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• Shimonoseki City University
  • Discussion on the current situation and issues focusing on tourism in the Kanmon area (TAKEUCHI Yuji)
  • Consideration on the positioning of tourism transportation on regional railways and tracks in the Kanmon area in the Taisho era and early Showa eras (SUNAHARA Masao)
  • Visit Shimonoseki City and Kitakyushu City, a city of whale industry - Exploring the possibility of developing new tourism tour products (Kitakyushu City Edition) - (KISHIMOTO Mitsuhiro)
• Kitakyusyu City University
  • Changes in awareness among residents outside the region regarding tourism in Kanmon Straits (Hiroshi Minami)
  • Challenges for promoting the use of bicycles in the Kanmon area - From the results of cycling events - (Tsukika Sakaguchi, Ayo Okogiri, Akira Uchida)
  • Fieldwork & workshop interlocking and exploration program in the Mojiko area "Aruko! Mojiko!" Implementation Report (Mizui Takashima, Mizuho Iwashita, Karin Nakajima, Toshiki Kobayashi)

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• Until now, Kanmon Area Studies
  • Review of "Kanmon Area Joint Research"

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• Part l Youth retention
  • Results and Challenges of COC+ Project Evaluation of initiatives aimed at establishing local youth in the Kitakyusyu and Shimonoseki regions (Akira Uchida)
  • The actual situation of youth settlement and COC+ business-Focusing on attachment and willingness to work-(Yanaginagachin)
• Part 1 Utilization of Historical Resources
  • Development of small-scale breweries in Shimonoseki City - Using Shimonoseki Sake Brewery as an example - (Ninnobu Sanshina and Toshimitsu Nanba)
• LLL Division 2019 Kanmon Regional Joint Study Group Report Meeting
  • Record of the Symposium “Possibility of Regional Revitalization Utilizing Cultural Properties” in the Kanmon Region

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• Part 1 Acty Businia
  • Research on the Awareness of Community Support Activities by Elderly Workers - Based on the Case in Yamaguchi Prefecture - (Riko Nanba and Takehiro Sakamoto)
• Part 2: Japanese heritage
  • Current status analysis of two years after the certification of the Japanese heritage "Kanmon" Nostalgic "Strait" (Hiroshi Minami)
• Part 3: 2018 Kanmon Regional Joint Study Group Results Report Meeting
  • Record of the symposium "Healthy Longevity and Dietary Ways"

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• Part 1 Population Decline
  • About the relationship between changes in the industrial structure and population change - SUGIURA Katsuaki
  • About the way of public facilities management under population decline-Suggestions from advanced cases-(Yumi Matsunaga)
• Part 2 Poverty of Children
  • Efforts in local cities to eliminate children's social exclusion (Wataru Kudo, Takehiro Sakamoto, Rimitsu Nanba, Chieko Terada)
• Part 3 2017 Sekimon Regional Joint Study Group Results Report Meeting
  • Record of the Symposium "Regional Disaster Prevention and Reconstruction"

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• Part 1 Inbound in the Kanmon area
  • Research on Inbound Policy in the Kanmon Region: Using Kitakyushu Airport, Kitakyusyu Port and Shimonoseki Port (Miyashita Ryuhisa, Akira Uchida)
• Part 2 Financial support and education security for children's poverty
  • Development of educational security as a measure against child poverty in local cities (Seniko Terada, Takeshi Sakamoto, Rimitsu Nanba)
  • Consideration on Child Poverty Measures in Naha City - Financial support from national and prefectural governments and regional services - (Riko Nanba)
• Part 3: 2016 Kanmon Regional Joint Study Group Results Report Meeting
  • Record of mini symposium "Regional Revitalization and Kanmon Tourism - Possibility of Inbound"

• Vol.25 Tourism
  • Industrialization of the Kanmon area and Suzuki Shoten - To utilize the tourism of historical heritage - (Kenji Kimura, Yuya Sato, MIZUTANI Riaki)
• Cooperation between local governments
  • Impact of local government boundaries on tourism policies on impeding factors for private companies (Riko Nanba, Takanori Munechika)

