Community hubs are increasingly important for Japan as its population declines

Around an hour’s drive north to the base of Mount Fuji, the Japanese namesake city is inhabited by over 240,000 people, surrounded to the south by Suruga Bay. Recently, Fuji’s local government initiated a project called ‘Compact City,’ directed to
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