Under the wartime regime, as urban planning and housing policy rapidly developed, building administrators grew interested in the planning concept of the settlement. The dispersal of factories and provision of housing for workers became urgent national tasks. Inspired by Germany’s Siedlung policy, Japan adopted a planning ideology that promoted decentralized factory locations and rural-style living. Administrators like Fumio Hayakawa and Nobuo Isahaya emphasized communal life and traditional family values, while Goro Ito envisioned community-building through regional planning and Kenzo Tange realized the idea. These efforts reflect adaptation to state policy, based on Western residential models.
Yusuke TSUNEMATSU (Sat,) studied this question.