nmm 22 4500 ICPSR04725 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130523s2007 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR04725 MiAaI MiAaI Controversial Facilities in Japan, 1955-1995 [electronic resource] Purdue University 2007-12-05 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2007 ICPSR 4725 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-23. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. The purpose of this study was to understand the factors that lead decision-makers and authorities in Japan to select localities as host communities for often-unwanted and controversial facilities such as nuclear power plants, dams, and airports. The dataset contains observations on approximately 500 Japanese cities, towns, and villages covering the period from 1955 through 1995. Data was collected through archival research, interviews with anti-facility activists and officials, and surveys of relevant government offices throughout Japan. This dataset is designed to investigate questions of site selection and siting success for often unwanted projects in Japan. The dataset contains only localities that meet the geographical and geological criteria for siting such facilities, such as land that is both impermeable to water and resistant to seismic shocks. Variables assessed include the number of siting attempts and successes in the locality, the town's location in Japan by prefecture and by political district code, along with information on demographic, socioeconomic, and political factors. Demographic information includes sex ratios in the locality over time along with percentage of elderly in the population. Socioeconomic status was examined through measures of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector workforces over time, including variables on the coastal, mid-range, and deep sea fishing cooperatives (where applicable). Political variables include district magnitude, presence or absence of a prime minister from locally elected representatives, number of long-term Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) representatives, and the number of members of the town council and their political party. Additional political variables include the number and percentage of representatives from all major political parties in the national legislature, the political party of the mayor, and measures of over-time support from the area for the long-dominant LDP. The dataset also contains publicly-available information on compensation provided to the communities and information on eminent domain use. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04725.v1 airports icpsr facilities icpsr local politics icpsr nuclear reactors icpsr social activism icpsr water utilities icpsr ICPSR II.A.2. Community and Urban Studies, Studies of Local Politics, Nations Other Than the United States DATAPASS I. NDIIPP Purdue University Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 4725 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04725.v1 nmm 22 4500 ICPSR07067 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130523s1984 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR07067 MiAaI MiAaI Psychological Constructs of International Images [electronic resource] A Japanese Community Study, 1963 Yasumasa Kuroda 1992-02-16 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1984 ICPSR 7067 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-23. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This study was conducted during the summer of 1963 in Yoshikawa-machi, Japan, with members of the general population and community leaders. Respondents' interest in the local community and degree of participation in local affairs were explored, as well as their involvement in community political life. The respondents were asked to react to certain world leaders and their respective countries -- Japan, United States, Russia, and Communist China -- and to abstract ideas such as peace and war by rating them on a series of descriptive scales. Another major portion of the study ascertained respondents' self-evaluations, sociability, personal ideological orientations, and political efficacy. The study comprises a number of demographic variables, including sex, age, marital status, education, income, and occupation. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07067.v1 voting behavior icpsr Japan icpsr attitudes icpsr communities icpsr community leaders icpsr community organizations icpsr community participation icpsr foreign affairs icpsr Ikeda, Hayato icpsr local politics icpsr nationalism icpsr perceptions icpsr political efficacy icpsr political participation icpsr politics icpsr ICPSR II.A.2. Community and Urban Studies, Studies of Local Politics, Nations Other Than the United States IDRC VI. Human Dimension of International Relations Kuroda, Yasumasa Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 7067 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07067.v1