The rapid expansion of e-commerce platforms is fundamentally reshaping rural spaces, embedding them into global circuits of production, logistics, and consumption. This thesis examines the transformation occurring in rural areas through the emergence of e-commerce—a transformation that is altering rural economies and spatial configurations in China and Japan through the lens of critical urban theory (Roy, 2009; Brenner, 2013), logistical geographies (Cowen, 2014), and rural digitalization (Woods, 2007). Moving beyond conventional narratives of rural decline or revival, this research interrogates how digital infrastructures and platform-mediated economies are restructuring labor, land, and governance in non-urban territories. In China, Taobao Villages exemplify the entanglement of rural spaces with e-commerce-driven development.