Policy Statements, Proposals and Reports

Economic and Fiscal Policy

• Call for Early Implementation of the "New Growth Strategy"
  -- Toward Sustained, Private-Sector-Driven Economic Growth -- (July 20, 2010)

• New Growth Strategy Envisaged for the Post-Economic Crisis Period
  -- Five Fields of Expected New Demand, and Three Pillars of Policy to Support Sustained Growth -- (December 15, 2009)

• An Economy and Society That Responds to the Challenges of a Declining Population (October 14, 2008)

• Interim Report on the Integrated Reform of Expenditures and Revenues
  Building a Streamlined and Well-muscled Government (April 18, 2006)

• Outline of Proposal on Pension System Reform for 2004 (September 10, 2003)

• Requesting a Prompt Conclusion of Social Security Agreements (September 17, 2002)

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• Efforts to Strengthen Insurer Functions and Establishment of A Medical Insurance System for the Elderly (November 14, 2000)

• In search of a Grand Design for the Economy and Public Finance (October 2, 2000)

• Toward Creating a Competitive Capital Market (November 24, 1999)

• A Proposal to Further Strengthen Japan's Financial System (September 29, 1999)

• Finding Specific Answers to the Problem of the Declining Birth Rate
  A Call for an Integrated Approach to System Reform by Government, Businesses, Communities, and Families (March 19, 1999)

• Statement on Current Issues and Future Directions for Japanese Government Statistics
  - Reducing the burden on respondents, improving user convenience - (February 24, 1999)

• Statement on the Financial Inspection Manual of the Financial Supervisory Agency (February 1, 1999)

• For the Materialization of Urgent Economic Recovery Measures
  - Promoting Projects as Bridges to the 21st Century - (October 30, 1998)

• Proposal for Emergency Stimulative Economic Measures (October 12, 1998)

• Reviving the Japanese Economy and Building a Dynamic Society in the Twenty-First Century
  -- Proposal for the Economic Strategy Council -- (October 12, 1998)

• Bold Action is Needed to Revive the Securities Market (September 17, 1998)

• Urgent Call for the Stabilization of Japan's Financial System (September 7, 1998)

• Towards Stabilizing Financial Systems:
  Realigning and Strengthening Financial Institutions, Promoting Further Disclosures, Clarifying the Roles and Responsibilities of Financial Authorities, and Putting in Place the Legal Framework Concerning Bridge Banks (July 23, 1998)

• Rebuilding the Public Pension System which Earns the Confidence of the Citizens (Summary)(July 21, 1998)
  (Full Text Version is here.)

• Reforming the Short-term Financial Markets and
  Enhancing the International Use of the Yen (June 16, 1998)

• Proposal for Structural Reform to achieve an Affluent Society and a Vital Economy (April 21, 1998)

• Additional Measures Requested by Keidanren
  for Structural Reform and Economic Recovery (February 9, 1998)

• Seeking a Fundamental Reform of the Corporate Pension System
  — To Provide Freedom of Life Planning and Comfortable Post-Retirement Life — (December 16, 1997)

• Fundamental Reform of Statistics Administration (July 22, 1997)

• Summary of the Report on Revision of Japan's Economic Statistics System (January 16,1996)

• The Medium-Term Forecast for Japanese Industry and the Challenges it Must Face:
  Improving Japan's Quality of Life and Ensuring Full Employment Through Structural Economic Reform (October 17, 1995)

• Private Sector Initiatives to Revitalize the Japanese Economy (September 13, 1995)

• Ensuring Appropriate and Stable Exchange Rates (September 11, 1995)

• A Demand for Action to Address Japan's Economic Crisis and Restore Confidence in its Future (September 11, 1995)

• Report on the Current Surplus Reduction Plan (September 11, 1995)