Table A-1. Structures of Local Revenues (Unit: Percentage)

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Table A-1. Structures of Local Revenues (unit: percentage)

Year / Own Revenues/ National Average(Okinawa) / Other Revenues / National Average(Okinawa)
Total Own Revenues / From Local Taxes / Regional Transfer Taxes / State Subsidies / Local Bonds / Total Other Revenues
1973 / 51.6 (21.6) / 37.0 (12.3) / 15.3 (36.0) / 25.2 (40.3) / 6.5 (1.6) / 48.4 (78.4)
1975 / 44.1 (20.9) / 29.6 (12.7) / 16.5 (33.4) / 27.0 (40.9) / 11.2 (4.4) / 55.9 (79.1)
1980 / 46.4 (19.3) / 32.7 (11.7) / 17.4 (30.5) / 27.0 (44.1) / 8.4 (5.8) / 53.6 (80.7)
1985 / 52.0 (24.4) / 36.9 (14.0) / 17.2 (30.2) / 22.9 (38.1) / 7.1 (7.0) / 48.0 (75.6)
1990 / 55.8 (23.5) / 39.9 (14.1) / 18.2 (33.9) / 16.8 (30.2) / 7.5 (11.3) / 44.2 (76.5)
1991 / 55.9 (24.6) / 39.3 (14.6) / 17.8 (33.8) / 16.7 (30.9) / 7.7 (9.6) / 44.1 (75.4)
1992 / 51.8 (22.2) / 34.6 (13.3) / 17.1 (33.6) / 18.3 (34.5) / 10.8 (8.5) / 48.2 (77.8)
1993 / 49.0 (22.3) / 31.2 (12.6) / 16.1 (30.9) / 18.4 (35.7) / 14.5 (9.9) / 51.0 (77.7)
1994 / 49.5 (22.4) / 30.1 (12.1) / 16.0 (31.4) / 18.4 (35.5) / 14.4 (9.6) / 50.5 (77.6)
1995 / 47.2 (22.2) / 29.3 (11.6) / 15.7 (29.9) / 18.5 (36.2) / 16.9 (10.7) / 52.8 (77.8)
1996 / 48.4 (21.1) / 31.0 (11.9) / 16.5 (30.4) / 18.2 (35.5) / 15.1 (11.9) / 51.6 (78.9)
1997 / 50.1 (22.3) / 31.9 (13.1) / 16.6 (32.0) / 17.9 (34.6) / 14.5 (10.6) / 49.9 (77.7)
1998 / 49.1 (22.9) / 31.1 (14.3) / 16.7 (32.0) / 18.2 (36.6) / 15.6 (8.3) / 50.9 (77.1)
1999 / 47.1 (23.0) / 29.8 (13.7) / 20.2 (32.9) / 18.3 (36.3) / 13.9 (7.7) / 52.9 (77.0)

Sources: Okinawa Kaihatsu Chō, Okinawa Sōgō Jimu Kyoku [Okinawa Development Agency, Okinawa General Bureau], Okinawaken keizai no gaiyō [Outline of Okinawa prefecture economy], (December 1995), 72; (June 1996), 72; (June 1999), 70.

Table A-2. Japanese Cabinets in the 1990s and Configuration of Political Parties

Cabinet / Ruling Parties / Opposition Parties
(77) * Kaifu Toshiki
(8 Aug. 1989–5 Nov.1991 / LDP / JSP/SDPJ, Kōmeitō, DSP, JCP, Shaminren
(78) Miyazawa Kiichi
(5 Nov.1991–5 Aug. 1993) / LDP / JSP/SDPJ, Kōmeitō, DSP, Shaminren, JNP, JCP
(79) Hosokawa Moriteru
(9 Aug. 1993–25 April 1994) / JSP/SDPJ, JNP, JRP, Kōmeitō, Sakigake, DSP, Shaminren, Upper House Rengō/DRP / LDP, JCP
(80) Hata Tsutomu
(25 April–25 June 1994) / Kōmeitō, JRP, JNP, DSP, Shaminren, Mirai, Liberal Party‡ / LDP, Sakigake, JSP/SDPJ, JCP
(81) Murayama Tomiichi
(30 June 1994–5 Jan.1996) / SPD, LDP, Sakigake / Kōmeitō, JRP, JNP, DSP, JCP
(82) Hashimoto Ryūtarō
(11Jan.1996–1 June 1996) / LDP, SDP, Sakigake / NFP, DPJ, JCP
(83) Hashimoto Ryūtarō
(7Nov.1996–1 June 1998) / LDP, SDP & Sakigake (non-cabinet) / NFP, DPJ, JCP
Hashimoto Ryūtarō
(1 June–30 July 1998) / LDP / SDP, NFP, JCP, New Socialists, Sakigake
(84) Obuchi Keizō
(30 July 1998–14 Jan. 1999) / LDP / SDP, DPJ, Liberal Party†, JCP, Kōmeitō, Sakigake
Obuchi Keizō
(14 Jan.–5 Oct. 1999) / LDP, Liberal Party† / SDP, DPJ, Kōmeitō, JCP
Obuchi Keizō
(5 Oct.1999–5 April 2000) / LDP, Liberal Party†, Kōmeitō / SDP, DPJ, JCP
(85) Mori Yoshirō
(5 April–4 July 2000) / LDP / SDP, DPJ, Liberal Party†, JCP
(86) Mori Yoshirō
(4 July 2000–26 April 2001) / LDP / SDP, DPJ, JCP

