Aichi Prefecture Financial Standing

Budget Management Budget Management DivisionDivision

Department of Department of General AffairsGeneral Affairs

September 2008

Aichi Prefecture Overview …………………………………………………………………………………………1～ 3

1. Fiscal conditions …………………………………………………………………………………………………4

Contents

① FY08 initial budget revenue structure ..………………………………………………………………….. 5 　② Transition of revenue budget (initial budget)..……………………………………………………………6

③ Transition of expenditure budget (initial budget)...………………………………………………………7

④ Transition of prefectural bond issuance 　 (general account)…..………….…………………………….8

⑤ Transition of prefectural bond outstanding 　 (general account).….…….……………………………….9 　• Transition of debt service fund outstanding…………………….….…………………………………….10

• Actual debt expenditure ratio………………….………………….….…………………………………….11

2. Efforts toward fiscal health…..………………..…………………..……………………………………………...12

① 　　 Aichi Reform Framework 2005..…………………………..…………....…………………………………13

② 　 Recent administrative reforms……………………………..……………...………………………………14

3. Guidelines of new policies….…………………..………………….………………………………………………15

①Guidelines of new policy..………………………………………………………………………………………16 ～ 19

Aichi Prefecture Overview

Economic size on par with

some nations’

Economic size on par with

some nations’

Tokyo

Osaka

Nagoya2.22mn

Ichinomiya

370,000

Kasugai300,000

Okazaki

370,000

Toyohashi

370,000

Toyota420,00

0

Several cities with populations of 300,000+, including Nagoya

国名 GDP

1 USA 13,844

2 Japan 4,384

3 Germany 3,322

4 China 3,251

5 England 2,773

・・ ・・・・・ ・・・

・25 Austria 374

26 Greece 315

27 Denmark 312

World Total 54,312

Prefecture GDP

1 Tokyo 837

2 Osaka 350

3 Aichi 325

4 Kanagawa 283

GDP rank, 07

*From IMF DATA

GDP rank, 05（ Bn USD ）

Population 7,366,717 4th （ Mar 08 ）

Population growth 7.0 ％ 2nd （ Oct 07 ）

Total fertility rate1.36 Nationwide avg 1.32 ％ (0

6 ）Real economic growth rate 15.6% 2nd （ 00-05 ）

Income per a resident \3.5 mil 2nd （ 05 ）

（ Bn USD ）

１

Aichi Prefecture is in Central Japan, midway between Tokyo and Osaka

Industrial vitality

Mitsubishi heavy Industries

Fuji heavy Industries

New Industry （ Aircraft ）

Chubu International Airport

Key Industry （ Automobile ）

Mikawa bay

Toyota Headquarters

Nagoya station high-rise buildings

LucentTower

Mid-landSquare

JRTowers

SpiralTower

BrilliantTower

PrimeCentral

Made-in-Japan jet plane under development, ”MRJ”

Automobile shipping bay（ Mikawa bay ）

Three companies produce 35% of the Boeing 787

Kawasaki heavy Industries

Satellite “Kaguya”

Air transportation of Boeing 787’s parts

２

Mitsubishi heavy Industries

Total unemployment rate 2.8%

Nationwide avg 4.1% (3rd 06 avg)

- 1st in areas with 2mn+ labor force population

Job offers to applicants 1.99x

- Nationwide 1.06x

- (1st in Japan for 43 straight months, Aug 07)

Per capita income 3.441mn yen- (2nd in Japan, 06)

Total unemployment rate 2.7%

Nationwide avg 3.9% (2007 avg)

- 2nd in areas with 2mn+ labor force population

Job offers to applicants 1.84x

- Nationwide 0.95x

- (1st in Japan for 50 straight months, Mar 08)

Manufacturing Employees 841,662- (1st in Japan, 06)

Manufactured goods shipments 43.6661 trn

-(1st , 1976 -2006)

Agricultural production 327.5 bn

-(5th , 04-05)

Plant area 193 ha -(1st , 04 -05)

Trade tax revenue 10.1028 trn (06)*Exceeds Japan ’s total trade surplus (7.9019 trn yen)

Manufactured goods shipments \44 trillion

-(1st , 1976 -2006)Agricultural production $2.9 bn

6 , --( th 05 06)

Plant area 198 ha - 1st -( , 06 07)Trade tax revenue \11.5. trillion (07)*Exceeds Japan

