Japanese perception of nature in the novel « Snow Country »
Attitude ; Behaviour ; Japan ; Landscape ; Perception
In his famous novel the Nobel laureate Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972) evokes the city dweller reacting to a natural landscape which reveals much about a specific Japanese attitude to nature. - (DWG)
Changes of air passenger distribution patterns in Japan
Air transport ; Japan ; Passengers ; Transport
The purpose of this study is to clarify the spatial changes in air passenger distribution patterns for about a decade and the causes of these changes in Japan. The A. indicates 5 points as results. - (KA)
The regional structure and regional policy of Japan
Industry ; Japan ; Population ; Regional policy ; Spatial organization ; Urban system
The purpose of this book aims to analyze the regional structure of population and industry of Japan, and the regional policies of Japan historically. The AA. analyzed them historically and showed the results plainly. - (KA)
Japanese internal migration pattern and industrial restructuring in the latter half of the 1980s
Industrial restructuring ; Industry ; Internal migration ; Japan
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between Japanese internal migration pattern and industrial restructuring in the latter half of the 1980s. The A. indicates 3 important points.
The beginning of the modern geography in Japan. From the mid-nineteenth century to the 1910s
The A. reports on the Japanese individuals, most of them independent researchers, and the Western experts who made important contributions to the introduction of modern geography in Japan. - (SGA)
Regional division of winter weather and local winds in Japan
In order to represent the weather distribution of Japan related to the winter monsoon, the modified method of Jacob's synoptic climatology was adopted. Airflow patterns were decided for each of five regions in Japan. - (SGA)
Characteristics and trends of spatial forms of city centers in Japan
Employment ; Inner city ; Japan ; Urban morphology
This paper aims to analyze the spatial form in the city centers in Japan. It proposes the agglomeration district of city center-type (AD) as an absolute reference for the city center based on employee density. - (KA)
Soviet-japanese economic relations: are they beginning to fade?
The A. analyzes the current state of Soviet-Japanese commercial relations and prospects for development. He examines the changing economic environment for mutual trade, the declining rationale for joint agreements on the Japanese side and briefly
Japanese globalization and the European automobile industry
Assembly line ; Car industry ; Firm strategy ; Foreign investment ; Industrial location ; Industrial organization ; Industrial policy ; Industry ; Japaneses ; Market ; Productivity
The AA. review existing theory and evidence on the globalization of Japanese automobile production. Attention is paid to the reproduction of Japanese-style spatial agglomerations of this production in the US and Europe. Although
there are similarities in locational strategies at the level of the assemblers, distinct differences are emerging in terms of the location of Japanese component firms. European assemblers are to some extent following similar peripheral location strategies to those
Sea level changes since the Late Pleistocene in the Japanese Islands and the related problems
This special issue is devoted to a Symposium held at Toyama in 1981 which was focused on three major themes: 1. results obtained by the project IGCP n 61 in Japan| 2. the position of sea level around the Japanese islands during the maximum
of the last glacial age| and 3. humidity changes at the Japan Sea side of Japan in Postglacial Times. The 16 papers given are in Japanese with abstracts and figure captions in English. (P.A. Pirazzoli).
Proceedings of two symposia with 28 papers on cultural and economic relations between the two countries. First part: the Japanese image of Germany-the German image of Japan (in press and television, in politics, in cultural manifestations, etc
.). Second part: Japan-mystery of exemplary model? Papers on political patterns, economic organization and behaviour, educational and cultural aspects. (EG).