Source:Otake Hideo, ed. Power Shuffles and Policy Processes: Coalition Government in Japan in the 1990s(Tokyo: JapanCenter for International, 2000), 227; and others.

Note: (1) *Successive cabinet number since the establishment of the cabinet system in Japan; (2) ‡ Liberal Party (Jiyūtō; established by former LDP members, Watanabe faction, April–December 1994); (3) † Liberal Party (Jiyūtō; established by Ozawa Ichirō in January 1998); (4) CP – Conservative Party (Hoshutō); DPJ – Democratic Party of Japan (Minshutō); DRP – Democratic Reform Party (Minushu Kaikaku Rengō; Upper House Club); DSP – Democratic Socialist Party (Minshu Shakaitō); JCP – Japan Communist Party (Nihon Kyōsantō); JNP – Japan New Party (Nihon Shintō); JRP – Japan Renewal Party (Shinseitō); JSP/SDPJ – Japan Socialist Party (Nihon Shakaitō, JSP) changed its English name to Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDPJ) in 1991 but the Japanese remained unchanged till 1996 when it became Social Democratic Party; Kōmeitō (changed to Kōmei between 1994-1998); LDP – Liberal Democratic Party (JiyūMinshūtō); New Kōmeitō– Kōmei Shintō; New Socialists – New Socialist Party (Shin Shakaitō); Mirai – Shintō Mirai (New Vision Party); NFP – New Frontier Party (Shinshintō); SDP – Social Democratic Party (Shakai Minshutō, or Shamintō); Shaminren (Shakai Minshu Rengō) –Social Democratic Alliance; Shintō Sakigake – (Harbinger Party), changed to Sakigake in October 1998.

Table A-3. Seats Distribution in the Japanese Diet in the 1990s

Party / House of Representatives (%) / House of Councillors (total seats)
1990 / 1993 / 1996 / 2000 / 1992 / 1995 / 1998 / 2001
LDP / 275 (53.7) / 223 (43.6) / 239 (47.8) / 233 (48.5) / 68 (107) / 46 (107) / 44 (102) / 64 (110)
JSP/SDPJ/ SDP / 136 (26.6) / 70 (13.7) / 15 (3.0) / 19 (4.0) / 22 / 16 (38) / 5 (13) / 3
DSP / 14 (2.7) / 15 (2.9) / --- / --- / 4 / --- / --- / ---
JNP / --- / 35 (6.8) / --- / --- / 4 / --- / --- / ---
JRP / --- / 55 (10.8) / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / ---
NFP / --- / --- / 156 (31.2) / --- / --- / 40 / --- / ---
Sakigake / --- / 13 (2.5) / 2 (0.4) / --- / --- / 3 / 0
DPJ / --- / --- / 52 (10.4) / 127 (26.3) / --- / --- / 27 / 27
Komeitō / 45 (8.8) / 51 (10.0) / --- / 31 (6.3) / 14 / --- / 9 / 13
Conservative / --- / --- / --- / 7 (1.5) / --- / --- / --- / 1
Liberal / --- / --- / --- / 22 (4.6) / --- / --- / 6 / 6
Shaminren / 4 (0.8) / 4 (0.8) / --- / --- / --- / --- / --- / ---
JCP / 16 (3.1) / 15 (2.9) / 26 (5.2) / 20 (4.2) / 6 / 8 / 15 / 5
other / 22 (4.3) / 30 (5.9) / 10 (2.1) / 21 (,4.3) / 9 / 13 / 19
Total seats / 512 / 511 / 500 / 480 / 252 (126) / 252 (127) / 242 (126) / 242 (124)

