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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 Aichi prefecture into a metropolis. Aichi's prefectural governor, Hideaki Omura, formed the ''Chukyo Isshin no Kai'' ( :ja:中京維新の会) or
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 Aichi prefecture into a metropolis. Aichi's prefectural governor, Hideaki Omura, formed the ''Chukyo Isshin no Kai'' ( :ja:中京維新の会) or Chukyo Metropolitan Area
Chukyo can refer to:
* Emperor Chūkyō (1218-1234), 85th emperor of Japan
the city of Nagoya ( 中京 Chūkyō). Various things are named after the city:
* Chūkyō Industrial Area
* Chūkyō Metropolitan Area
* Chūkyō Television Broadcasting ...
Renewal Association in 2012.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH5L36FHH5LOIPE004.html The latter plan is an alternate that also incorporates Gifu prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ...
in the Metropolis.
The metropolis would require Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most p ...
city to be dissolved and reorganized into wards under metropolitan authority. The concept has parallels with Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
's past and Osaka's proposed reorganization.
See also
*Greater Nagoya Initiative The Greater Nagoya Initiative (GNI) is a local revitalization project in central Japan established in 2004 to promote the industry and economy of the Chūkyō Industrial Area and to attract foreign companies to invest in the Greater Nagoya region. ...
* Dōshūsei
is a proposal to organize Japan into one circuit (''dō'') of Hokkaido and several new states (''shū'') that are each a combination of several prefectures. The states and circuit are proposed to have greater regional autonomy, similar to the Unit ...
References
2012 in Japan Politics of Japan Government of Japan {{government-stub