{"id":47,"date":"2014-04-23T04:53:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T19:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jlgctest2.com\/en\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:14:35","slug":"clair-publication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/publications\/clair-publication\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Government in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"content_title\">Publications<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"normal\">Local Government in Japan<\/h2>\n<p><em>Local Government in Japan<\/em> is a regularly revised publication produced by CLAIR, divided into three sections: &#8216;Outline of Local Autonomy in Japan&#8217;, &#8216;Challenges Facing Local Government&#8217; and &#8216;Promoting Decentralization Reforms&#8217;. The latest edition (2022) published can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clair.or.jp\/j\/forum\/pub\/docs\/jichi2022-en.pdf\">here<\/a>\u00a0(PDF).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"normal\">CLAIR Best Practices<\/h2>\n<p>CLAIR supports local governments by contributing to their international strategies and helping them raise their profile and build relationships with cities overseas. To this end, CLAIR has compiled a collection of <strong data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"322\">Best Practices<\/strong>, showcasing innovative policies developed by local governments to address challenges facing Japan at a national level. Through sharing these examples, CLAIR aims to encourage collaboration and strengthen relationships with local governments around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The FY2024 case studies and archives of previous years can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clair.or.jp\/e\/bestpractice\/index.html\">on the CLAIR website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publications Local Government in Japan Local Government in Japan is a regularly revised publication produced by CLAIR, divided into three sections: &#8216;Outline of Local Autonomy in Japan&#8217;, &#8216;Challenges Facing Local Government&#8217; and &#8216;Promoting Decentralization Reforms&#8217;. The latest edition (2022) published can be downloaded here\u00a0(PDF). CLAIR Best Practices CLAIR supports local governments by contributing to their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":41,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12945,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/12945"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}