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[0] Hokuriku [1] Has maintained an increasing trend, particularly in construction orders for facilities related to the Hokuriku bullet train line and those related to the strengthening of elementary and junior high school buildings against earthquakes [2] Has been resilient, particularly in manufacturing [3] Has shown signs of picking up [4] Picking up [5] Increasing as a whole, as the effects of the deceleration in overseas economies wane [6] 
The employment situation has begun to pick up. Household income has begun to pick up.
Bank of Japan : Regional Economic Report (Summary) (July 2013)
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