Regional
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Corporate Hometown Tax at ¥63.1 Billion — How Personnel Dispatch Is Reshaping Public Asset Regeneration
Japan's corporate hometown tax donations reached ¥63.1 billion in FY2024, with 157 personnel dispatched to 119 municipalities. With up to 90% tax relief and human capital costs treated as deductible donations, this system can solve both funding and staffing gaps in public asset regeneration — but a fraud case is forcing structural reform.
Structural Analysis of Local Government 'Extinction' — 744 Municipalities Face the Critical Point of Population Decline and Fiscal Crisis
The 2024 Population Strategy Council classified 744 municipalities as at risk of extinction. A decade after the Masuda Report, decline continues as projected.
Renewable Energy and the Regional Economy — New Inequalities Born of the Energy Transition
Analyzing regional disparities in renewable energy deployment and the structural impact on local economies. Reading the asymmetry of benefits and burdens.
Does DX Promotion Narrow or Widen the Regional Gap?
A simulation debate analyzing the benefits and inequality risks of Japan's Digital Agency DX policies. Examines the digital divide between municipalities, IT adoption gaps among elderly populations, and the relationship with Tokyo-centric concentration in the context of regional revitalization.
Population Decline and the Concentration in Tokyo — Reading the Mechanics of Regional Disappearance Through Structure
Structural analysis of population outflow from regional areas and Tokyo concentration. Using demographic projections to read beyond the extinction city thesis.