CLAIR Publications

The following documents are intended for those persons working in or with a connection to local government. They were produced by CLAIR Tokyo in cooperation with the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

Environmental Administration in Japan and the Role of Local Governments	10/2008	(374KB)
Japanese Local Governments and ICT	10/2008	(1MB)
Industry as the Driving Force of Regional Promotion	07/2008	(773KB)
Educational Administration in Japan and the Role of Local Governments	07/2008	(1MB)

The Debate on the Introduction of a Regional System in Japan 03/2008 (305KB) 15 Years of Decentralization Reform in Japan 03/2008 (206KB) The Development of Municipal Mergers in Japan 03/2007 (171KB) Recent Local Financial System Reform (Trinity Reform) 03/2007 (323KB)

Local Assemblies in Japan 03/2007 (182KB) People and Local Government -Resident Participation in the Management of Local Governments 07/2007 (3.6MB) Training of Japanese Local Government Officials as a Policy of Human Resource Development 07/2007 (268KB) The Equalization of Fiscal Capacity and the Securing of Financial Resources for Local Public Bodies 07/2007 (1.0MB) Raising the Level of Efficiency of Public Services - Use of the Private Sector in such ways as the Designated Manager System for Public Facilities and Private Sector Consignment- 07/2007 (128KB)

Statistics on Local Governance 2007 (Japanese/English) 07/2007 (14.3MB) Statistics on Local Governance 2006 (Japanese/English) 03/2006 (5.0MB)