・Abolition or Reduction of Individual Cases of Involvement

Number of cases of involvement specified for abolition or reduction in the decentralization promotion plan, with some examples

　

Abolition： 119 items

Eg： Supervision by the Minister of Health and Welfare and prefectural governors over matters related to livelihood protection work

・Consultation with the national government in the designation of agricultural promotion districts

・Instructions, etc. from Ministers and prefectures relating to the management, etc. of public housing

・Supervision of municipal election administration committees by prefectural election administration committees

　

Reduction： 387 items

Eg： Abolition of requirement for ministerial permission for the implementation of renovation work on second-class rivers; consultations instead

・Abolition of requirement for a ministerial order for the implementation of erosion-control work, etc.; instructions instead

・Abolition of requirement for ministerial permission for urban planning decisions; consultations requiring agreement instead

・Abolition of requirement for prefectural governor's approval for the establishment of municipal forest improvement plans; consultations instead

・Abolition of requirement for ministerial approval for investment in local housing supply corporations; consultations instead

・Abolition of requirement for prefectural permission for name changes in local authorities; consultations instead

・Mechanism for Handling Disputes Between the National Government and Local Authorities

　

*Recommendations by the Committee for Handling Disputes Between National and Local Government made

・When involvement in autonomous work violates a law or ordinance or is strikingly unjust.

・When involvement in legally delegated work violates the law.

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