Editorial

15:43 JST, November 19, 2025

Is the aim of this system to prepare for situations in which the functions of the central government’s ministries and agencies and other entities are lost due to large-scale disasters? Or is the priority to strengthen cities other than Tokyo and correct the excessive concentration in the capital?

The plan to realize a “second capital,” which has been advocated by the Japan Innovation Party, intermingles various objectives, making it difficult to understand. The JIP should sort out the concept’s aims and procedures, to make it easier to gain broad understanding among the public.

The Liberal Democratic Party and the JIP have begun discussions to draft legislation for the second capital plan. They aim to pass a lawmaker-initiated bill during next year’s ordinary Diet session.

A draft proposal compiled solely by the JIP positions the........

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