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In this paper, we present the concept of 'sequencing economics', consisting of (A) segmentation, (B) construction sequencing, and (C) functions. An agglomeration is organized into segments, and sequencing economics examines the sequential process of efficiently building such segments. The functions (C) of the segments act as a master switch, an accelerator, a brake, etc. in the implementation of agglomeration policy. In this paper, we identify a master switch and an accelerator in scientific city agglomeration policy and draw two conclusions. First, in agglomeration policy, the construction of the master switch lowers 'transport costs', as derived from the monocentric city model of spatial economics by Fujita and Krugman. Second, the accelerator segment represents the activities of the service sector that have the highest forward-linkage effect in an input-output relationship. Regarding science city agglomeration policy, it can be concluded that the master switch is high-speed rail and the accelerator is research and education activities. In this paper, the new scientific urban agglomeration that emerges from monocentric cities is referred to as railroad-driven agglomeration (RDA), which is a type of transit-oriented development (TOD). This paper demonstrates that the Tsukuba Express, as a case study of RDA, caused the agglomeration of Tsukuba Science City. This paper establishes the concept of sequencing economics, a policy implementation rule that differs from Tinbergen's rule. The latter is based on the concept of simultaneous equations, whereas the rule of sequencing economics is based on sequential equations. RDA enables middle-income countries to surpass their middle-income status.

iThe first book-length study to explore the links between Christianity and modern Japanese literature, this book analyzes the process of conversion of nine canonical authors, unveiling the influence that Christianity had on their self-construction, their oeuvre and, ultimately, the trajectory of modern Japanese literature. Building significantly on previous research, which has treated the intersections of Christianity with the Japanese literary world in only a cursory fashion, this book emphasizes the need to make a clear distinction between the different roles played by Catholicism and Protestantism. In particular, it argues that most Meiji and Taishō intellectuals were exposed to an exclusively Protestant and mainly Calvinist derivation of Christianity and so it is against this worldview that the connections between the two ought to be assessed. Examining the work of authors such as Kitamura Tōkoku, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke and Nagayo Yoshirō, this book also contextualizes the spread of Christianity in Japan and challenges the notion that Christian thought was in conflict with mainstream literary schools. As such, this book explains how the dualities experienced by many modern writers were in fact the manifestation of manifold developments that placed Christianity at the center, rather than at the periphery, of their process of self-construction. The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese modern literature, as well as those interested in Religious Studies and Japanese Studies more generally.