Amid the declining population, the concentration in Tokyo area continues on one hand, and the decline in rural areas is accelerating on the other. We have to pursue regionally balanced development as a whole country, because overcrowding and depopulation deteriorate the comprehensive welfare standard of the nation.
As we have learned from the facts, region-revitalization measures in a fashion of mere problem-solving would not effectively work. The tasks for region-revitalization are not just activations of each area, but how to shape the nation.
There are two requisites to activate region-revitalization discussions, i.e. forming a philosophy and discussing long avoided perspectives.
In the era of depopulation of the matured society and at the end of global competition paradigm, a new “philosophy” not only for region-revitalization but also for nation’s reshaping have to be formed. It is also required to discuss several important perspectives that we have long avoided. These are (1) An excessive motorization destroys regions, (2) A bypass economy sucks up the cash flows of regions, (3) Attractiveness of the agriculture industry, (4) Transfer from national tax to local tax.
By incorporating the above two requisites, fundamental region- revitalization effectively begins to move.
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