Study and analysis of components of local government in Japan

By the end of the twentieth century, the fact is obvious to everyone that the centralized state model is in crisis. While decentralization was formerly associated with the administrative styles, today it has tied with good governance, efficiency and democracy and has been changed from the methods of governance to a way of life. Japan is among the successful countries in this field. Questions regarding local government in Japan include: What is the status of local government in this country? What is the basis of its legitimacy? What is its public authority in the exercise of power? And How is the relationship between central and local government and How is monitoring over local institutions? This article tries to answer to these questions through collecting data from various legal sources and descriptiveanalytical method. The Japanese government delegated wide authority to local governments on the path of national development and through strict control mechanism, it has been effective and effective so the national government was made responsible for: (1) Affairs relating to Japan as a nation in the international community; (2) Affairs relating to various activities of the people that should be handled in a uniform, nation-wide manner; (3) Executing policies and projects that must be performed from a nationwide viewpoint or on a nationwide scale mechanism that can be very useful and effective For local management in Political-legal system of our country local management.