Improving diversity in Japan can help solve the country’s problems of a low birth rate and ageing population, Prime Minister Abe said.
Respect for diversity will be „required like never before“ and could help solve Japan’s problems of a low birth rate and aging population, the country’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday, just hours after meeting President Donald Trump.
Speaking via video link to an audience at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Abe said that Japan is trying to boost the role of women and the elderly in society.
„Respect for diversity will be required like never before,“ Abe said.
„Our challenge is to create new economic and social system that includes the active participation of women and promotion of employment opportunities to the elderly … where women and the elderly can maximize their hidden potential. “
Abe said that by „unleashing“ the potential of these two groups, Japan can tackle two of it’s biggest problems: the ageing population and low birth rate.