Source: Hashimoto Gorō, Iida Masayuki, and KatōJūjirō, Kaizu: Nihon seiji no hyakka [Handbook of Japanese politics], (Tokyo: Ichigeisha, 2002), 89, 101

Note: Liberal Party (Jiyūtō; established by Ozawa Ichirō in January 1998); Conservative Party (Hoshutō); DPJ – Democratic Party of Japan (Minshutō); DSP – Democratic Socialist Party (Minshu Shakaitō); JCP – Japan Communist Party (Nihon Kyōsantō); JNP – Japan New Party (Nihon Shintō); JRP – Japan Renewal Party (Shinseitō); JSP/SDPJ/SDP – Japan Socialist Party (Nihon Shakaitō, JSP) changed its English name to Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDPJ) in 1991 but the Japanese remained unchanged till 1996 when it became Social Democratic Party (Shakai Minshutō, or Shamintō); Kōmeitō (changed to Kōmei between 1994-1998); LDP – Liberal Democratic Party (JiyūMinshūtō); NFP – New Frontier Party (Shinshintō); SDP – Social Democratic Party (Shakai Minshutō, or Shamintō); Shaminren (Shakai Minshu Rengō) –Social Democratic Alliance; Shintō Sakigake – (Harbinger Party), changed to Sakigake in October 1998.

