Reading a report on population loss in Hokkaido between 1980 and 1985. Very pertinent to New England.
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...industry (paper milling, beer brewing, some others). The supply regions took all the losses, especially coal towns like Yubari.
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Gov work in Sapporo and the services around it (shopping, dining, etc) keeps people around but doesn't generate sustainable growth...
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...relying as it does on national tax revenue, which is overwhelmingly generated outside Hokkaido in Tokyo and Osaka.
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