TOKYO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to revitalize the nation that was dealing with severe inhabitants declines in a New Year’s message.
In the message, Ishiba known as Japan’s declining inhabitants a “silent emergency,” expressing a way of disaster on the diminishing vitality of the nation’s economic system and regional areas.
“We will restore vitality to Japan as a whole,” Ishiba stated, reiterating his push to revitalize regional areas and tackle the extreme focus of inhabitants and business within the Tokyo metropolitan space.
The prime minister additionally pledged to assist promote pay hikes and company capital spending in an effort to create a “growth-driven economy” led by wage will increase and funding.
Ishiba added that the federal government will make “the utmost possible preparations” for pure disasters and speed up work to determine a catastrophe administration company.