Regional Revitalization: 26 projects have more than half of their budget left over; lenient policies that fail to bring about growth

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The Abe administration launched the Regional Revitalization Initiative in 2014. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who was the first minister in charge, is trying to refocus his efforts on the initiative as a signature policy. The FY2013 budget proposal includes 200 billion yen in subsidies, double the amount initially allocated for FY2012. The problem is the evidence for advancing the policy. Over the past decade, the population decline in rural ar…

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"Web 1.0" refers to the time when people could only browse websites on a personal computer. In contrast, Web 2.0 is when various people send information to each other over the Internet. The rapid development of blogs and SNS has brought about dramatic changes not just to the Internet, but to society as a whole. What about this? Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's "Regional Revitalization 2.0" initiative.