Table A-4. Committees’ Members

Groups / Members
Discussion Group for the Formation of InternationalCityof OKINAWA(UERI)
(1994.3) / (1) Research, Education and Mass Media
Nishioka Hisao – President of AoyamaGakuinUniversity,Professor at SurugadaiUniversity
Suzuki Tadayoshi – Professor, TokyoUniversity of Agriculture
Takahashi Susumu – Professor, Tokyo University Law Department
Fukushi Masatoshi – Professor, Economics Department of KantoGakuenUniversity
Magara Yasumoto – Dean of Department of Water Supply Engineering,Institute of Public Health
Tasaki Tokurō– Director of Tokyo University Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies
Wada Norimasa – Professor,Sanno Junior Collage
Sanpongi Kenji – Lecturer, TokyoUniversity, Specialist Researcher at the National Diet Library
Gil Latz – Professor of East Asian Geography, PortlandStateUniversity
Nakazaki Shigeru – President, G-Act Institute
Matsunobe Yōhei –Executive Director, JapanFoodIndustryCenter (JAFIC)
Kuba Masahiko – Executive Director, RIKEN Okinawa Institute
Yoshioka Masahiko – Researcher, Japan Research Institute
Araki Mitsuya – Chief Editor, International Development Journal
Nakakita Kōhachi – Journalist, Asahi Shimbun
(2) Business
Honma Toshihiro – Advisor, JGC Co.
Tabata Hideo – President, Metocean Environment Inc.
Takahashi Toyosaburō – President, Basco Engineering Co.
Kikuchi Tōru – Department Director, Japan Airport Consultants, Inc.
Isayama Suenori – Department Director, Kyowa Engineering Consultants Co., LTD.
Hagiwara Katsuyuki – Head Division, JGC Co.
Takahashi Kazuharu – Division Director, Shimizu Co.
(3) Governmental Institutions
Kodama Masato – Counselor, Okinawa Development Agency and National Archives of Japan
Tanaka Shōsaku – Diplomatic Records Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Amamoto Toshimasa – former Assistant Vice Minister, Construction Ministry
Ōtake Kenichirō – Tax Bureau of the Ministry of Finance
Konami Hirohide – Director General, Urban Development Department, National Corporation of Regional Development
Furuichi Keiji – Deputy Director, Welfare and Medical (WAM) Service Group
Ōta Masahide –Okinawa Governor
Yoshimoto Masanori –Okinawa Vice Governor
Takamine Chōkō– Director,OkinawaPrefecture Planning and Development Department
Discussion Group for InternationalCityof OKINAWA
(1996.10.15 Proposal) / (1) Research, Education and Mass Media
Aragaki Yasuko –Canon Association To Send a Yell to Sugar Hall
Ikeda Takyuki –Professor , Ryūkyū University Education Department
Uema Kiyoshi –Professor, Ryūkyū University Engineering Department
Kuchiki Masafumi –Asian Economic Institute
Takeuchi Hiroshi –President, Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) Research and Management Consulting Institute
Tomikawa Moritake –Professor, Commerce and Economics Department,OkinawaInternationalUniversity
Nakachi Hiroshi –Professor,RyūkyūUniversity Law and Literature Department
Fukushi Masatoshi –Professor,KantōGakuenUniversity, Economics Department
Carolin Fancis –Lecturer, Okinawa Christian Junior Collage
Senaha Eiki –Dean of MeiōUniversity International Department
Taoka Shunji – Editior, Asahi Shimbun
Terada Reiko –OTC caster
(2) Business and Labor
Ushio Jirō–President, Ushio Inc.
Inamine Keiichi – President,OkinawaPrefecture Managers Association
Ōbayashi Masamune –Director,The SoutheastBotanical Gardens
Ono Keiko –President, Manchi Planning
Kayō Anshun –Branch Office Director, NTT Okinawa
KinjōMeiki – President,OkinawaPrefecture Manufacturing Industry Confederation
Sakima Akira – President,OkinawaPrefectureConfederation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Shiina Takeo –Chief Executive, IBM Japan
Sekito Yoshiji –Executive Director, KDD Okinawa
Toguchi Masahiro – President, RengōOkinawa
Tomikawa Asami –Department Director, Kinjō Sake Brewery
Moroi Kei –President, Chichibu Onoda Cement Corporation
(3) Governmental and Other Institutions
Kasahara Takako –Representative of Development Agency of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in Japan
Ozawa Daiji –Director, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Joseph C. Thompson –Director,American Chamber of Commerce in Okinawa
Betty Hoffman –Director of Okinawa Pearlpak Foundation