’s total trade surplus

(\10.7 trillion)

Plant location 98-(2st ,07)

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東海環状自動車道

三重県

長野県

東名高速道路

第二東名高速道路

三遠南信自動車道

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I Cせと品野

I Cせと赤津

I C豊田藤岡

I C豊田勘八

I C豊田松平

J CT豊田東

I C豊田東

I C豊田

J CT豊田

I C豊明

I C豊川

I C音羽蒲郡

I C岡崎

名濃

道路

I C一宮木曽川

I C尾西

I C一宮西

I C小牧東

I C春日井

J CT四日市

I C弥富

J CT名古屋西

名岐道路

一宮

西港

道路

春日井

インター道路

豊橋市

豊田市

伊勢市

津市

四日市市

名古屋市

大垣市

美濃市

岐阜市

美濃加茂市

浜松市

豊橋浜松道路

三河港

衣浦港

名古屋港

西知

多道

路

I C一宮

J CT( )四日市北 仮

I C小牧

J CT一宮

I C名古屋

J CT上社

J CT高針

名古

屋港

道路

三河湾口道路

渥美半島縦貫道路

豊橋環状道路

飯田道路

三河東美濃連絡道

路

名浜道路

名古屋東西道路

名古屋瀬戸道路

名古

屋環

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号線

猿投グリーンロード

名古

屋岡

崎道

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名古屋豊田道路

衣浦

豊田

道路

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伊勢

湾岸

道路

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名古

屋三

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知多中央道路

空港連絡道路

知多横断道路

中部国際空港

西三

河南

北道

路

衣浦岡崎道路

名豊道路

東海北陸

自動

車道

IC( )鳳来 仮

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J CT清洲

J CT楠

I C豊田南

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J CT( )引佐 仮

IC( )東栄 仮

J CT( )三ヶ日 仮

I C( )額田 仮

I C( )新城 仮

J CT( )亀山西 仮

J CT日進

J CT( )養老 仮

J CT亀山

J CT土岐

J CT美濃関

I C東名三好

飛島I C

湾岸弥富I C

東海I C

大府I C

名古屋南I C

J CT名古屋南名港中央I C

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蟹江I C

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新名

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東海北陸 ( IC IC飛騨清見 ～白川郷 ） 20 7 5平成 年 月 日開通 → 全線開通

関小牧連絡道路

三遠 伊 勢 連 絡 道 路

()

（仮

浜松

三ヶ

日・

豊橋

道路

）

(東員ＩＣ 仮）

(西関ＩＣ 仮）

Extensive road network under development

Extensive road network under development Linear Chuo

Express

Extensive transportation infrastructure

Base for commuter,

business aircraft

Nagoya Airport

Nagoya Port

・ Trade value \16.7 trillion 1st in Japan, 2000-2007 2nd Tokyo port, 10.4% of nationwide total・ Total cargo handled 215 mn ton

s 1st in Japan, 2001-2007

Chubu International Airport (Central)

Both domestic and international flight service – 24-hour distribution

operations possible

Kinuunra Bay

Core of Kinuura reclaimed industrial land

Mikawa Bay

Automobile shipping port　

#1 in auto volume in Japan

３

Trunk road

Regional trunk route (planned)

Regional trunk route (proposed)

Regional road (promoting circulation)

Local roads, etc.

* Roads in use incl temporary use

1. Fiscal Standing

４

（ FY 08 initial budget revenue structure ）

①FY08 Initial Budget Revenue Structure

※Osaka’s budget is after correction in July.

Highest prefectural tax revenue after Tokyo and Osaka

Highest prefectural tax revenue after Tokyo and Osaka

Aichi Prefecture Prefectures with FY08 initial budgets of 1.5 trn Yen or more

Breakdown of

Prefectural tax

５

Independent

Revenue sources80.9%

Dependent

Revenue sources19.1%Other independent

revenue sources3.5%

Other dependent revenue sources1.2%

Local consumption

tax settlement

6.2%

Prefectural Tax60.3%

National treasury disbursement

8.3%

Prefectural bond

9.6%

Misc revenue10.9%

Total Revenue\2.2 trillion

Citizen resident tax

25.3%

Corp business tax34.2%

Others9.1%

Corporate residence tax6.9%

Local consumption tax

11.0%

Automobile tax9.0%

Light oil transaction tax4.5%

Total revenue\1.3 trillion

0

1,718,153 1,683,288

2,254,250

2,922,615

1,534,900

1,976,236

2,908,964

607,959

820,600

1,282,208 1,360,000 1,398,504

734,000630,863

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

Hokkaido SaitamaKanagawa Aichi Osaka Hyogo Fukuoka

Budget Local tax

（ Mil Yen ）

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

50,000

Nationwide avg.

