Yoshitaka Ito, Japan's minister for regional revitalization, said he is eager to support the efforts of motivated local governments for the promotion of regional revitalization, a key policy of the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
The central government's grants for regional revitalization are "easy to use" and have helped produce "many successful cases," Ito said in a recent interview, adding, "We will assess whether local stakeholders have shared their ideas and made their efforts sustainable."
Ito noted that "good leaders tend to be behind successful projects" and that "know-how is passed on to younger generations in some areas." He also said he will analyze these cases with the aim of spreading them across the country.
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