ABOUT US
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IN JAPAN
[COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE Vol.16]( September,2011)
" On the Enactment of the Act on the Forum for Deliberation between National and Local Governments "
by Yoshinobu KITAMURA (Professor, Sophia University)
[An Investigative Research Report about Wide-Area Cooperation between Municipalities ]( March,2011)
" Considering Modalities for Wide-Area Cooperation in the Future "
by Kiyotaka YOKOMICHI (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
[Considering about Future Vision of Municipalities]( September,2009)
" Modalities for the Basic Municipalities in the Post New Act on Mergers Era "
by Kiyotaka YOKOMICHI (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
[COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE Vol.11]( March,2009)
" Views on the Regional System "
by Investigative Committee on the Regional System and Municipal Corporations, and Center for Urban Decentralization Policies
URBAN POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN JAPAN
[Study Group Report on Approaches to Land Use Administration](October, 2017)
by Japan Municipal Research Center and Japan Association of City Mayors
[COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE Vol.26]( September,2016)
" Public Administration Expertise at Municipal Governments
―Based on research from the Japan Municipal Research Center―"
by Motomichi OTANI (Professor, Dokkyo University)
[COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE Vol.25]( March,2016)
[COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE Vol.26]( September,2016)
" Community Development and Local Public Transportation Systems"
by Shunsuke KIMURA (Professor, Hitotsubashi University)
[The Current Status and Issues of Land Use Administration in Municipal Corporations: On the Subject of Merged Cities]( March,2008)
by Japan Municipal Research Center
[The 12th Meeting of the mayor who considers the form and community of a country]( March,2012)
" Mutual Aid between Cities during Disaster Reconstruction "
by Yoshiteru MUROSAKI (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University)
[The 11th and 12th Meeting of the mayor who considers the form and community of a country]( March,2012)
" Postulates and Institutional Design for Community Region"
by Yoshihiko NAWATA (Professor, Hosei University)
by Yasushi HIOKI (Mayor of Inabe City), Tomoyoshi YOSHIDA (Mayor of Osakasayama City)
COMPARATIVE STUDY IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE
(1) General overview
・Local governments in various countries
・Local authority functions in various countries
(2) Tax and Public finance
・Scale of central-and local- government finance in various countries
・Tax systems in various countries
・Fiscal adjustment systems in various countries
(3) Municipalities' power in national politics
・Parliamentary structures in various countries
・Law-making processes affecting local authorities in various countries
・Negotiation methods about policies affecting local authorities in various countries
[COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE Vol..17]( March,2012)
"The Real Face of the Homeland of Local Democracy"
by Shigeru NAIKI (Professor, Teikyo University)
" Communication between Central and Local Governments in the U.K."
by Yukiko FUJITA (Professor, Senshu University)
" Note: Study of the Central-Local Government Relationship and Consultation "
by Shoichi MIYATA (Former Research Director)
LINK
・Japan Association of City Mayors
・Council of Local Authorities for International Relations（CLAIR）