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As interest in regional revitalization rises throughout Japan, the city of Kurashiki is maintaining its path of developmental growth even as it attracts crowds of visitors from other parts of Japan and abroad. We asked Mayor Kaori Ito, the driving force behind this success, to talk about regional appeal and Kurashiki's initiatives, as well as the keys to making regional revitalization work.
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Toyama City was caught in a vicious cycle― depopulation, aging society and falling residential density― until it began staging a comeback using the "compact city" concept centered on a light rail transit system.
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While the town of Minami in Tokushima Prefecture once struggled with aging and depopulation, it has succeeded in persuading multiple corporations to open satellite offices in the area, drawing attention as a prime example of regional revitalization.
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Learning from the bitter lessons of decline, Osu Shopping District has been reborn as a popular and lively center of commerce. Its saucy hodgepodge of appeals is the legacy of shopkeepers who aren't afraid to change.
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Initiatives across Japan are utilizing regional development teams to support local growth. American photographer Patrick Tsai is part of the team helping to internationalize and revitalize an island called Shodoshima.
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Tohoku food producers are communicating with consumers through a magazine accompanied by samples of their agricultural produce―and the concept is spreading throughout the country.
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The Okuri-ie Project bridges regions and generations, bringing them together through Kanazawa's historic townhouses. As they are renewed through modern hands, the city's symbolic buildings paint the streets with fresh color.
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Tracing the tracks of Kiyosato's potato shochu from hard-fought beginnings to its modern-day boom.
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A new authentication technology from Fujitsu makes smartphones even smarter― and a lot more secure.
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Noh scholar and actor Diego Pellecchia came from Italy to explore the essence of Japan's ancient performing art.
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Yukako Fukushima's realistic prostheses and counseling give people missing parts of their bodies the courage to venture out and rejoin society.
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First used as medicine, sugar only began to have a real impact on Japan's taste buds when it came in on the ships of foreign traders and traveled on what became known as Sugar Road.
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