A brilliant idea for tackling population decline．．． young people’s voices for regional revitalization！ The mayor of Tottori Prefecture and people living outside the prefecture exchange opinions．
0001Capital Region Tiger ★.Aug. 28, 2024 (Wed) 11:44:47.04ID:0kLyZT4S9
In an effort to incorporate the perspectives of the younger generation into city policies, a meeting was held in Tottori City for the exchange of opinions between the mayor and young people originally from the city but living outside the prefecture. This opinion exchange forum, known as the “Regional Revitalization Street Meeting,” has been held about twice a year for the past eight years in an effort by Tottori City to actively incorporate the perspectives of its citizens into policies such as those to combat population decline, in order to help resolve these issues. This time, the theme was “Tottori City seen from the outside,” and seven people from Tottori City, including university students and high school students living outside the prefecture, who were selected through a public application process via social media, participated online. I exchanged opinions with Mayor Fukasawa. A high school student living outside the prefecture: “For example, I thought that if people who get jobs in Hyogo were to live in Tottori, the population would increase if transportation access was improved so that they could commute to work.” A technical college student living outside the prefecture: “If we could create an environment where more entrepreneurs could be created, with people who have started businesses in Tottori as role models, more young people would find it attractive.” Full text at source Last updated: 8/27 (Tue) 19:49.
>>1 All we can do is abolish or relax all regulations. Japan is a highly regulated country, so local governments need to loosen up on those restrictions and make things less stifling.
>>1 The only option is to amend or repeal Article 22 of the Constitution and restrict the freedom to move residence or choose a profession. This is really the only option.
>>1 The declining birthrate is caused by the widespread belief that personal time is more important than raising children. If income were the cause, we would have expected a baby boom to occur during the bubble period, but in reality, the birthrate continued to decline even during the bubble period. Unless people change their values, subsidies will not solve the problem of declining birthrates; they will simply be used to enrich their own free time.
It’s simple, but it’s unethical. If you think about why people had so many children after the war, it makes sense. It’s fine if the children can make money.
Even if you start a business, once the company grows, the headquarters moves to Tokyo. This has continued for decades, and the result is what we see today.
Those who work in the primary industry should be made civil servants regardless of their educational background. That alone will encourage people to settle down, have children, and stabilize tax payments. It’s naive to think we can create a local community. We need the determination and reform to build a country.
I think the only solution is to improve the private and public childcare systems. With low incomes and many people in the current nuclear family generation not used to enduring it, caring for children is a high hurdle.
>>18 If you keep saying that, you’ll end up with a bunch of scum yankees having sex with a bunch of women and mass-producing scum kids, and then forcing the ones they can’t raise to be taken in by cheesy cows and made to raise them, which will be the worst possible outcome.
There’s no point in thinking about measures on a regional basis. If we don’t take measures on a national level, the population will continue to decline and young people will move to Tokyo.
Regional revitalization is super easy. All we need to do is introduce a corporate tax for the capital region and a corporate tax for designated cities. Regional revitalization is progressing very slowly because they are trying to protect Tokyo’s vested interests. In the first place, bringing vitality to the regions means that urban areas will become deserted. The fact that they went crazy over something like hometown tax donations and forced regulations means they had no interest in regional revitalization to begin with.
0026Anonymous donburako rolling around.Aug. 28, 2024 (Wed) 12:00:23.29ID:Xz7yvVhC0
I gave up marriage and child-rearing so life is easy. I retired early and bought a small used house in the countryside. I maintain the house and indulge in my hobbies. I have freedom and fun every day. I don’t mind dying alone. I have no regrets about my life.
Concentrate the population and stores in each prefectural capital. That will solve the problem. People who live in mountainous areas should do their best at their own risk.
These young people don’t say what they want to do at that place. If they leave because they have a clear idea of what they want to do, then that can’t be helped. Quietly retiring when they leave is too unimaginative.
It’s stupid to have a company in Tottori. In that case, it would be better to start a business in Hyogo, as there will be more customers and talent. Why don’t you just hurry up and get together with Shimane? I don’t think Shimane would like that.
There are definite measures to combat the declining birthrate: assigning caretaker ladies to each neighborhood association; bringing back matchmaking; in short, making things like pre-war Japan.
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