Witnessing an increase in migration consultations, so more migrants may arriveĪgricultural production has also increased significantly - rising from 2.6īillion yen in 2017 to 3.4 billion yen in 2020, with the number of agricultural Population and given the major rural depopulation and overall populationĭecline taking place throughout Japan, a 1 percent increase is substantial.ĬOVID-19 has also made migration difficult since 2020 and Shimokawa is
Number - but, for a town of approximately 3,200, that’s 1 percent of the At first glance, that might seem like a small Shimokawa’s efforts are steadily bearing fruit: Migration is increasing, with 32 Increased migration and agricultural production: Achieving Shimokawa Vision 2030 Promoting its town to people across Japan and worldwide. Using the SDGs as a stepping stone, Shimokawa is expanding its challenge and Participate in international conferences. Organizations such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency and Public-private partnership platform, cooperative frameworks with other Japan, they share information through a regional revitalization SDGs Governments, companies, and other groups from inside and outside the town. The second plan focuses on conveying and spreading information about ShimokawaĪnd using their SDGs-related activities and base to solve problems together with Them to verify performance against numerical targets. Place to live or whether people were satisfied with the environment to enable They aggregated the answers on whether their town was an easy In Shimokawa, the town overcame this problem by surveying local residents atĮach milestone. Volumes or crop production, it is difficult to use fair standards to quantifyĮlements that involve personal assessments - such as a how easy it is to raise When compiling sustainability-related KPI. Many Japanese companies and organizations apparently find it difficult to While this process is still underway, the town’s The first plan, announced in 2018, reviewed and refined preliminary KPIs toĮnsure maximum precision. (2021-2023), which sets key performance indicators (KPI) with specific targets. In April 2021, Shimokawa announced its 2nd SDGs Future City Plan 2nd SDGs Future City Plan incorporates specific indicators to generate steady results More migrants, nonresident populations, companies and investment into the People in Japan and internationally under the SDGs framework and encouraging Instance, appealing the attractiveness and future prospects of the region to Shimokawa is also incorporating and utilizing the SDGs by, for SDGs, they discovered new issues and developed a new level of awareness, usingīackcasting from the year 2030 to gain a comprehensive understanding of requiredĬurrent action. By reconsidering local issues from the perspective of the 17 The aim of introducing new perspectives and measures to further invigorate the Shimokawa subsequently added the SDGs to its amassed wealth of initiatives with Having started working to realize a sustainable local society in the 2000s, Government officials, they produced seven goals designed to achieve the Following six months ofĭiscussions attended by 10 representatives from the private sector and 10 local Reconsidered their activities on an SDGs basis. Society and the environment dovetailed nicely with the SDGs, so they Sustainable local communities through harmonious co-existence between economies, Suffered rapid depopulation once the mines closed in the earlyĭecline, the town threw itself into various efforts to realize a sustainable Previously a flourishing mining town, Shimokawa Percent of the surrounding area is forest and the town’s core industries areĪgriculture and forestry. Shimokawa is a town in northern Hokkaido with a population of roughly 3,200. Using the SDGs to stem depopulation, create a sustainable Forest Future City
To share its progress, new initiatives, and challenges along the way. Years on, Shimokawa is still working earnestly to achieve the goals and is keen
ShimokawaĪnd the winner of the first Prime Minister’s Japan SDGs Award in 2017. Government selects local governments that propose excellent initiatives as SDGsįuture Cities and extends support. Revitalization, so the Japanese Cabinet Office in turn promotes regional The Sustainable Development Goals are intrinsically linked to sustainable urban development and regional Four years on, Shimokawa is still working earnestly to achieve the goals and is keen to share its progress, new initiatives, and challenges along the way. Shimokawa Town in Hokkaido is a designated SDGs Future City and the winner of the first Prime Minister’s Japan SDGs Award in 2017.