Yamauchi Mitsuko –Okinawa Art Advisor
LDP Okinawa Special Research Council
(18 June 1996) / Yamanaka Sadanori– Chief Advisor (Chairperson of Research Commission on Antimonopoly Laws; Tōzeichō’s Chief Advisor)
Obuchi Keizō – Advisor(Vice President)
Katō Kōichi– Chairperson (Secretary General)
Inoue Kichio – Acting Chairperson (Chairperson of Party Ethics Committee)
Shiyokawa Masajurō – Deputy Chairperson(Chairperson of General Council)
Yamazaki Taku – Deputy Chairperson (Chairperson of Policy Research Council)
Kamei Shizuka – Deputy Chairperson (ChairpersonofPublic Relations Headquarters)
Muraoka Kenzō –Deputy Chairperson (Chair of Diet Affairs Committee)
Sakano Shigenobu –DeputyChairperson (Chair of Joint Plenary Meeting of Party Members of Both Houses of the Diet)
Murakami Masakuni– Deputy Chairperson (Secretary-General for the LDP in the House of Councilors)
Matsuura Isao – Deputy Chairperson (Chairperson of Committee on Local Autonomous Organizations)
Uesugi Mitsuhiro – Deputy Chairperson
Nonaka Hiromu – General Chief Secretary(Acting Secretary General)
Yoshino Kaoru – Acting General Chief Secretary (Acting Chairperson of Policy Research Council )
Koga Makoto – Acting General Chief Secretary (Chief Deputy Secretary General)
Okano Yutaka – Acting General Chief Secretary (Chief Deputy Secretary General)
Miyazato Matsushō– Acting General Chief Secretary (Chairperson of Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Territories in the House of Representatives)
Suzuki Muneo – Chief Secretary(Chief Deputy Secretary General)
Watase Noriaki – Acting Chief Secretary(Chairperson of National Defense Division)
Coalition Parties Okinawa
Issue Deliberative Group
(est. 1997.3.12)
(members as of 1997.11.13) / Yamazaki Taku (LDP)
Nakayama Tarō(LDP)
Miyashita Sōhei (LDP)
Okabe Saburō(LDP)
Oikawa Kazuo (SDP)
Uehara Kōsuke (SDP)
Hamada Kenichi (SDP)
Teruya Kantoku (SDP)
Mizuno Seiichi (Sakigake)
Okumra Tenzō(Sakigake)
NIRA
(1997.11.17
Final Report) / (1)Research, Education and Mass Media
Kōsai Yutaka –Chairperson; President of theJapan Economic Research Institute; Professor of Social Studies at TōyōEiwaJoshiGraduateSchool
Itō Motoshige – Professor of Economics, TokyoUniversity,
Kurima Yasuo – Professor of Economics,OkinawaInternationalUniversity
Sugiyama Takehiko – Professor of Commerce,IchibashiUniversity
Tomikawa Moritake – Professor of Economics, OkinawaInternationalUniversity
Kojima Akira –Senior Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei)
(2) Business and Labor
Oroku Kunio– Deputy General Secretary, OkinawaPrefectureCommittee for Economic Development (Doyūkai), President of RyūkyūHōsō
Sakima Akira – President,OkinawaPrefectureConfederation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Kakazu Hiroshi – Deputy Director, Okinawa Development Finance Corporation
Sakamoto Harumi – Vice President, The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd.
Okinawa Economic Groups Council
(1997.10.15
FTZ Proposal) / Sakima Akira – President,OkinawaPrefectureConfederation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry
China Yōji – President, OkinawaPrefectureManagers Association
Kinjō Meiji – President, OkinawaPrefectureManufacturing Industry Confederation
Oroku Kunio, Nakai Hirokazu –Secretaries General, OkinawaPrefectureCommittee for Economic Development (Doyūkai)
Yoshiyama Seian– President, OkinawaPrefectureCentral Association of Small & Medium Size Enterprises
Tsuha Yasumitsu – President, OkinawaPrefecture Confederation of Commerce and Industry Associations
Higa Masahide –President, OkinawaPrefectureCentral Association of Agriculture Cooperatives
Terukina Chōshin– President, OkinawaPrefectureCentral Confederation of Fisheries Industry
Ōta Masahide –Okinawa Tourist Convention Bureau
Shimada Group
(1996.11.19 Proposal)
(members as of 2000.5) / (1) Research, Education and Mass Media
Shimada Haruo – Professor of Economics, KeioUniversity
Agarie Yasuharu –President ofMeiōUniversity
Arata Atsushi –Director,Japan Urban Comprehensive Research Institute
Okamoto Yukio – Director, Okamoto Associates
Oroku Kunio – President, Ryūkyū Hōsō
Karatsu Hajime – Professor, TokaiUniversity, Development and Technology Research Institute
Karimata Nobuko – former Director, OkinawaPrefectureWomenCenter
