Introduction: ^|^ldquo;Geography in the World,^|^rdquo; Prepared for the IGU Kyoto Regional Conference 2013

Special Issue on ^|^ldquo;Geography in the World^|^rdquo; for the IGU (International Geographical Union) Kyoto Regional Conference 2013

“…This is a translation of a Japanese article, Murayama, Y., Kumaki, Y., Kikuchi, T., Matsumoto, J., Kureha, M. and Koide, H. (2012) . We would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Konstantin Greger, University of Tsukuba, for translating and improving our original manuscript.…”