Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to accelerate efforts to revive regional economies and address the overconcentration of people in Tokyo and other metropolitan areas under his campaign to "transform the Japanese archipelago."Among his proposals announced in early January are creating a new "dual residence" system to support young bureaucrats in living and working in multiple places, stressing that the public sector should take the lead in resolving the problem of overconcentration.He also outlined a plan to move some central government functions to regional areas, as ministry and agency …READ FULL ARTICLE