Kobayashi Etsuo – President, All Japan Municipalities Promotion Association
Sakiyama Ritsuko – Free Lance Journalist
Shimabukuro Hiroshi – President, Radio Okinawa
Maeshiro Morisada – Professor, RyūkūUniversity
(2) Business and Labor
Inamine Keiichi – President, Ryuseki Co. (resigned after gubernatorial election 1998)
Makino Hirotaka – Premanent Audit, Ryūyū Bank (resigned after gubernatorial election 1998)
Tateishi Nobuo –Director,Omuron Co.
Toguchi Masahiro– President,Rengō Okinawa
Matsuda Kōji – President, Okinawa Development Finance Corporation
Washio Etsuya –Secretary General, Rengō
Tanaka Committee
(1997.7.24) / (1) Research, Education and Mass Media
Tanaka Naoki – President, The 21st Century Public Policy Institute
Honma Masaaki – Dean of Economics Department,OsakaUniversity
ShuMing Zhu– Professor, ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong, Department of Japanese Studies
(2) Business
Inamine Keiichi – President, Ryuseki Co.
Inamori Kazuo – Chairperson, Kyocera Co.
Ushio Jirō – President, Ushio Inc.
Tsukakoshi Hiroshi – President, Kawasaki FAZ Co.
Theodore M.H. Huang – President,Teco Information Systems Co.,Ltd., Taiwan
Miyagi Hiroiwa – President,Okinawa Products Associated Co.
ODA
Okinawa
Promotion and
Development
Council
(June 1999) / Okinawa Governor
Speaker of the Prefectural Assembly
Representatives of the heads of towns and villages (2)
Representatives of speakers of municipal assemblies (2)
Specialists and experts (11)
Akamine Senju – President, OkinawaPrefecture Federation of Women Associations
Arakaki Kenichi– Acting President, OkinawaPrefectureFederation of Agriculture and Economic Cooperatives
Arasaki Seizen – President, Okinawa Bank
Iha Michiko – Professor, RyūkyūUniversity
Kameya Reiji – Director, Okinawa Association Foundation
Kawamura Hiroaki– Director, National Recreation Association of Japan
Kiyonari Tadao – President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, HōseiUniversity
Kinjō Meiki – Director, OkinawaPrefecture Federation of Manufacturing Industry
Sakima Akira– President,Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
ShōHiroko – Director, University, of AirFoundationStudyCenter in Okinawa
Makino Hirotaka– Permanent Audit, Ryūkyū Bank
Representatives of concerned ministries (administrative vice ministers) (13)
ODA General Section (1999) / Kameya Reiji – Director,Okinawa Association Foundation
Ōshiro Tsuneo – Professorof Economics,RyūkyūUniversity
Gima Yoshikatsu – President,OkinawaPrefecture Federation of Economic and Agriculture Cooperatives
Kiyonari Tadao – Professor and President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees,HōseiUniversity
Kinjō Meiki – Director,OkinawaPrefecture Federation of Manufacturing Industry
ODA officials: Tamashiro (General Affairs Division Director), Takebayashi (Planning Section Director)
ODA Experts Committee
(Sept. 1999) / (1) Research, Education and Mass Media
Kiyonari Tadao– President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees,HōseiUniversity
Konno Shūhei– Professor, OsakaSangyōUniversity, Economics Department
Tominaga Hideyoshi– WasedaUniversity, Telematics and Artificial Intelligence Networking System
Ogawa Kazuhisa –Political Analyst on Military and International Affairs
Ōshiro Tsuneo – Professor of Economics, RyūkyūUniversity
Ikeda Takayuki –Regional and Urban Planning, RyūkyūUniversity
Maeshiro Morisada– Professor of Economics,RyūkyūUniversity
Tomikawa Moritake – Professor of Economics, OkinawaInternationalUniversity
Nozaki Shirō – Professor of Economics,OkinawaInternationalUniversity
Kohama Tetsu–Political Science for Tourism Destination,MeiōUniversity
Oroku Kunio –Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ryūkyū Hōsō Co.
Gima Mitsuo –Advisor to WorldTradeCenter in Okinawa,UrasoeCityMayor (from 2001.2.11)
Kinjō Masanobu –Managing Director, Okinawa Prefecture Association of the Economic Agricultural Cooperatives, the Haebaru city assembly member
Sasaki Yutaka –Director,JICAOkinawaInternationalCenter
(2) Business and Labor
Toyokawa Asami –President, Inter-Link Okinawa
Nunami Tadashi –Director, Naha Branch of the Bank of Japan
Higa Etsuko –Director,OkinawaConvention Center, Foundation of the Okinawa Tourism Convention Bureau.

