Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday Japan needs to invest more in human resources to boost its economic potential as…
TOKYO —
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday Japan needs to invest more in human resources to boost its economic potential as a government panel started debate on key economic and fiscal challenges to formulate a policy blueprint.
“We hope to have thorough discussions so our growth strategy will put priority on investing in people to boost productivity,” Abe told a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy that he leads.
Private-sector members of the council made a set of proposals as Japan seeks to draw up its economic and fiscal policy outline by around June. As one of the key challenges, the members called for a review of the country’s higher education to improve its quality and allow equal access.
“It’s important that anyone wishing to go to college has the opportunity to do so,” Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara told reporters after the panel’s meeting.
