I recently started a YouTube series looking at regional revitalization in the suburbs of the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Even within the same commuter belt, some areas continue to attract population while others face population decline and aging.

In the first episode, I look at population trends, daytime population, aging rates, population density, transportation, and industry to understand why these differences emerge.

This article features a short video excerpt from the first episode.

I’m interested in how suburban regions can respond to demographic change when they are still closely connected to a major metropolitan area.