Heizo Takenaka
Heizo Takenaka
Heizō Takenakais a Japanese economist and retired politician, last serving as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. As of July 2007, he is a professor at Keio University and an advisor for other academic institutions and companies...
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It was extremely regrettable. The legislation was an important milestone. The rejection is a major loss to the Japanese economy.
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It's a decision made by the markets and I don't think that decision is that far off economic fundamentals,
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Whether we reach 1.7 percent this year does not really have much meaning.
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Instead of fighting frantically over this pie, there is an opportunity to grow it to 40,000 billion yen or 100,000 billion yen.
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In addition we have to make progress on the restructuring of lending by state-run institutions, personnel costs and the government's balance sheet. We need to have a basic plan on these three issues within about a month.
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Good trends are seen in private consumption and corporate investment, ... But the pace of recovery isn't overwhelmingly strong, so we must carefully watch the situation.
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There has been no request and I myself have never considered it.
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The government's scenario calls for about 2 percent growth in the year,
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We will deal with the matter in accordance with the radio law after hearing the details about Softbank's business plan.
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We will make our utmost efforts, respecting your strong will,
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We only have two years until the start of the privatization process so we have to deal firmly with each issue.
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There is a universally recognized duty to provide a postal service that must be protected.
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It is likely that the results of special inspections of banks will be available by March 31,
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That doesn't mean the Bank of Japan can freely set economic targets for the government.