Editing Local Autonomy Act (section)

==Revision==
The Local Autonomy Act (paragraph 5 of Article 2) was revised in 1969 that required local governments to produce a forward-looking Basic Plan (kihon keikaku) for their long-term economic and social development, to cover a duration of around 25 years. It has to be approved by the elected local council as part of a comprehensive planning that tied to the local fiscal decision. Takegawa notes that in 1970, less than 10% of local governments had made comprehensive plans, by 1975 the number had gone up to 75%, and in 1980 it was almost 90%.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edgington |first1=David W. |title=Comprehensive planning in Japanese large cities |journal=Planning Perspectives |date=2 January 2019 |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=115–132 |doi=10.1080/02665433.2017.1389655 |bibcode=2019PlPer..34..115E |s2cid=149131285 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02665433.2017.1389655 |issn=0266-5433|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In January 2011, the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications]] announced plans to revise the law to enable the national government to investigate the laws of the LPEs for extralegality and place lawsuits against them if they fail to correct their actions.