Open Access«Todofuken» System and Devolution in Japan
Author(s) -
T. O. Kuznetsova,
L. O. Gordeychenko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pravo i upravlenie. xxi vek
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-5736
pISSN - 2073-8420
DOI - 10.24833/2073-8420-2020-2-55-62-67
Subject(s) - constitution , devolution (biology) , local government , political science , division (mathematics) , government (linguistics) , separation of powers , process (computing) , public administration , law , sociology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , arithmetic , mathematics , anthropology , human evolution , operating system
Introduction.The article covers the local selfgovernment bodies reform, their functions as well as administrative and territorial division of Japan. The article analyses the process of cooperation between central-government bodies and local bodies while functioning. Taking into account these circumstances, the article covers the laws and provisions of the Japanese Constitution.Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the article is formed by special and specific scientific (comparative legal and technical) methods. The use of the above-mentioned methods made it possible to explore the objects in an interconnected, holistic and comprehensive manner.The results of the research. The structure of the administrative and territorial division of Japan as well as features of cooperation between centralgovernment bodies and local bodies were determined.Discussion and conclusions. The article reveals the constitutional features of local self-government regulation. The Constitution and the laws, concerning the local self-government and administrative and territorial division, were analyzed.