【Articles】

The Policy Direction of Soil Erosion Prevention from Arable Land in Ryukyu Islands.
Norio SAKAI, Soushun NAKACHI, Shigeyuki NAITOH, Kumiko SHIRATAMA, Saya KUDA

Trend Analysis of the Merger of Remote Island Municipalities in the Heisei Era.
Hiroshi MINAMI, Shinichi YOSHIOKA

Geopolitics and Academic Significance of the Uninhabited Process from Iou-Torishima: Life-Historical Record Survey of Refuge from Volcano Eruptions, and before and after the Islanders’ Emigration and Immigration.
Shunsuke NAGASHIMA

Aime Cesaire “Cahier d’un Retour au Pays Natal” and its circumstances.
Yoko ORYU

【Documents and Archives】
A Bridged Island : Taka-shima, Nagasaki Prefecture.
Akemi MAEHATA

『THE JOURNAL OF ISLAND STUDIES』NO.1~10, Contents. Editorial Board