Abstract
Owing to the big change of urban, social, and economic structure after the oil-shock, the relation between the behavior of industrial location and integrated urban functions has caused public discussion in Japan.
This report is a study for the behavior of industrial location depending on the said discussion on the nation-wide basis. Urban-type industries occupied the main parts of Japanese industries and which will grow as a vanguard of industrial development. These industries have the characteristics showing high labour productivity, high capital equipment ratio, and high-technology oriented.
These industries are concentrating in three big cities, especially in the metropolitan area of Tokyo and its surrounding area. And recently, these industries concentration has also advanced in the core-cities of local area.
Industries of our country will grow up with urban-growth. Thence comprehensive development and improvement of attractive local cities will build up a necessary condition of new industrial location.
