In this article, we quantitatively analyze changes in the size distribution of municipal jurisdictions in Japan by … using their rank-size distribution to capture the change. In Japan, the central government sometimes enacts large …-scale municipal mergers, aimed at the creating of municipalities of a certain size. Japan fs local governance policy allocates tax …

To this day in Japan, the water supply service for agricultural use has been formed as the supply-driven system. In … Aichi-Yosui (Aichi Waterworks, Japan) by following processes: investigate the demands and potential needs of farmers about … the demand function. From the interview survey, it is observed that the rice farmers of Japan have diversity in management …

Japan is faced with "the Fukushima' problem," in which a single nuclear accident has led to drastic electrical power … shortages. Owing to the strong backlash of public opinion, almost all of Japan's 54 nuclear plants suspended operations. An … involves costs and CO2 consequences and Japan has even withdrawn from the Kyoto protocol. A policy that balances energy and the …