• Vol.24 Renewable Energy and Regions
  • Regional issues related to the spread of renewable energy: Focusing on landscape conservation and interest adjustment issues surrounding the installation of mega solar facilities (Toshiwa Yamakawa, Mt. Fujitani)
• New wide area cooperation
  • Analysis of local government cooperation in the new wide area cooperation model construction project: Introduction - From examples of Shimonoseki City, Kitakyushu City, Bingo Area, Takahashi River Basin Area, Miyazaki Area - (MIZUTANI Riaki)

• Vol.23 Renewable Energy and Regions
  • The current situation and challenges of "energy transition from the region" in Japan: Focusing on issues related to regional economic circulation (Toshikazu Yamakawa)
  • 2 Trends in renewable energy-related businesses of local governments: Cases in Shiga and Nagano prefectures (MIZUTANI Riaki)
  • 3. Trends in geothermal power generation and woody biomass power generation in Oita Prefecture: Based on the case of Hita City and Kuju-cho (Kensuke Yoshihiro)　

• Vol.22-2 Shimonoseki City University Edition Problems of Revitalization of Shopping Streets
  • Basic Survey on Land Ownership and Community Development in Karato (SUGA Masashi)

Vol.21 Problems of residence on slopes, issues of revitalization of shopping streets, employment of women

• Part 1: Problems of residence on slopes
  • Residents' Life and Social Relationships in Slope Areas in the Kanmon Area -KAKU Kazunori, Naotoshi Yokota, Seiko Hayami, etc.
• Part 2: Challenges of Revitalization of Shopping Streets
  • Chapter 1: Student Consumption Behavior in Shopping Streets and Commercial Facilities in Shimonoseki City (Hiroshi Yokoyama)
  • Chapter 2: Survey on the Actual Use of the Revitalization of the Karato Shopping District: Based on Survey Results for Shimonoseki City Hall Staff (SUGIURA Katsuaki, Kunie Mori, Hiroshi Yokoyama)
• Part 3 Employment of Women in the Kanmon Region
  • Chapter 1 Current Status of Women's Employment in Kitakyushu City (Hideo Hareyama)
  • Chapter 2: Women's Awareness of Work (Yu Ishizuka)

Vol.20 Problems of Employment and Slope Housing for Senior Citizens

• Part 1 Employment of Senior Citizens (Hideo Hareyama and Yu Ishizuka)
• Part 2: Problems of Slope Settlement: Formation and Prospect of Slope Settlement in Shimonoseki City and Kitakyushu City (Ryuzo Kanado)

Vol.19 Youth Labor Market

• Part 1 Survey of the Graduate Workers Market in Kitakyushu City (Hideo Hareyama and Hidetoshi Yoshimura)
• Part 2 Survey on Employment Needs of Companies and the Skills of Young People (Kazuhiro Manabe and Yoshitaka Mitate)
• Part 3 Consideration of Employment and Employment Status in Shimonoseki City (Hiroji Sugawa, Seiichi Michimori, Yumiko Tanaka)
• Appendix Living Problems and Social Environment - From FY2009 Survey-
  • Appendix 1. Living Problems for Slope Residents in Shimonoseki City
  • Appendix 2. Survey on the daily life problems and social environment of elderly people living on slopes

Vol.18 Living Problems in Slope Areas

• Chapter 1: Living Problems for Elderly People Living on Slopes (Yu Ishizuka, Chapter 1: Overview of Survey Site: Ryoji Watanabe)
• Chapter 2 Consideration on the current situation and issues of the self-government organization “self-government neighborhood association (neighborhood association)” at the end (Yamashita Kosei)
• Chapter 3 Research on the Health of Elderly People Living in Areas with Many Slopes (Riko Nanba)

Vol.17 “Basic Research on“ Kanmon Special City ””: Prospects for the Kanmon Area after Decentralization Reform in the Future

• At the beginning of the book (Seiichi Michimori)
• Introduction Purpose of Research (Hiroshi Minami)
• Chapter 1: Changes in Discussions on the Doshu System and Future Issues (Hiroshi Minami)
• Chapter 2: Reform of the Metropolitan System in Japan and Its Challenges: On Universalism Bias (Yusuke Mori)
• Chapter 3 Recent Changes in Regional Structure and Administrative Boundaries (YOSHIZU Naoki)
• Chapter 4 Basic Consideration on the Impact of the Introduction of the Doshu System and the Transition of Special City on the Kanmon Area (Hiroshi Minami)

