@misc{oai:fukuoka-pu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000193, author = {永田, 瞬 and NAGATA, Shun}, month = {Jul}, note = {This paper investigates Japanese textile industrial agglomeration under the influence of globalization. Each textile district in Japan has problems because of mass-produced cheap imported goods from China, which became more common after the 1990s. The Japanese apparel market overlaps with 90% of the clothing manufactured in and imported from China. As a result, small and medium-sized Japanese companies, whose work involves dyeing, sewing, washing, and sales, have been weakened by this competition. Okayama prefecture is one of the most famous apparel manufacturing districts in Japan. The Kurashiki-Kojima area is known as “the birth place of Japanese denim jeans products.” Many denim manufacturing companies are headquartered in Kojima, even though big national jeans makers have closed their domestic factories to develop factories abroad. In this paper, we find out why these areas have remained competitive despite being weakened after the big companies went abroad. We conclude that a company coordinating Tokyo's or Osaka's apparel companies with a sewing company in Kojima can make business in this area more brisk.}, title = {Changes in textile industrial agglomeration under globalization: a case study of the denim jeans district}, year = {2012}, yomi = {ナガタ, シュン} }