Following is a new book that has been published by Routledge. This book inquires what is meant when we say "local" and what "local" means in the Japanese context. More information can be viewed at the below-mentioned publisher's homepage.
Rethinking Locality in Japan, Edited By Sonja Ganseforth, Hanno Jentzsch, Routledge, 2021.
https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Locality-in-Japan/Ganseforth-Jentzsch/p/book/9780367469481