
About Akihide Hirashima
Akihide Hirashima is a professor of the Graduate School of Economics, Rikkyo University.Japan’s Local Government Debt Control System

Japanese local government bonds or loans are viewed as secure and almost the same as Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs). The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), which is responsible for matters related to local government finance in Japan, states that even though decentralization reforms have been executed and are still in progress, there are three reasons that assure the financial security of local governments.


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