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>while [local districts/offices] are often ridiculed for being slow and stuffy, they are a very real check and balance against the prefectural and national gove
by LogonType10 5y ago
>while [local districts/offices] are often ridiculed for being slow and stuffy, they are a very real check and balance against the prefectural and national governments
What's the mechanism for local districts checking the power of prefectural and national governments? If the prefecture passes a regulation can a local district just say "no" or bury it in paperwork?
- rablackburn 5y agoThe Japanese are experts at saying “no” without explicitly saying no haha. So yeah, bury it in paperwork. Lots of teeth-sucking and sending you to other sections. Infuriating if you’re on the receiving end, but it gives enough cover for local communities to push back