Japan ruling parties submit bill to Diet to create 2nd capital

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner submitted Wednesday a bill to parliament to establish a "second capital" to serve as a backup for Tokyo's core functions in times of disasters or other emergencies, and to decentralize power.The LDP and the Osaka-based Japan Innovation Party aim for the bill's enactment by the current Diet session's end on July 17. It would add impetus to the JIP's drive to reorganize the western Japan city into a metropolis like Tokyo by introducing special wards.Legislation for the second capital system is among agreements under the …READ FULL ARTICLE