Rather than competing with cities for population, it is necessary for each municipality to create an environment where people can have and raise children and work in the community.

Rather than competing with cities for population, it is necessary for each municipality to create an environment where people can have and raise children and work in the community.

Where the fund come from for creating those nice environment if those local government have no population to pay tax?

And now some Tokyo politicians want to scrap or hinder the "Hometown Tax" system because too many of these small communities that are trying to make a better environment are getting too much money and they are not happy about it! So, how can they make this utopian place for families to want to move to without tax revenues?

Where the fund come from for creating those nice environment if those local government have no population to pay tax?

Same as ever. The LDP politicians funnel taxpayers' money to the regions, usually to concrete something . And that will probably continue to be the criteria for creating a nice environment, because concreting the countryside has worked so well in the past.

Captain Obvious.

Captain Obvious.

Bingo. Riveting stuff isn't it? If he had gone on to talk about Japan needing to move away from the obsession with fudging the numbers to conceal engrained expediency, lackluster performances and mediocrity he may have got the thinking world nodding or questioning his line of thought, but why risk it ay?

Just state the obvious and say nothing of substance. It's worked fine until now. ( sort of #nervoussideglance )