（ 10 bn Yen ）

Independent revenue sources59.1 ％

② Transition of Revenue Budget (Initial Budget)

（ Note ） Excluding refinancing bond.

（ Transition of revenue budget （ initial budget ））

Only 3 bodies with independent revenue ratio over 80%:

Tokyo, Kanagawa, Aichi

Only 3 bodies with independent revenue ratio over 80%:

Tokyo, Kanagawa, Aichi

FY08 initial budget （ excl Outlines, Tentative ） for 45bodies

Allocation tax, a dependent revenue source, gains large share.

Allocation tax, a dependent revenue source, gains large share.

Dependent revenue sources

Independent revenue

sources80.9 ％

６

（ 100 mil Yen ）FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08

Prefectural tax 10,575 10,976 10,025 9,520 9,935 10,525 11,046 13,116 13,600Misc revenue 2,663 2,627 2,493 2,525 2,543 2,444 2,528 2,521 2,460Local consumption tax settlement

1,422 1,399 1,237 1,301 1,526 1,390 1,476 1,506 1,392Others 983 1,004 1,074 1,097 1,044 810 949 927 787Total 15,643 16,006 14,829 14,443 15,048 15,169 15,999 18,070 18,239

Local allocation tax

1,400 1,150 1,300 1,000 700 700 350 0 0National treasury disbursement

2,907 2,998 2,922 2,692 2,593 2,272 1,885 1,879 1,868Prefectural bond 2,233 2,449 3,281 3,870 3,507 2,492 2,470 2,294 2,175Others 108 96 123 195 385 845 1,427 207 260Total

6,648 6,693 7,626 7,757 7,185 6,309 6,132 4,380 4,303

Inde

pene

dent

fisca

l res

ourc

es

IDep

ened

ent

fisca

l res

ourc

es

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08

Others

Prefectural bondNational treasury disbusrsement

Local allocation tax

OthersLocal consumption tax settlement

Misc revenue

Prefectural tax

Total of independent revenue

（ 100 mil Yen ）

③Transition of Expenditure Budget（ initial budget）

（ Note ） Excluding refinancing bonds.

（ Transition of expenditure budget （ initial budget ））

Investment expenses

FY97: \511.6 bn (peak)

FY08: \306.2 bn (60% of peak)

Including allocation taxes and local

consumption tax settlements to mandatory

expenses heightens sense of fiscal crisis

Mandatory expense ratio: 53.2%

(Personnel expenses, social welfare costs, debt servicing only)

Personnel costs:63.6 ％ of Mandatory expensesEducators \515.4bn 66.7％Police \146.8 bn 19.0％General employees \110 bn14.3 ％

Personnel costs peaking for designated/big cities for education and security

Mandatory expense ratio (personnel costs,

Social welfare costs, debt servicing only ）Nationwide avg. 49.4％

Aichi Prefecture 53.8％

Investment expenses reduced to 60% of peak period

Investment expenses reduced to 60% of peak period

66.6 ％

７

（ 100 bn Yen ）

FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 Personnel expenses 7,804 7,849 7,884 7,818 7,670 7,565 7,642 7,699 7,722 Social welfare costs 1,309 1,388 1,434 1,289 1,280 1,324 1,571 1,696 1,770 Debt servicing 2,144 2,280 2,324 2,276 2,294 2,317 2,540 2,542 2,647 Tax allocations 1,818 1,774 1,408 1,342 1,480 1,396 1,488 1,546 1,525

Local consumption tax settlement

1,457 1,524 1,350 1,422 1,626 1,484 1,455 1,442 1,353Mandatory expenses

14,532 14,815 14,400 14,147 14,350 14,086 14,696 14,925 15,017Investment-related expenses 3,380 3,541 3,883 3,823 3,707 3,203 3,167 3,062 3,062Loans 2,286 2,287 2,162 2,128 2,051 1,981 2,039 2,072 2,001Others 2,093 2,056 2,010 2,102 2,125 2,208 2,229 2,391 2,463

Total 22,291 22,699 22,455 22,200 22,233 21,478 22,131 22,450 22,543

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

平 12 平 13 平 14 平 15 平 16 平 17 平 18 平 19 平 20

Others

Loans

Investment-related expenses

Local consumption tax

settlementAllocation taxes

Debt service fees

Social welfare costs

Personnel expenses

Total

Mandatory expenses

（ 100mil Yen ）

Aichi Expo, Chubu International Airport under

construction

Note: 1) Figures through FY05 based on results. FY06 figures are expected results. FY07 figures based on initial budget.

