日本前近代的地方分权孕育了地方自治的传统,当遭遇近代西方侵略时,实行地方分权的日本地方已经有一定的自主性,即使在中央法令不完备的情况下,许多地方事务由地方官自主行事,处理对外事务相对灵活,这也为后来实行地方自治奠定了基础。 Local decentralization in Japan pre-modern gave birth to the tradition of local autonomy. In the face of modern Western aggression, there was already some autonomy in Japan where local decentralization was practiced. Even in the case of an incomplete central ordinance, many local affairs are handled by places Officials acting independently and dealing with foreign affairs are relatively flexible, which lays the foundation for the subsequent implementation of local autonomy.