Japan has no legal capital, but Tokyo functions as the capital of Japan. On the website of the Legislative Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Senate, the column "Laws Defining the Capital" wrote.
"On June 5th, 1979, at the Cabinet Committee of the Japanese Senate, the Chief of Cabinet Legal Affairs responded that there is no law to define the capital at present, but Japanese nationals have no doubt about the fact that Tokyo is the capital of Japan".
Japan plans to move some central government agencies out of the capital Tokyo
In order to speed up local social and economic development and improve the efficiency of relevant government departments, Japan plans to move some central government agencies outside the capital Tokyo. To this end, the Japanese government has recently formulated a basic plan for the relocation of central institutions.
The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that according to this plan, the Japanese Culture Department will be fully moved to Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, and the Consumer Department and the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications also plan to move out of Tokyo. The franchise (patent) hall, small and medium-sized enterprise hall, sightseeing hall and meteorological agency will not consider moving for the time being.
According to the plan, the relocation of the Cultural Department to Kyoto will help improve the spread of Japanese culture overseas, and make full use of the cultural relics in Kyoto to develop tourism. In addition, the Japanese government conducted relevant experiments to use information and communication technology to strengthen communication with other government departments in Tokyo after the relocation of the Cultural Department.
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