　　　 2) Bars indicate amount of new issuances, line is total including refinancing bonds.

(Aichi Prefecture bond issuance (general account))

④ Transition of Prefectural Bond Issuance

New bond issuances reduced after 2 big projects, with careful issuance management

New bond issuances reduced after 2 big projects, with careful issuance management

８

(100 mil Yen)

(年度 )

2,8262,570

2,788

3,558 3,6863,377

2,408 2,404 2,482 2,304

3,192

2,827

3,117

4,703

5,149 5,101

3,481

4,187 4,2434,394

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08

⑤ Transition of Prefectural Bond Outstanding

Note: 1) FY06 figures based on results. FY07 figures based on expected results. FY08 figures based on initial budget.

2) are temporary fiscal measures bonds, tax reduction compensation bonds, temporary tax revenue compensation bonds

　　 3) is outstanding amount of debt service fund.

（ Outstanding prefectural bonds (general account) ）

Issuance under central govt system grows

Prefectural bonds outstanding peaked in FY04, and now declining.Prefectural bonds outstanding peaked in FY04, and now declining.

９

22,76725,318

26,854 27,946 28,852 30,219 30,827 31,224 30,893 29,812 29,641 29,325

750 820 1,662 2,180 2,276

1,116

1,3321,366

1,4741,812

2,3533,767

4,894 5,719 6,593 7,047 7,502

138

37197

319474

588 675

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08

(100mil Yen)

31,138

37,43236,86835,269

33,160

38,06739,103

28,417 29,739

38,868

26,687

24,021

Debt service fund increased steadily.

・ Change in reserve rule helps real debt servicing ratio

・ Bringing forward FY07 portion balances debt service ratio

・ Change in reserve rule helps real debt servicing ratio

・ Bringing forward FY07 portion balances debt service ratio

Advances reserve of FY07The reserve provides for future redemption

⑥ Transition of Debt Service Fund Outstanding

Note: 1) FY06 figures based on results. FY07 figures based on expected results. FY08 figures based on initial budget.

（ Transition of Debt Service Fund Outstanding ）

１０

Change in reserve rule

319474 588 675 750 820

11211416

1767

134

509

407

259

197

505

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08

(100mil Yen)

2,276

1,662

2,180

18 ％ 25 ％

Restricted body

Limited issuance for individual projects

* No groups

Restricted body

Limited issuance for individual projects

* No groups

Approval body

・ Must receive permission to issue bonds

・ Must detail plan for appropriate debt service costs level

* 4 bodies

Approval body

・ Must receive permission to issue bonds

・ Must detail plan for appropriate debt service costs level

* 4 bodies

Agreement body

・ May issue with agreement

・ Issuance still possible even without agreement

* 43 bodies, led by Aichi

Agreement body

・ May issue with agreement

・ Issuance still possible even without agreement

* 43 bodies, led by Aichi

Aichi 12.4 ％

（ Real Debt Service Ratio ）

⑦ Real Debt Service Ratio

Classification of issuers by real debt servicing ratio

Aichi Prefecture real debt service ratio is 11.3% (avg, FY05-FY0

7)

Aichi Prefecture real debt service ratio is 11.3% (avg, FY05-FY0

7)

Central government permission not necessary to issue local bondsCentral government permission not necessary to issue local bonds

The real debt servicing ratio is a new index introduce in FY06 upon the shift to the local bond issuance consultative system.

　 Compared to the previous issuance limit ratio, the new system consolidates sinking fund reserve building rules and reflects public corporation disbursements.

１１

Regarding 4 indices provided by Fiscal Soundness Law（① Real Deficit Ratio Consolidated Real Deficit Ratio Real ② ③Debt Service Ratio Future Burden Ratio④ ） , those were announced from FY07 results, and it’s from FY08 results to obligate detail plan for Fiscal Soundness due to the effects of 4 indices.

