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The ironclad argument for Japan to keep a full complement of tanks for national defense is being questioned after Russian combat vehicles were destroyed during the invasion of Ukraine. ....
TOKYO, May 10 (The Japan Times/ANN) - The pandemic seems to have accelerated a decadeslong effort to decentralize the Japanese political apparatus or, at the very least, demonstrated the myriad pitfalls and shortcomings of that process. Since the onset of the coronavirus, the balance of power has oscillated between the central government and prefectural governors. While the former retains the authority to declare, expand, extend or lift a state of emergency and did so unilaterally in the early stages of the pandemic now it will do so only when requested by regional leaders. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced last week that the country’s third and ongoing state of emergency will be extended until May 31 in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures, and expanded to Aichi and Fukuoka. ....
May 10, 2021 The pandemic seems to have accelerated a decadeslong effort to decentralize the Japanese political apparatus or, at the very least, demonstrated the myriad pitfalls and shortcomings of that process. Since the onset of the coronavirus, the balance of power has oscillated between the central government and prefectural governors. While the former retains the authority to declare, expand, extend or lift a state of emergency and did so unilaterally in the early stages of the pandemic now it will do so only when requested by regional leaders. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced last week that the country’s third and ongoing state of emergency will be extended until May 31 in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures, and expanded to Aichi and Fukuoka. ....
Reconstruction budget so far for 3/11 disaster reaches ¥38 trillion Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Land developed in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, after a huge tsunami devastated the city in 2011 remains mostly vacant in a picture taken on Saturday. | KYODO Jiji Mar 10, 2021 The funds were used in part to rebuild coastal levees and improve roads damaged in the disaster. Towns and cities where land elevation work has been completed will soon complete their reconstruction programs. Due to population outflows, however, many regions have been failing to make full use of infrastructure improvements resulting from the reconstruction budgets. ....