Dr.Meng Qu (Mo) is originally from Shanghai, China where he worked with universities on digital design projects. Since coming to Japan, Mo has doing interesting research on small island communities in the Seto Inland Sea areas of Hiroshima, Okayama and Kagawa prefectures through his studies and research at Hiroshima University.
Watch the video of this talk on YouTube.
In this talk, Mo-san shares insights from his research and positive examples of success for this widespread problems of declining and aging populations in island communities in the Chugoku-Shikoku region of Japan. He has done interesting interviews compiled into documentary films about the people in the island communities he researches.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7AuedE39jxp8nWUEvCl1JA
Dr. Meng Qu Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Hiroshima University, Co-convener at Small Island Cultures Research Initiative (SICRI), Editorial Advisory Board at Event Management Journal & Journal of Responsible Tourism Management
#ruralrevival #islandcommunities #japan #mengqu #tobishima #setouchi #hiroshima
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