#12605 | posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 3 months ago on Japan's Rural Towns Are Luring Tax From Tokyo With Beef and…

There is this scheme of "redirecting tax to the home towns", that allows sending a given amount of tax money from Tokyo to rural areas. Rural Japan has been complaining that Tokyo owes them taxes, because many rural kids - whose education is subsidized with local tax - end up in working in Tokyo.

There is also the problem that big companies have factories in countryside, but head offices in Tokyo. This means the bulk of corporate taxes generally go to Tokyo.

Many rural areas try to promote their best products to get the redirected tax. However, I am not sure about the details and also the effectiveness of this approach.