【 Based on FY07results, No deficit①② 、③１１．３％④２３３．０％ , are expected.】

Regarding 4 indices provided by Fiscal Soundness Law（① Real Deficit Ratio Consolidated Real Deficit Ratio Real ② ③Debt Service Ratio Future Burden Ratio④ ） , those were announced from FY07 results, and it’s from FY08 results to obligate detail plan for Fiscal Soundness due to the effects of 4 indices.

【 Based on FY07results, No deficit①② 、③１１．３％④２３３．０％ , are expected.】

2. Efforts toward Fiscal Health

12

（１） Aichi Reform Framework 　 2005

Goals Main effortsFY05-07 　 total FY05-FY10 　 total

1) Internal efforts

40.0 bn yen 120.0 bn yen

Reducing fiscal expenditures to prefecture-related bodies

Cutting staff in governor’s office and education system

Maintaining appropriate education system staffing levels

Controlling total personnel costsReviewing salary systemReviewing allowances, bonuses

2) Reviewing measures

40.0 bn yen 120.0 bn yenReviewing projects with

administrative evaluation system

Cutting public works costs

3) Maintaining independent revenue sources

10.0 bn yen 30.0 bn yen

Capturing independent revenue sources

Increasing tax collection rateUsing prefectural assets

efficiently

Total 90.0 bn yen 270.0 bn yen 　

Primary balance

Approx. 　-16.2 bn yen Surplus

FY-04 -160.0 　ｂｎ　 yenFY07 　 reducing by 90% (-16.2 bn yen)Accelerating achieving surplus FY08 from FY 10

【 Numerical target 】Cutting 1,500+ staff between FY05-FY10

【 Numerical target 】Cutting approx 3.0bn yen/FY

Fiscal reform

→ Establishing measures to ensure fiscal flexibility and reduce expenditures and capture revenues from all angles

Fiscal reform

→ Establishing measures to ensure fiscal flexibility and reduce expenditures and capture revenues from all angles

Aichi Reform Framework 2005

Restraining Expenditures and Securing Revenues (Setting of Target Figures )

１７

② Recent Administrative Reforms

Aichi Reform Framework results

FY05 – FY07 reforms (Aichi Reform Framework 2005)

Already 400bn yen and 3,000staffs reduced

Already 400bn yen and 3,000staffs reduced

118.5bn yen saved/cut

Internal Efforts

\53.7bn

Selecting, Consolidating Measures

\47.1bn

Collecting Independent Resources

\17.7bn

Total 　　　　　　　　　 　 \118.5bn

Impact: 352.4bn yen

Staff reduction (net reduction):2,540 persons836staff cut

(net reduction)

FY99-FY04 efforts (Prefectural Govt Reform Program)

14

FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 Total

6.9 bn yen 7.7 bn yen 3.6bn yen 4.7 bn yen 1.9 bn yen 800 mil yen 25.6 bn yen

（ 681persons ）（ 759 persons ）（ 360 persons ）（ 468 persons ）（ 188 persons ）（ 84 persons ）（ 2,540 persons ）

33.0 bn yen 23.0 bn yen 10.4 bn yen 600 mil yen 600 mil yen 3.5 bn yen 71.1 bn yen

123.7 bn yen 59.9 bn yen 15.8 bn yen 13.3 bn yen 15.3 bn yen 27.7 bn yen 255.7 bn yen

19.9 bn yen 6.3 bn yen 900 mil yen 2.0 bn yen 1.4 bn yen 1.1 bn yen

163.6 bn yen 90.6 bn yen 29.8 bn yen 18.6 bn yen 17.8 bn yen 32.0 bn yen 352.4 bn yenTotal Impact

Other

Salary caps

Overhaulingpublic facilities

Overhaulingpublic facilities

Overhaulingprefecture-related bodies

Overhaulingprefecture-related bodies

of this main efforts

Rationalizingsubsidies

Rationalizingsubsidies

（ Admin, education ）

Net staff reduction

3. Guidelines of New Policies

15

Guidelines for New Policies

What’re Guidelines for New policies?

Wider perspective

Background: A time of big changes

Declining population, globalization, success of Aichi Expo and Chubu International Airport

Definition

Replacing previous regional plans, a compass for strategizing and prioritizing Aichi’s development

Term

Look far ahead until about 2025, develop plan through 2015

Long-term perspective

Rapid pace of globalization Develop an Asia-oriented borderless

production network, strengthening collaboration.

