Gov't, ruling bloc OK framework for fiscal decentralization

Gov't, ruling bloc OK framework for fiscal decentralization

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers and leaders of the ruling coalition parties approve a framework at a meeting on Nov. 26 for a fiscal decentralization plan that seeks the transfer of a combined 2.42 trillion yen in tax revenue sources from the state to local governments in three years by fiscal 2006.

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