| Significance of the Capital Function Relocation
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| - What is the "Correction of Unipolar
Concentration to Tokyo?" |
Up to now, all functions such as, politics,
administration, economy, culture and information, have been concentrated
in Tokyo, making it a region which overwhelms other regions. In particular,
there is a tendency to rank Tokyo as the center, such as "Everything
is the best in Tokyo" and a "mechanism by which one concentration
to Tokyo incurs another concentration" (If enterprises
and people gather somewhere, further enterprises and people will gather
in the same place based on that accumulation of enterprises and people).
It is expected that such a tendency and mechanism would be
broken down by relocating its capital functions.
It is also expected to contribute to alleviating the problems of
Tokyo resulting from overcrowding.
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Reformation of the Social Structure with Tokyo as the Center |
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If the central functions of politics and
administration are relocated, part of the tendency to rank Tokyo at
the top will be destroyed, reformation of the social structure where
Tokyo is perceived as the center will be promoted, local dependency
on Tokyo will be improved and independent competition between regions
and regional autonomy will be promoted.
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Breaking Down the Mechanism by which One Concentration Incurs
Another Concentration |
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The convenience of information exchange
with people related to the Diet, ministries and agencies is one of
the main reasons for selecting the site of an enterprise's headquarters.
Thus changes in the concentrations of these enterprises can be corrected
in the medium- or long-term as they will naturally follow the changes
in the ideal government information sources.
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Improvement of Overcrowding Problems in Tokyo |
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The relocation will directly contribute
to alleviating problematic situations such as commuting and traffic
congestion, water and energy demands, and waste discharge (for example,
the congestion rates of the subways around Kasumigaseki and Nagata-cho
station at their peaks will be decreased by 10%).The areas remaining
after relocation (about 210ha) can be utilized for public land such
as housing, parks and redevelopment sites, and this will contributes
to improving the overall urban and living environments.
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