地处日本最北端的北海道,面积虽占日本总面积的22％,而人口却不到全国总人口的5％。北海道拥有丰富的自然资源,但严寒多雪的气候,使人们的生活和生产活动受到很大制约。为合理配置资源和人口,保持国土均衡发展,日本从100多年前就开始了对北海道的开发。 明治维新后的第二年(1869年),日本政府就在北海道设置了“开拓使”,在大量移民去北海道开垦的同时,高薪聘请外国 Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost point, accounts for 22% of Japan’s total area, but its population is less than 5% of the country’s population. Hokkaido is rich in natural resources, but the harsh and snowy climate places great constraints on people’s lives and productive activities. In order to rationally allocate resources and population and maintain a balanced development of the country’s land, Japan began to develop Hokkaido more than 100 years ago. The second year after the Meiji Restoration (1869), the Japanese government set up “pioneering envoys” in Hokkaido. While large numbers of immigrants reclaimed land in Hokkaido, they hired foreign workers