Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS) has been hosting serieses of talks encompassing Japanese politics, economy, cultures and arts. With the experts from Europe, U.S. and Japan, we deliver the talks in multiple languages including Japanese, Korean and English.
We are pleased to host the 295th lecture as a part of Japan Specialist Seminars, titled “The Neoliberal Turn in Japanese National Land Policy as Seen Through Public Investment.”
This seminar will be held in a hybrid format. Anyone interested is welcome to attend without prior registration. Lunch boxes will be provided starting at 12 p.m. (Please note that availability may be limited.)
Date: June 10, 2025 (Tuesday) 12:00-14:00 (The lecture will start from 12:30).
Venue: GL Room, SNU GSIS (Bldg. 140) / ZOOM
- Zoom ID : 583 289 8745
- Zoom Link : https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/5832898745
Lecturer: TAMURA Fuminori (田村史記) Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Japanese Studies, Incheon National University / Lecturer, Department of Japanese Regional Culture, Incheon National University
Title: The Neoliberal Turn in Japanese National Land Policy as Seen Through Public Investment
Since the enactment of the first Comprehensive National Development Plan in 1962, Japan’s national land policy has aimed at balanced regional development. However, contrary to this stated objective, the fundamental orientation of land policy has shifted in a neoliberal direction since the 1980s, and there has been criticism of the increased spatial selectivity in policy implementation, favoring certain regions. In particular, some argue that, amid intensifying competition among global cities, policy has increasingly concentrated on top-tier urban areas such as Tokyo in an effort to enhance national economic competitiveness. Yet most existing studies are limited to institutional analyses and have not been able to empirically verify whether actual land policies have indeed been spatially concentrated on specific regions. This presentation, based on such concerns, seeks to examine whether and how Japan’s national land policy has undergone a neoliberal transformation by conducting a spatiotemporal analysis of public investment, which can be understood as the outcome of policy implementation.
Language : Korean
Inquiry : SNU-IJS (880-8503 / ijs@snu.ac.kr)