Increasingly unbalanced local activitiesBalancing growth within the prefecture a

priority, as gaps are growing

Strengthen regional collaboration with nearby areas

Increasing regional collaboration in order to boost the region’s overall strength in an age of globalization and decentralization

Guidelines for New Policies 1

Encourage environmental consciousness to

allow sustainable development

Glowing importance of environmental technology /

business with threat of global warming

→Concrete measures to end warming, recycle resources

→Expand conservation activities as environmental awareness rises

Promote autonomy, decentralization

Build basis for international exchange,

resistance to natural disasters

Boost municipal functions through

decentralization, expand prefecture roles

over wider area

Strengthen cooperation/collaboration

with residents, volunteer, NPO, and

corporations to support region

Population

Industrial economic forecast (2%more, per

a year avg. until 2015)

Ensuring sustainable economic growth by using technological advances to increase numbers of working elderly & women

7,035～

7,315

7,271～

7,3927,221

Aichi population projected to peak in 2015

Aichi population and future projections

Graying societyOne in four persons will be age 65+

in 2015

2

1

3

2

1 3

4

２２

Thousand persons

Basic Issues① 　 Building an urban international exchange giant that radiates industry and culture to the world

Basic targets for Aichi regional development-Basic Issues and Main Policies

Aichi’s vision

（ Guidelines for New Policies 　 2 ）

Industrial and exchange contributions to the

world.

Socially-productive population

Healthy and safe residents

Regional self-reliance

Vitalizing the region upon the fruits of the Aichi Expo and completion of the Chubu International Airport. Addressing public safety, disaster management, declining childbirth, education, public health, the environment, and other issues. Realizing our slogan, Aichi: Leaping into the Future and Sparking in the World.

Aichi: Leaping into the Future and Sparkling in the WorldAichi: Leaping into the Future and Sparkling in the World

・ Economic Partnership, Exchange Strategy with Asia. Building up special economic partnership mainly with Asia. To enhance international exchange as a hub, it holds various exhibitions periodically made a presentation by Asian companies.

・ Building up Multi-culture Coexistence and Matured Society. 　 Drastic improvements of educational environment for foreign children and students, for example, Moderation of installation standards of International schools’ corporate body.

・ Building up Aichi, where Culture and Art are created. 　 Holding high-quality Operas continuously, Develop international, cultural and artistic events, Assistance for emerging artists.

・ Building up Stage for Attractive and World-wide Exchange

Attracting and holding events and conventions continuously for world’s attention. Promoting industrial Tourism, Developing wide-area Tourist’s route.

・ Improvement of Aichi EXPO Memorial Park

It contributes for learning nature’s wisdom and being the place to exchange among citizens.

Basic Issues② 　 Developing industry to support a stronger core of global industrial technology and a mature society

・ Forming Ise bay-rim Industrial and Creative Cluster Forming the cluster, which creates next-generation industries, such as automobile, health and longevity, new energy, aerospace, interaction with agriculture and industry.・ Building up “Hub of Wisdom” where Manufacture’s Technologies are created and transmitted. Science and Technology Exchange Center will be improved, as the core facility of hypsometric analysis, R&D, and utilizing and transmitting achievements ・ Enforcement of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for future Aichi’s Development

Development of new technologies utilized IT, which is the results of collaborative research with Agricultural Experiment Station and the different field’s research institutes. Nurturing corporate management body as the core of the region, etc. 1 ７

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・ Nururing the Sociality of Children with Combining Schools and Regions

“Aichi, training hall of meeting and experience”, which students can experience working place, is expanded to all junior-high schools. Promoting the education for valuing our lives and nurturing rich spirits from childhood.

・ Improvement of Academic Ability and Motivation for learning

Establishing the basic academic ability with reducing the number of students in a classroom, Realizing study-support with utilizing regional working people.

Establishing “Aichi Private Tutoring School of Classes”, Nurturing competent teachers guided by “Master of Class”, such as OB of teachers.

・ Enforcement and Fulfillment of Education, which brings out Ability as Working People.

Building up prefectural high-schools, which students can learn advanced knowledge, skill and qualification, are designated as “Super High-school in Aichi”, and Promoting reforms of 3 prefectural universities.

