Inagi City Community, People, and Work Creation Comprehensive Strategy

Background of Formulation

In our country, we entered an era of population decline in 2008, facing challenges such as maintaining local communities and overcoming population decrease. In response to this, the government decided on September 12, 2014, to adopt the "City, People, and Work Creation Act" as a guideline for the national and local governments to tackle the issue of population decline with all their efforts.

In Inagi City, starting with the "Long-Term Comprehensive Plan of Inagi City" in 1975, we have developed four successive long-term comprehensive plans and have been working on various measures. As a result, even as the entire country faces a declining population, our population continues to show an increasing trend, which is expected to continue for the next decade. However, from a long-term perspective, it is also true that we will eventually face a population decline. Additionally, there is no magic solution to the population issue, and considering that it takes time for various measures to show results, it is important to take action at this stage when we are not yet facing population decline.

In response to the current situation as described above, Inagi City has established the "Inagi City Town, People, and Work Creation Comprehensive Strategy Formulation Committee" to overcome the long-term challenges of population decline and regional economic contraction. After soliciting public comments from citizens, the "Inagi City Town, People, and Work Creation Comprehensive Strategy" (hereinafter referred to as the "Comprehensive Strategy") has been formulated.

• Inagi City Community, People, and Work Creation Comprehensive Strategy (PDF 2.7MB)

Regarding the Revision of the Comprehensive Strategy (March 2018)

As this is the mid-year of the comprehensive strategy, we conducted the Inagi City Town, People, and Business Revitalization Comprehensive Strategy Verification Committee to evaluate and verify the progress of the comprehensive strategy based on the key performance indicators (KPI) established in the comprehensive strategy for the fiscal year 2017, with the aim of enhancing future measures.

At that time, we added three new projects to steadily advance the realization of the four basic goals set forth in the comprehensive strategy, promoting the revitalization of the town, the creation of people, and the creation of jobs, making it sustainable.

• Inagi City Community, People, and Work Creation Comprehensive Strategy Implementation of Verification (Mid-term Verification)

Extension of the Comprehensive Strategy (March 2020)

The current comprehensive strategy is a five-year plan from fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2019. Regarding the next comprehensive strategy, it will be formulated in alignment with the (tentative name) Fifth Long-Term Comprehensive Plan of Inagi City, and the formulation period will also be set to fiscal year 2021, in accordance with the formulation of the (tentative name) Fifth Long-Term Comprehensive Plan of Inagi City.

For the fiscal year 2020, in order to avoid a gap until the formulation of the next comprehensive strategy, we will extend the current comprehensive strategy for one year and continue to manage progress based on key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics.

• Inagi City Community, People, and Work Creation Comprehensive Strategy (March 2020) (PDF 2.9MB)

Formulation of the 2nd Phase Inagi City Town, People, and Work Creation Comprehensive Strategy

At the national level, regional revitalization is a long-term policy aimed at sharing a sense of crisis with the next and subsequent generations, curbing population decline, and restoring vitality to each region. Therefore, the awareness and initiatives rooted in the first phase of regional revitalization will continue beyond fiscal year 2020. To ensure steady progress toward the next step, the current framework, which implements the basic goals and measures for the next five years under the "Long-term Vision" in the "Comprehensive Strategy," will be maintained. The second phase "Comprehensive Strategy" will be formulated to further enhance and strengthen regional revitalization efforts.
Regional revitalization requires each area to proactively and independently undertake initiatives that leverage the strengths and attractions of the region with enthusiasm and motivation. Considering the national government's 2nd phase "Comprehensive Strategy for Town, People, and Work Creation," and following the 1st phase, we have formulated the 2nd five-year Comprehensive Strategy for Town, People, and Work Creation in Inagi City, starting from fiscal year 2021 (Reiwa 3), to simultaneously and integrally promote town, people, and work creation in our city.

• Second Phase Inagi City Town, People, and Work Creation Comprehensive Strategy (Formulated in March 2021) (PDF 1.2MB)