JAPAN: Weak centre means slower decentralisation

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  • Fiscal rationale
  • Attempted solutions
  • Transfer revenue raising powers
  • Abolishing fixed-rate subsidies
  • Reduction of local allocation tax
  • Structural changes
  • Municipal mergers
  • New states
  • Direct local authority
  • Key actors' concerns
  • Politicians
  • Bureaucracy
  • Business
  • Designated providers
  • Local taxpayers

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