New publication

"Urban Agriculture Era" - A reversal offensive towards food security begins.
Published by the National Chamber of Agriculture Publishing date 2023/06/30 Critical food self-sufficiency rate Shows measures to protect agriculture A collection of columns containing 56 articles on "City Development with Agriculture" serialized in the National Agricultural Newspaper. “Urban agriculture,” where urban and agricultural coexist, has been managed by small-scale farmers continuously in a variety of ways, conveying the value of agriculture to urban residents and providing them with affluence. Japan's agriculture, which was forced to make sacrifices in the course of its rapid economic growth, is now facing an era of reversal offensive due to changes in consumer attitudes, responses to food security and climate change. He argues that the time has come to protect and enhance urban agriculture by focusing on fostering small-scale farmers as a national policy to prepare for food crises in urban areas, and by proactively investing in farmland by local governments. For details, please visit the National Chamber of Agriculture

Now on sale

Tokyo Metropolitan Governor's Biography: What the Tops of Giant Municipalities Have Created and Destroyed.
What are the attractiveness and the problem of " Tokyo " which was understood by walking in about 50 cities of the Europe and America and Asia?
The author is former Deputy Governor of Tokyo. The governor's election accompanying the expiration of the term will be voted on July 5. What candidates will stand and who will the Tokyo people entrust to the next four years? Immediately after taking office, it is attracting attention as the “face” of the Tokyo Olympics. Since the first governor of Tokyo was born in 1947, nineteen elections have been held, and nine people have become governors of Tokyo. Therefore, the author who has worked at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for 36 years and knows the Tokyo administration thoroughly introduces the footprints of the successive governors and the unknown face seen from the aides. It is not just an archive of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the governor's election, but a valuable testimony to knowing the relationship between the chief, parliament, local government officials and citizens, and thinking about what should be done.

Now on sale

I consider Tokyo from the street corner in the world.
What are the attractiveness and the problem of " Tokyo " which was understood by walking in about 50 cities of the Europe and America and Asia?
The author who is familiar with the OBJ DO and hardware OBJ DO city to make soft who was the vicegovernor for many years in Tokyo which is megalopolises thinks of the history, present and the future in " Tokyo " from multilateral view such as the self-government, the protection against disasters, the sightseeing assets, the traffic and the architecture while comparing with about 50 cities of the worlds such as New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Barcelona, Moscow, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh which the author visited actually.

Now on sale

Give 100,000 pieces of homeless a home
The challenge by Rosanne Haggerty who is the founder of America " the social enterprise "
Written by Yasushi Aoyama while conversing with Rosanne Haggerty.
What is necessary for " the social enterprise" to succeed?
The social enterprise to have made the independent support of the homeless succeed in U.S. each place to the beginning in New York 〈 The common ground 〉 〈 Community solutions 〉 .
It is explained while the author does an interview to the founder.
It traces the activity which ranges in the 20 years through the first time detailed interview to the founder.
By the author who played an active part on the scene of " the poor problem " " emergency restoration " in Japan and so on, It is comprehensively explained, " the social enterprise " idea, financial power, legal placing, and argued about the vision of the role and the true" the social enterprise " which is sought now.

Now on sale

Experimental Studies On Urban Governanse

The state of the city governance centering on autonomous planned administration and risk management was shown. The plan administration of the self-governing body which begins from the Shinpei Goto's "Tokyo municipal-government outline" was verified. The meaning of governance is clarified through analysis of the revival process from the disaster of Miyake-jima and New Orleans, etc.