In This Issue:

Japan's Agenda for the Future:
Building a Dynamic and Creative Society

Keidanren's general assembly has adopted a resolution spelling out its goals for FY1995: It calls for determined efforts for deregulation, correcting price differentials, adopting a national program to reduce the current account surplus and others.

Proposals for the Revitalization of Industry Following the Kobe (Hanshin/Awaji Region) Earthquake

Keidanren urges policymakers to expedite restoration of the industrial infrastructure, provide tax reliefs and other vital support to industry in the Kobe area where the fears of industrial hollowing-out and unemployment loom in the wake of the calamitous earthquake.

Re-evaluating the Japanese Corporate System

In his speech at the Japan Canada Business Conference, Hideo Ishihara, who heads the Committee of Foreign-Affiliated Corporations, discusses a re-evaluation process Japanese industry is going through pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of the economy.

Lessons in Global Environmental Responsibility From Papua New Guinea

Yasuo Goto, head of Keidanren's Nature Conservation Project Study Group, has recently made a first-hand survey of New Britain, Papua New Guinea, where environmental degradation is taking place at an unprecedented pace and reflects on steps to meet the challenge.

Keidanren Review goes fully electronic on the Internet with this issue marking the end of its publication in the print medium (Please see the Publisher's Note on the last page).

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Special Thanks to:

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KEIDANREN is a private and non-profit economic organization which represents virtually all branches of economic activities in Japan. Keidanren, maintaining close contact with both public and private sectors at home and abroad, endeavors not only to find practical solutions to economic problems but also to contribute to the sound development of the economies of Japan and other countries around the world. Its membership counts 123 association members and 969 corporations as of July 1995. The association members include trade associations and regional economic organizations. The corporate members are leading Japanese enterprises and foreign companies operating in Japan.