Abstract
The symposium was held to discuss “The Basis of and Changes Local Industries (Ziba Sangyo in Japanese)”. There were ten reports for this symposium; AIDA, T.: “The Nihon-Shi (Japanese Paper) Industry”, HAMADA, R., KUSAKABE, T. and KASAI, Y.: “The Textile Industry”, OGUCHI, E.: “The Lens Industry”, MAKI, S., KAGOSHIMA, G.and MIYASHITA, F.: “The Metal Industry”, TAKATSU, Y., SUZUKI, M.and SUZUKI, H.: “Local Industries in Niigata Prefecture”, NAKATO, Y.: “Local Industry in the Hokuriku Region”.
These reports dealt with the type of local industries and the relations between the local industries and the rural areas.
On these reports, comments were made by CODA, S., MORIKAWA, S., and AONO, T. And further, comments were made by OKUYAMA, Y. from the point of the rural industry, and by TAKFUCHI, A. from the point of urban industry.
The points at issue were as follows:
1. The definition of local industry with special reference to “local” (Ziba in Japanese).
2. The origin and development of local industries in connection with the roles of materials, markets, capital, labor force, and spread of technology in forming regions of local industries (Sanchi in Japanese).
3. The roles of local industries in local economy.
