Gov't, ruling parties finalize fiscal decentralization program

Gov't, ruling parties finalize fiscal decentralization program

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers and officers of the ruling coalition parties meet at the prime minister's office on Nov. 30 to finalize a package of measures to achieve Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's three-year drive to decentralize fiscal authority in the fiscal 2006 budget. The package cuts 4 trillion yen in grants to local governments and transfers 3 trillion yen worth of tax authority to them in three years.

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