// LEADERS' VIEWS
ISHIBA SHIGERU, PRIME MINISTER, JAPAN
A roadmap for economic growth, national security and global engagement J apan’s working-age population is forecasted to shrink by almost 15 million people over the next 20 years, a decrease of over 20 percent … It is
pillar of Japanese industry … … As Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is poised to enter its fourth year, Japan faces increasingly intense military activities by China and Russia in the areas surrounding Japan, as well as North Korea’s nuclear and missile developments. In the most severe and complex security environment of the post-war period, it is essential to pay the utmost attention at all times to the balance of power, enhance Japan’s own capabilities, elevate the Japan-U.S. Alliance to new heights, and further expand and deepen partnerships with like-minded countries in order to fully defend Japan’s independence and peace as well as the daily lives of the Japanese people. At the same time, maintaining close communication with relevant countries is vitally important to avoid misunderstandings and miscalculations … … We will continue to strongly support Ukraine and enforce sanctions against Russia. Regarding relations with China, while we continue to state what should be stated regarding various issues of concern and our different views, we will also pursue cooperation in areas where cooperation is possible. In this way, we are engaged in pragmatic foreign policy. Taking firm coordination with allied and like-minded countries with whom we share values as a major premise, we will maintain close communication with China at all levels, including at the leaders level, based on the broad direction of comprehensively promoting a Mutually Beneficial Relationship based on Common Strategic Interests and building a constructive and stable relationship, as confirmed with President Xi Jinping, so that China’s stable development yields benefits for the entire region … Although Japan-Russia relations remain in a difficult situation, Japan firmly maintains its policy of resolving the territorial issues and concluding a peace treaty … We will also continue to squarely address climate change, disarmament and non-proliferation, and other global challenges as well as humanitarian situations in various regions. We will press forward in coordinating with relevant countries and other parties to provide at an early time medical support for those who are injured and ill in Gaza. Speech to the Diet, 24 January 2025
… By transitioning from a cost-cutting economy to an economy based on the creation of high amounts of added value, we will bring about a growth-oriented economy driven by wage increases and investment. We will strengthen initiatives to establish Japan as an investment-driven nation by holding the Public-Private Investment Forum, setting targets for domestic investments, deepening our examination of regulatory reforms, and formulating concrete measures to promote bold domestic investments. We will proceed with the revision of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Basic Plan and promote investments in strategic fields, including AI [artificial intelligence], quantum technology, biotechnology, space, and fusion. … We will advance initiatives such as strengthening critical supply chains and implementing countermeasures against technology outflow, including reshoring [of production processes] and promoting the establishment [of new plants, research centers, or other business facilities]. We will enhance economic intelligence functions that analyze threats and risks through public-private cooperation … … Japan is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world … We will advance our technologies for forecasting disasters such as torrential rains and strengthen our information dissemination capabilities … Our goal is to establish a disaster-resil-
imperative for us to advance the building of a human-centered nation that makes it possible for each and every citizen to realize happiness … We will ensure that diplomatic and security structures, systems to make Japan a disaster-resilient nation, and crisis management arrangements to address infectious diseases and other threats are firmly set in place, and we will materialize a growth-oriented economy driven by wage increases and investment ... We will establish Japan’s agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries and its food industry … as core industries by focusing on rigorously creating high added value. We will enhance our production infrastructure through the introduction and use of smart technology, the consolidation of small plots of land into large tracts, and other initiatives to make them profitable industries … We will expand [our use of] decarbonized power sources, such as renewable energies and nuclear power, and redouble our deployment of supply hubs for hydrogen and other next-generation fuels, while efficiently developing their supply network. We will give concrete shape to our measures that help to develop decarbonized power sources while we simultaneously promote the
ient nation that prioritizes human lives and human rights, transforming Japan into the world’s foremost disaster prevention country. By sharing our disaster prevention expertise and technologies internationally, we will contribute to global disaster resilience while fostering it as a new
development of new industrial sites and related infrastructure.
We will submit draft legislation
to institutionalize growth-oriented carbon pricing … and to facilitate the transition to a circular economy …
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