Japan's rural regions have been shrinking for the entire post-war period, and successive efforts to revitalise rural society have failed. This article examines whether the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, present...

Brand evangelism, an advanced form of marketing where consumers voluntarily advocate on behalf of the brand, can bring numerous benefits to a firm. It would be a new era to explore brand evangelism within the spectator sport context. This study concentrates on eFANgelism demographics based on...

The paper presents findings of a large study on socio-economic impacts of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. It contains fourteen parts: introduction with the framework of analysis; a brief description of events and...

Human activity is almost invariably the cause of groundwater contamination. Groundwater is particularly at risk in locations with a high population density and extensive human usage of the land. Almost any action that could result in the purposeful or unintentional release of chemicals or wastes...