OECD Territorial Reviews
Subtitle: Japan 2005
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD Territorial Reviews; OECD territorial reviews
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9789264008908
Subjects: Governance; Rural and Regional Development Urban
Description: Low growth, population ageing and depopulation, and new trade relationships with the East Asia region have made it increasingly necessary for Japan to reform its economic and institutional systems.   A key element of this reform concerns Japan's policies for regional development. This report reviews progress with different aspects of this reform, such as reform of territorial planning, regional economic policy, urban policy, rural development and administrative and fiscal decentralisation.  It highlights the challenge facing the Japanese government as it combines new approaches to policy-making at the central level with mechanisms that assign a greater voice to regional and local actors.
Table of contents: title: Assessment and Recommendations; title: Chapter 1. Challenges and Potential; title: -The National Policy Context: Key Issues; title: Fragile Economic Recovery; title: Fiscal Challenges; title: Territorial Development in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities; title: New Dynamics of Regional Disparity; title: Growth in the Capital Region; title: Restructuring Core Industrial Regions; title: Accessibility of Non-Metropolitan Regions; title: The Spatial Dimensions of Ageing and Depopulation; title: Notes; title: Chapter 2. New Paradigms for Territorial Policies; title: -Territorial Policy in Jpan; title: Territorial Planning; title: Regional Industrial Policy; title: Infrastructure Issues: Current Situation and Prospects; title: Policies for Urban Areas; title: Policies for Rural Regions; title: Targeted Regulatory Reform; title: Territorial Policy: A Framework for Co-ordination; title: Chapter 3. Improving the Effectiveness of Policy; title: -Regional Development and Territorial Governance; title: Reorganisation at the Central Level; title: Decentralisation and Reform of Local Finance; title: Horizontal Co-ordination; title: Inter-Municipal Co-ordination; title: Inter-Prefectural Co-ordination; title: Vertical Co-ordination: The Potential of Contracts across Levels of Government; title: Appendix 1. Decomposition of GDP per Capita; title: Appendix 2. Identifying the Determinants of Regional Performance; title: Appendix 3. Territorial Grid; title: Appendix 4. Overview of the Comprehensive National Development Plans; title: Annex: The Division of Responsibilities in Public Service Provision; title: Bibliography