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Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan

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Authors:
  1. Tai Wei Lim

    1. Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore, Singapore

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  2. Naoko Shimazaki

    1. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

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  3. Yoshihisa Godo

    1. Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

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  4. Yiru Lim

    1. Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Examines post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification

  • Considers the historical process and the background of Japan's coal mine closures

  • Based on cultural materials related to coal energy and the mining industry in Japan

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Post-Mining Communities—A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Post-Closure Coal Mining Towns in Japan and Their Gentrification History

    • Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim
    Pages 1-8

  3. Comparison of the Impacts of Japan’s Industrialization on the Coal Mining and Agriculture and Forestry Industries

    • Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim
    Pages 9-28

  4. The Miike Coal Mine and Omuta City: A Case Study of the Largest and Last Mine’s Closure in Japan

    • Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim
    Pages 29-65

  5. Historical Development and Gentrification of Hokkaido’s Former Coal Mining Areas: Case Studies of Bibai, Kushiro, Mikasa, and Yubari

    • Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim
    Pages 67-131

  6. The Coal Industry in the Northeast Asian Context

    • Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim
    Pages 133-166

  7. Coal Mining Subcultures: A Brief Cultural History of Hokkaido and Comparative Perspectives with Other Regions

    • Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim
    Pages 167-181

  8. The World of the Female Miner in Japan: Sites of Compliance and Resistance

    • Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim
    Pages 183-213

  9. Conclusion

    • Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim
    Pages 215-222

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 223-225
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About this book

This book offers a multidisciplinary analysis of approach in the field of energy studies of Japan, examining post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification. It considers the impact of closures on the agricultural industry, the re-absorption of laid off coal miners into service and industrial sectors, and the gentrification of former coal mines into agricultural farms and communities. It also considers the historical process of gentrification in terms of origins, social history, continuity/discontinuity and cooperation/resistance. The historical background of coal mine closures analyses nostalgic recollection about mine closures and Sakubei's UNESCO drawings of life in the coal mines and other cultural materials related to coal energy and the mining industry in general in Japan. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore, Singapore

    Tai Wei Lim, Yiru Lim

  • Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    Naoko Shimazaki

  • Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshihisa Godo

About the authors

Tai Wei Lim is a Senior Lecturer at Singapore University of Social Sciences and Senior Research Fellow adjunct at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.


Naoko Shimazaki is Professor at Department of Sociology in Waseda University.


Yoshihisa Godo is Professor of Economics at Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo. 


Yiru Lim is a Lecturer at Singapore University of Social Sciences, College of University Core. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan

  • Authors: Tai Wei Lim, Naoko Shimazaki, Yoshihisa Godo, Yiru Lim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7220-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7219-3Published: 15 May 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7220-9Published: 06 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 225

  • Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, History of Japan, Natural Resource and Energy Economics

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