Industrial Agglomeration and the future in the New Industrial Era,

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This research project was three years' project. First two years were spent in undertaking investigations on industrial districts of Japan, China and Thailand., followed by collection of data related to Laotian industrial regions. The theme for the research project in the last year was analysis of economic performance gained through investigations conducted in preceding years.For the purpose of analysis and completion of the research project, participants of the project held all-conclusive discussion lodged together. Also, some participants made complementary investigations into a couple of Japanese machine/metal industrial districts formed by invited factories and traditional producing districts as well. In addition to these districts, ‘one village one product' movement in Oita prefecture was investigated.The results of investigations revealed that there appeared reorganization in Japanese industrial districts both in terms of their products and geographic spaces. The reorganization se … More emed to reflect the transition of industrial perspective from Japan to East Asia. The analysis of East Asian industrial districts…industrial district in Thailand formed by Japanese-affiliated firms as core firms, ‘one village one product' movement in Thailand and the industrial district developed in process of dissolution of state-owned enterprises in Tianjin, China…contributed to the following : East Asian industrial districts are getting more and more competitive, but Japanese industrial districts have possibility of development by making good use of advanced as well as prompt manufacturing ability. That means development of complementary relationship with East Asian counterparts.The research project was successful to some extent in acquiring a general grasp of ongoing changes in industrial districts of Japan and other East Asian countries by looking over them both from Japanese side and China/Thailand side.Accordingly, interim summary was brought to completion as to the theoretical and empirical approaches to structural changes and development of Japanese industrial districts in the framework of ‘East-Asianaisation'. Less