Japanese Population Geographies II

Dr. Yoshitaka Ishikawa is a professor emeritus of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. He received his D.Litt. in geography from the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, in 1994. He is a leading Japanese population geographer who has contributed to international geography through publishing many books and papers on such research topics as internal/international migration and foreign residents as ethnic minorities.His research activities have also extended to investigating geographical disparities between the Tokyo metropolitan area and the rest of the country. His publications include International migrants in Japan: Contributions in an era of population decline (Trans Pacific Press, 2015) and Ethnic enclaves in contemporary Japan (Springer, 2021). He served on the editorial board of the journal Population, Space and Place (formerly International Journal of Population Geography) for 20 years from 1995. He won the IGU (International Geographical Union) Lauréat d’honneur for the year 2020.

• Investigating Empirical Validity of Heterolocalism: Focusing on Turkish Residential Patterns in Aichi Prefecture.- Examining Geographic Distribution of LGBTs in Osaka City, Japan.- Future Prospects of Regional Population in Japan.- Future Projection of Accessibility to Hospital Beds in the Suburbs: The Case of the Northern Osaka Metropolitan Area.- Toward a Politico-Economic Population Geography: A Critique of The Shock of a Shrinking Japan.