Local governments in the Tohoku region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami will from next April be forced to bear some of the cost of reconstruction work, the central government said Tuesday.
Under the plan, local governments in disaster-hit areas will be required to be more financially self-sufficient after five years of central government-funded efforts.
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