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Public Organization Review

29-04-2023

Pandemic and Change of Japanese Local Administration

Author: Shunsuke Kimura

Published in: Public Organization Review

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Abstract

This paper sets two questions. (a) What changes has the pandemic engendered? (b) How should the government connect these changes to efficient administration?. Three changes can be delineated. (a) The Special Law established a prefectural-centered management. (b) Substantial power was assigned to the governors. (c) The effectiveness of inter-prefectural cooperation is reflected. The governments face the challenges: (a) demand for strengthening public health administration, (b) difficult complex financial management, and (c) regional disparities. The governments are trying to overcome these challenges. This paper focuses on (a) the enrichment of medical welfare personnel and (b) living shift and local revitalization.

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Footnotes
1
Kurt Steiner, “Local Government in Japan”, Stanford, 1965, p.300.
 
2
Terry Macdougall, ‘Towards Political Inclusiveness: The Changing Role of Local Government’ “Local Government Development in Post-war Japan”, Oxford, 2001, p.35.
 
3
Source; Russel L.Hanson,“Cooperation and conflict between State and Local Government”, Rowman & littlefield, 2021, pp.10.
 
4
Source; Nicholas Henry, “Public Administration and Public Affairs (Thirteenth edition)”, Routledge, 2018, pp.197.
 
5
H. George Frederickson, "The Public Administration Theory Primer", Routledge, 2016.
 
6
The campaign was called “Go to travel”; the government promoted the domestic travel through setting up benefits to the fees of the domestic accommodations.
 
7
Source; Kurt Steiner, “Local Government in Japan” Stanford, 1965, pp.176.
 
8
The Act has never been applied since its enforcement in April 2013.
 
9
Globally, two major approaches are adopted. The first is controlling the movement of people (close borders, ban travel, quarantine), the second is controlling the movement of the virus (checkpoints, testing, tracing). Jan Nederveen Pieterse, “COVID-19 and Governance Crisis Reveals”, Routledge, 2021, pp.1. Japan seems to have been focusing on the first measure.
 
10
Michael J.Hillyard,, “Public Crisis Management”, iUniverse, 2000, pp.1.
 
11
Op. cit., pp.3.
 
12
In the personal hazard field the Protect Civilians against Military Emergencies Law and the Response to Armed Attack Law are the principal legal systems.
 
13
Klaus Schwab, “COVID-19: The great Reset”, World Economic Forum, 2020, pp.91.
 
Literature
CLAIR. (2019). Local Government in Japan 2016(2019 Revised Edition). Council of Local Authorities for International Relations.
Frederickson G. H. (2016). The Public Administration Theory Primer. Routledge.
Hanson, R. L. (2021). Cooperation and conflict between State and Local Government. Rowman & littlefield.
Henry N. (2018). Public Administration and Public Affairs (Thirteenth edition ). Routledge. 
Hillyard, M. J. (2000). Public Crisis Management. iUniverse.
Macdougall, T. (2001). Local Government Development in Post-war Japan. Towards Political Inclusiveness: The Changing Role of Local Government Oxford.
Schwab, K. (2020). COVID-19: The great Reset. World Economic Forum.
Steiner, K. (1965). Local Government in Japan. Stanford.
The Ministry of Internal affairs and Communications. (2018). Statistics on Local Government Financial Settlement in.
Metadata
Title
Pandemic and Change of Japanese Local Administration
Author
Shunsuke Kimura
Publication date
29-04-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Public Organization Review
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-023-00700-w

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