We have independently obtained documents that support the story that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has made "requests" to local leaders across the country regarding the increase in the basic deduction, known as the 1.03 million yen "annual income barrier," and the lifting of the trigger clause in gasoline prices. Who on earth wrote and sent this document, and for what purpose? We conducted an investigation. On November 13, Representative Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People appeared on TOKYO MX's "Hori Jun Live Junction" and revealed the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the National Association of Governors regarding the 1.03 million yen "annual income barrier." When Hori Jun asked Tamaki, "There is talk that 'What will happen to the regions if the 1.03 million yen barrier is broken?'" Tamaki replied, "Right now, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is working hard to manipulate the National Association of Governors and the heads of each local government. By manipulation, I mean Minister Murakami himself contacting the chairman of the Association of Governors and others, telling them, 'Please make this statement,' and 'Please stop because this will result in this kind of revenue loss,' and even creating a statement outline. I think that is not appropriate. I would like the national government and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to stop working so hard." What does Tamaki mean by "the manipulation of each governor by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications"? The Democratic Party for the People is promoting an economic policy that will raise the annual income at which income tax is generated from the current 1.03 million yen to 1.78 million yen. The government and the National Association of Governors are concerned that the review of this so-called "annual income barrier" is expected to result in a total tax revenue loss of about 7.6 trillion yen per year for the national and local governments. According to information obtained by Hori Jun, on November 11, Minister Murakami called Chairman Murai of the National Governors' Association and said, "If we listen to everything the opposition has to say, local finances will not be able to hold up. I want the Governors' Association to voice its opposing opinion," and also instructed him to respond to the media by saying, "I am opposed to the consideration being moved forward while setting aside the discussion of the issue of local financial resources." In fact, when we interviewed a person in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to ask whether Minister Murakami had made any efforts to Chairman Murai, we asked, "I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has been briefing the heads of each local government, but is this true?" to which he replied, "I am not aware of that." When we continued, "Is it true that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications compiled information and briefed the heads of local governments?" he replied, "I am not aware of that." The secretariat of the National Governors' Association also responded that it "does not know" whether such an exchange took place. Miyagi Prefecture, where Chairman Murai is the governor, also commented, "We are not aware of it. This is the first time I have heard about this story." In the midst of this, the National Governors' Association will make an emergency request to the Liberal Democratic Party's General Affairs Committee on November 19th. The draft of the request that we obtained states, "We strongly request that sufficient consideration be given to the impact on local finances so that local governments can maintain stable administrative services," due to concerns about a huge decrease in tax revenues and an increase in expenditures for administrative services due to the raising of the "annual income barrier." The emergency request is in the name of Chairman Murai of the National Governors' Association and Governor Kono of Miyazaki Prefecture, who serves as chairman of the National Governors' Association's "Standing Committee on Local Tax and Finance." The request is being prepared by Governor Kono's "Miyazaki Prefecture," and when we actually checked, a Miyazaki Prefecture official acknowledged the creation of the emergency request, saying, "As the chairman prefecture, we are naturally preparing while anticipating such movements, so we have created a rough draft in our prefecture, which is the chairman prefecture." On the other hand, local governments that are not members of the standing committee, such as Okayama Prefecture, have not received any particular contact from the National Governors' Association regarding the emergency request.