A Study On The Relationship Between Osaka City And Osaka Prefecture In The Post-war Japanese Metropolitan System

The relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture in the Post-war Japanese metropolitan system represented a major contradiction in the history of the Japanese metropolitan system,namely,the contradiction between the metropolis and its broader-based local government.Understanding the relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture and understanding the evolution of the metropolitan system in Japan can give us a more in-depth understanding of the issues that should be noted in local public administration.The metropolitan system of Japan includes three contents:the Tokyo metropolitan system,the designated city system,and the core city system.Since abolition of the han system in 1871,the contradiction between the metropolis and its broader-based local government is developing.Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture has gone through special municipality campaign in the Post-war.It was designated as a designated city.Its contradiction can be traced back to the first special municipality campaign in the pre-war,and it can also be traced to the Osaka prefecture conception in Japan recently.The Relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture is very typical and representative.This article attempts to start from the relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture,hoping to establish a new perspective to deal with local issues,and understanding the evolution of Japanese metropolitan system of the Post-war.This article will start with the original data of Japanese laws,chronology,reports,news and so on.Hope to discuss and analyze the relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture in detail.On the one hand,this article will introduce the studies in Japan based on the previous research,on the other hand,this article will clue in relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture to understand the evolution of the metropolitan system in Japan.The first part of the article will introduce the development of the relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture in the post-war Japanese metropolitan system.Based on the introduction of Japanese urban system,the article will discuss the process of the relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture in the prewar period.The second part of the article will discuss the Osaka special municipality movement from 1945 to 1956,to analyze the successes and failures of the movement,highlight the conflict between the prefectures and cities,and the intensification of the conflict between the contradiction between the two sides make a new urban system birth.In the third part of the article,we will discuss the status of the Osaka from 1960s to now.We will analyze the development of Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture in Japanese developing period,the period after the collapse of the bubble economy,and the new century.We will also analyze the issue of Osaka conception.The fourth part of this article will summarize the evolution of the relationship between Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture in the post-war Japanese metropolitan system,and its characteristics,impacts,and implications.Finding out the major contradictions,analyzing its evolution features,impacts and reference significance,and providing the inspiration that how to solve the problems of the metropolitan and urban system.