Vol.16 “Social Capital Research as a Resource”

• At the beginning of the book (Yu Ishizuka)
• "Social Capital" in the Kanmon Region: Significance of the theme for this fiscal year and the remaining issues - (Seiichi Michimori)
• Part 1: “Light on social capital held by residents of the Kanmon area”
  • Chapter 1 The Current Situation and Challenges of Social Capital in the Region (Yu Ishizuka)
  • Chapter 2 Social Relations and Mutual Aid (KAKU Kazunori)
  • Chapter 3 Awareness and Social Relations with Children's Safety (Yayoi Kodama)
• Part 2 sheds light on the structure of social capital cultivation in the Kanmon region
  • Chapter 4 “Super Central Port” as a Form of Cooperation between Kanmon Ports: Trends in the Application for Designation of Super Central Ports (Yon Mingken)
  • Chapter 5: East Asia Economic Exchange Promotion Organization and the Kanmon Region: Collaboration for International Logistics Bases and Network Formation (Masaharu Takashima)
  • Chapter 6: Creating a New System for Resource Recovery in the Community (Yumi Matsunaga)
  • Chapter 7 Electronic Registered Receivables and Small and Medium Enterprise Finance in the Kanmon Region (Akira Mizobuchi)
  • Chapter 8 Consideration on Cooperation in the Kanmon Region (YOSHIZU Naoki)
  • Chapter 9: Residents' awareness of tourism in the region (Hiro Sudo)
• Appendix Outline of this year’s Social Survey “Kanmon Community Development Questionnaire” (KAKU Kazunori)
  • First of all
  • Aggregation table
  • Survey Form

Vol.15 "Survey on the Way of Regional Cooperation in Kanmon" - Interim Report: From the perspective of “social capital”―

• At the beginning of the book
  • Preface: Kanmon Regional Research and Social Capital (Katsuaki Yamazaki, Seiichi Michimori)
• Part 1: Current status and issues of regional cooperation
  • Chapter 1: Construction of Kanmon Electronic Receivables and Electronic Billing Network (Akira Mizobuchi)
  • Chapter 2: Issues of waste treatment systems and interregional cooperation in the Sekimon Region (Yumi Matsunaga)
  • Chapter 3 Consideration on Regional Collaboration (I) - Mainly on Yamaguchi Prefecture and Kanmon Regions - (YOSHIZU Naoki)
  • Chapter 4: Regional Development and Social Capital in Kitakyushu City: From Regional Development Policy to Regional Public Policy (Kiyoshi Ikeda)
  • Chapter 5: Examining the possibility of merger beyond the prefectural border between Kitakyushu City and Shimonoseki City (Tetsuya Koga)
• Part 2 East Asia and the Kanmon Region
  • Chapter 6 Challenges for Cooperation between the Guardian Regions in International Logistics: South Korea's "Free Economic Zone" as a benchmark - (Yon Mingken)
  • Chapter 7: An essay on the current situation and future prospects of international logistics in East Asia at Shimonoseki Port (Masaharu Takashima)
  • Chapter 8: Trends in Outbound in Korea and Japan's Inbound Promotion Measures: Challenges of attracting customers to the Kanmon Region (Katsunori Nakao)
• Part 3: Community Development and Kanmon Regional Collaboration—Results of Resident Questionnaire—(KAKU Kazunori, Hiroshi Sudo, Yayoi Kodama, Yu Ishizuka)
  • Introduction (KAKU Kazunori)
  • 1. Approach to the area of residence and the relationship between the neighborhood (Yu Ishizuka)
  • 2. Children's Safety and Social Relations (Yayoi Kodama)
  • 3. Tourism as a resource for community development and awareness of residents (Hiro Sudo)
  • 4. Regional Collaboration between Kitakyushu City and Shimonoseki City (KAKU Kazunori)
• Appendix
  • Survey Forms and tabulation tables (Chofu district, Mojiko district)