Abstract
Recently, the local governments have introduced Twitter of social media. However, there are few related research papers and investigation reports. Therefore, the utilization of Twitter in local governments is not become clear. Specifically, it`s a management system, information contents and use problems.
In this study, a questionnaire was distributed to 1,742 local governments throughout Japan from June to July of 2012. The name of the questionnaire was “an investigation of the variation of the actual situation of social media throughout the region." As a result, I understood the problems of the local governments. For instance, it`s a talented person, a management system or accumulation of the know-how.
