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Direct linkYasumasa Yamaguchi; Yuta Mitsuhashi – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2025
This study examines the impact of a Local Revitalization RPG in Ishinomaki City, Japan, as a tool for enhancing regional attachment, cultural awareness, and educational engagement among university students. Following the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Ishinomaki has sought innovative strategies to foster recovery and preserve…
Descriptors: Gamification, Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Community Development
Bedford, Timothy – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2023
Japan is facing a problem of depopulation of rural and island communities. This research focuses on the island of Nakanoshima (Ama-cho), which has dramatically declined in population in the past 70 years. In 2007, the High School faced the threat of closure due to declining numbers, and were it to close would have further hastened the decline of…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Community Development, Foreign Countries, Place Based Education
