari: Market Forces, Administrative Folly, or a Warning to Others?," Social Science Japan Journal, University of Tokyo and Oxford University Press, vol. 13(2), pages 227-240.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:sscijp:v:13:y:2010:i:2:p:227-240.
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    1. Shinjo, Daisuke & Aramaki, Toshiharu, 2012. "Geographic distribution of healthcare resources, healthcare service provision, and patient flow in Japan: A cross sectional study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(11), pages 1954-1963.
    2. Randall S. Jones & Kohei Fukawa, 2017. "Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability in Japan in the Context of a Shrinking and Ageing Population," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1413, OECD Publishing.
    3. Hiroki Baba & Yasushi Asami, 2022. "Cost-efficient factors in local public spending: Detecting relationships between local environments, population size and urban area category," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 49(1), pages 241-258, January.

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