This newly published book from Routledge inquires what is meant when we say “local” and what “local” means in the Japanese context. More information can be found 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