三さん割わり自じ治ち

noun

thirty-percent autonomy of local governments

A term describing the limited fiscal autonomy of Japanese local governments, which historically controlled only about 30% of their revenue, with the rest coming from the central government. Used in political and administrative contexts.

• 日本にほんの地ち方ほう自じ治ち体たいは長ながらく「三さん割わり自じ治ち」と呼よばれてきた。

  Japanese local governments have long been called 'thirty-percent autonomy'.