Japan has held the first meeting of its panel tasked with reviewing guidelines on how companies and local governments should respond to emergency information on a possible earthquake in the Nankai Trough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/nankai-trough-quake-info-guidelines-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #localgovernment
Prefectural governors have urged the central government to give top priority to measures against Japan's shrinking population, calling for a national campaign involving private companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/politics/japan-governors-meet-population/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #localgovernment #population #taxes #consumptiontax #aomori #2025upperhouseelection
The industry ministry is working to promote cooperation between private firms and local governments to ensure a stable supply of nursing care and elderly support services as demand increases in the graying country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/society/nursing-care-public-private-cooperation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society#nursingcare #localgovernment #elderly
Work to consolidate public facilities is gaining momentum amid a growing need to make more efficient use of public spaces like city halls and libraries as Japan's population continues to fall. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/consolidating-public-facilities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #localgovernment #depopulation #disasterpreparedness
Japan established a consortium comprising the national and local governments and private-sector companies with the goal of fostering female digital experts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/politics/female-digital-experts-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #digitalization #localgovernment #wakakoyata
The government plans to study how food trucks owned by local governments and dispatched to serve hot meals following disasters can be used at other times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/disaster-food-trucks-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #food #trucks #localgovernment #disasterpreparedness
The average income of Japan's prefectural governors stood at ¥24.13 million ($167,852) in 2024, a survey showed Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/politics/prefectural-governors-income/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #surveys #localgovernment