・ Promoting Aichi Model to nurture people who work in manufactures.

Establishing “ Master in Aichi”, which models after excellent technologies and technician, Improving integrated technology high-schools, high-technology and skill acquirement professional schools, with collaborating with companies and universities, etc..

・ Promoting Aichi as Frontier of Conquering Cancer

Fulfilling the function of prefectural Cancer Center, as the nation-wide state-of-the-art healthcare hub, which aims the 1st of 5 years survival rate nation-wide.

・ Building up the Environment of nurture to change the stream of population decline.

Establishing the basics of the young’s livelihood, such as finding employment, fulfilling the economical assistance for delivering and nurturing, such as the cost of fertility treatment, the cost of babies’ medical care, and child-care allowance, fulfilling the nurturing environment, such as reviewing the way to work, and child-care services.

Building up the framework to tackle the population decline, etc.

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Basic Issues③ 　 Nurture a population committed to the creative development of Aichi

Basic Issues④ 　 Creating a self-reliant and safe social system to withstand population decline and aging

・ Building UP Aichi with health and longevity

Improving the environment, which is easy to be positive health, with enforcing “Aichi-Forestry of Health” and introducing “Aichi Healthy Card”, which realizes to grasp and check citizen’s health information by themselves.

・ Decreasing the crime half

Assisting self-anticrime organizations, which were established in all elementary school wards, for offering materials of anticrime patrols, and nurturing leaders of anticrime activities. The Gov. aims to half reduction of crimes, which numbers are 200 thousand per a year.

・ Promoting anti-earthquake measures, which aims half reduction of damage.

To aim half reduction of damages by earthquake, The Gov. promotes seismic diagnosis of wooden houses and seismic retrofitting and establishing the network of wide anti-earthquake hub, working with citizens, regions, and companies together.

・ Improving the infrastructures of land-sea-air

Enforcing the Airport’s and Bay’s function, fulfilling the Roads Network

・ Realizing the safe and comfortable transportation

Improving the Roads Network to moderate traffic-jams, Developing the Roads prioritizing pedestrians and bicycles, and Promoting “the Park and Ride” utilizing linear-motor car and Aichi Circular Railways, etc..

Basic Issues⑤ 　 Building social capital to create a peaceful, safe, and healthy region

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Basic Issues and Main Policies③

・ Promoting “Zero Emission Aichi”

　　 Forming “Zero Emission Communities” under the prefecture, combined with geographically-distributed energy supply and resources recycling, with achievements of new energy experimental study.

・ Ise bay-rim, Revitalization of Water Cycle

　　 To revitalize healthy water cycle, the Gov. builds wide framework including the State, develops “Forestry of Water Source” and useful sea for fisheries promotion, and promotes improvement of infrastructure, such as sewage system and rivers.

・ Forming Hydrogen Energy Society

　　 Developing and assisting the technologies related to hydrogen energy and fuel battery, and spreading fuel battery car, hydrogen stations, and fuel batteries for business and domestic use.

Basic Issues⑥ 　 Foster a recycling-based society to ensure a rich and comfortable lifestyle

Basic Issues⑧ 　 Promote a decentralized regional society and regional collabor

ation aiming toward the doshusei system

Basic Issues⑦ 　 Achieve balanced development based on the characteristics of prefectural localities

・ Industrial Location Strategy for balanced development

　　 Promoting development of industrial location with utilizing areas where developmental effects are high, from the point of view of activation of Aichi’s economy, effective use of land, and balance between each region.

・ Forming Green and Luxuriant Mountains’ life

　　 Forming healthy forestry with improving forestry by public fund and tree thinning by volunteers fro cities.

　　 Assisting to get permanent residents utilizing regional resources, etc. ..

・ Promoting Doushusei System led by local　　 Bearing the core role of promoting Doushusei system combined with contiguous prefectures and business world.

・ Promoting cooperation with Gov. , NPO and volunteers　　 Expanding the cooperation from the policy formation step in the field of all administrative categories, Making “Cooperation Road Map”, which indicates procedures to tackle new policies together, Financial support for the activities, and review to establish the fund for cooperational business, etc..

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For further information related to this documents, please contact:

Department of General Affairs, Budget Management Division, Budget Management Group

Tel. 81-52 － 954 －6045 （ direct ）FAX 81-52 － 971 － 4536

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