National governments, as institutions, have given rise to various problems, but with the end of the Cold War, we can now see more clearly how to resolve these problems. The answer lies in international organizations, which are global entities, and in the local communities where we live.
The concept of glocalism won wider acceptance in the 1990s. In particular, 1995 has come to be known as the "launch year of international cooperation among local governments.
The World Union of Local Governments held a world conference on the theme, "Age of MIC (Municipal International Cooperation) ,' and in Japan, the Ministry of Home Affairs published guidelines called the "Framework for the Promotion of International Cooperation among Local Governments." We thus started to see the importance of international cooperation among local communities as a force that could change the world. If national governments cannot make the people of local communities happy, there is no other option but for local communities to cooperate on a global level.
The trend towards local governments becoming "actors," leading the world, has become more marked after the Cold War. This is closely related to the limitations faced by national governments. Companies, the environment, and people became linked, beyond the confines of national borders, and the foundation of nation states fell apart. The national interest did not coincide with the interests of its people; instead, it posed
