The Chukyo Metropolis proposals (中京都構想 and :ja:岐阜愛知新首都構想) are proposed transformations of the

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into a metropolis. Aichi's prefectural governor,

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, formed the ''Chukyo Isshin no Kai'' ( :ja:中京維新の会) or Chukyo Metropolitan Area Renewal Association in 2012.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH5L36FHH5LOIPE004.html The latter plan is an alternate that also incorporates

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in the Metropolis. The metropolis would require

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city to be dissolved and reorganized into wards under metropolitan authority. The concept has parallels with

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's past and Osaka's proposed reorganization.

References

2012 in Japan Politics of Japan Government of Japan {{government-stub

See also

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