Note: The post of the members of the LDP’s Okinawa Comprehensive Promotion Policy Special Research Council as of February 1996; Kokkai benran [Diet handbook], February 1996 ed. (Tokyo: Nihon Seikei Shimbunsha), 208-215.

Table A-5. The Non-Distributive Policy Proposals of the Modernization Projectsand

Basic Plan of the Program for Autonomic Modernization

Source:Okinawa Ken [OkinawaPrefecture], Kokusai toshi keisei kihon keikaku [Basic Plan of the Program for Autonomic Modernization], May 1997, 37.

Note: The numbers in square brackets refer to numbers of the same proposals included in the Deregulation Project (cf. table 5-1).

Table A-6. Deregulation Project and the Ministries’ Evaluation (as of August 1996)

Table A-7. Members and Structure of the Sections and Project Teams of the Okinawa Policy Council (OPC)

Sections / Projects Teams (PT) / Sup. / Ministries
(1) Infrastructure / 1. Comprehensive & Regional Planning / MITI / Cabinet Secretary & PMO;MOAFF; MOC;Defense; Economic Planning; Education; Environment; MOF; MOFA; General Affairs; Home Affairs; MITI; Justice; Labor; NLA; ODA; PA; STA; MOPT; MOT; Welfare; Prefecture（21+1）
2.Returned MilitaryLandConversion / Cabinet Secretary; MOAFF; MOC; Defense; MOF; Home Affairs; MITI; MOT; NLA.; ODA; MOPT; Prefecture（11+1）
3.Communication, Airports & Harbors Infrastructure Development / Cabinet Secretary; MOAFF; MOC; Home Affairs; MITI; ODA; PA; MOT;MOPT; Prefecture（9+1）
(2) Industry & Economy / 4.FTZ& Distribution Hub Formation / ODA, GAA / Cabinet Secretary; MOAFF; MOF; Home Affairs; MITI; ODA; MOT; Prefecture（7+1）
5. Industry Creation & Employment Development / Cabinet Secretary; MOAFF; MOC; Home Affairs; MITI; Labor;ODA; Prefecture（7+1）
6. Promotion of Information & Communication Industries / Cabinet Secretary; MOAFF; Education; MOF; Home Affairs;MITI, Justice;ODA; MOPT; Welfare; Prefecture（10+1）
7. Development of International Tourism & Destination-Type Resorts / MOF / Cabinet Secretary; MOAFF; MOC; Education; MOFA; MITI; Justice; MOT; ODA; PA; Welfare; Prefecture（11+1）
(3) Environment, Technology & International Exchange / 8.Creation of the “Model-Region of Environmental Coexistence” / Cabinet Secretary; MOAFF; MOC; Environment; MITI; ODA; STA; MOT; Prefecture（8+1）
9. Research & Development of Subtropical Zones / Cabinet Secretary & PMO; MOAFF; MOC; Education; Environment; MOFA; MITI; ODA; MOPT;STA; MOT; Welfare; Prefecture（12+1）
10. International Cooperation & Exchange Promotion / MOFA / Cabinet Secretary & PMO; Education; MOFA; Home Affairs;MITI; Labor; ODA; MOPT;PA; MOT; Welfare; Prefecture（11＋1）

Source: Based on Okinawa Seisaku Kyōgikai [Okinawa Policy Council], “Okinawa Seisaku Kyōgikai PurojekutoChīmu (PT) Henseihyō” (Organization chart of the Okinawa policy council’s project teams (PT]), 12 November 1995.

Note: Cabinet Secretary and Prime Minister Office are counted together,Okinawa is counted as (+1);Sup. –supervising ministry and agency; GAA– General Affairs Agency; MITI – Ministry of International Trade and Industry; ODA – Okinawa Development Agency; MOAFF –Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries; MOC –Construction; MOF– Ministry of Finance; MOFA– Ministry of Foreign Affairs; MOPT – Ministry of Post & Telecommunication; MOT –Transport; NLA –National Land; PA –Police Agency; PMO – Prime Minister Office; STA –Science and Technology Agency.

Table A-8. Projects Funded by the 1st Special Adjustment Fund (Unit: million yen)

◉Projects (jigyō)
ⓇResearch Studies (chōsa) [Ministries in charge] / Eval./
Al.No / Req.
Sum / Final Sum/ (% Al.)
1◉Development of the Joint Use-Type of Facilities for Research and Development [MOPT] / B―2 / 1,931 / 500 (25.9%)
2ⓇResearch for Okinawa Special Multimedia Zone Concept [MOPT] / A―2 / 100 / 50 (50%)
3◉ Research and Development onTechnology for the Communication Industry Infrastructure [MOPT] / C―3 / 500 / 238 (47.6.%)
★(1) Research on the Long Distance Training System in Okinawa [MOPT] / C / 596
★(2) Research on the Long Distance Medical Treatment System in Okinawa [MOPT] / C / 872
★(3)Research Study on the Application of the Information and Communication Technologies of the Radio Waves and Optical Fiber in the Research on Subtropics [MOPT] / C / 51
4ⓇResearch forMultimedia Island Concept [MOPT, MITI] / A―2 / 208 / 100 (48.1%)
5◉Communication Promotion Project [MITI] / A―1+ 2 / 397 / 221 (55.7%)
6◉Fostering Trade and Investment in OkinawaRegion [MITI] / A―2 / 114 / 35 (30.7%)
7ⓇResearch on the Improvement and Expansion of the Harbors’ Distribution Function [MITI, MOT] / A―2 / 86 / 70 (81.4%)
8◉Okinawa Content Industry Development Project [MITI] / A―2 / 559 / 238 (42.6%)
9◉Promotion of Electronic Trading and Exchange of Goods Manufactured in OkinawaPrefecture[MITI] / B―2 / 79 / 50
(63.3%)
10ⓇResearch for the Okinawa International Shopping Mall Concept[MITI] / A―2 / 80 / 40 (50%)
11ⓇResearch for the Promotion of a Model-Region of Environmental Coexistence[MITI] / A―2 / 50 / 20 (40%)
12ⓇResearch on a Production of New Energy [MITI] / B―2 / 75 / 40 (53.3%)