Titolo Commercial Policies in Japan and the Problem of the Deindustrialization of Central Areas of Local Cities Periodico Geotema Anno: 2016 - Volume: 20 - Fascicolo: 51 - Pagina iniziale: 115 - Pagina finale: 120
When it comes to commercial policies, from the late 1990s toward the mid-2000s, there have been no efficient political measures taken in Japan to reuse city center areas while moving large-scale retailers to suburban areas. As a result, in highly motorized local cities with relatively small economies, the city center area tends to be deindustrialized, which has been a serious problem in such cities.