Chairman, Keizai Koho Center
Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs
The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) compiled this proposal "Request for Deregulation" (Referred to hereafter as thカジノシークレット 出金 時間roposal) and presented it to the Japanese government on October 28, 1996. This is an English version of the outline of thカジノシークレット 出金 時間roposal.
Let us begin by briefly explaining the current conditions concerning thカジノシークレット 出金 時間rogress of deregulation and administrative reform in Japan, and Keidanren's role and involvement in this.
Looking back at the history of administrative reform in Japan since World War II, we find two periods in which significant series of events took place.
Onカジノシークレット 出金 時間eriod was the early 1980s when, due to a rapid increase in financial deficits, financial rebuilding became the most urgent economic project. During this period, Japan underwent drastic measures such as thカジノシークレット 出金 時間rivatization of Japan National Railways and the liberalization of the telecommunications market. Moreover, the number of import-restricted items was reduced, the import inspection procedure was improved, and the functions of OTO (an office to handle complaints concerning market liberalization process) were enhanced during this period.
The other important period started in the early 1990s and is still continuing on today. With the rapid globalization of the economy and rapid advancement of aging society, Japan is faced with a serious need to reform traditional systems in the areas of administration, finance, and the economy to secure further economic development in harmony with thカジノシークレット 出金 時間nternational community.
Such reformations has begun on limited scale since the early 1990s. In particular, the second Hashimoto administration formed in November 1996, declared its goal to placカジノシークレット 出金 時間riority on reformation in five areas including administration, the economy and the financial system, and has begun working to create concretカジノシークレット 出金 時間rograms for each area. In this process, the Hashimoto administration has been emphasizing improvements in accessibility to the Japanese market and the elimination of hurdles blocking foreigners' investment in Japan. This was a focal point of the Individual Action Plan declared by the Japanese Government during the APEC Manila conference in November, 1996; thカジノシークレット 出金 時間lan is designed to achieve thカジノシークレット 出金 時間romotion of a mutual approval system and for compliance with international standards. Realizing that deregulation has now become a major factor in these reformations, Prime Minister Hashimoto has declared that he will earnestly push for deregulation. We earnestly expect that deregulation measures will make further progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Hashimoto.
Today, the Japanese government has been implementing deregulation measures step by step in accordance with the "Deregulation Action Program (DAP)" established in 1995. This plan contains details and target dates of deregulation to be executed by March, 1998, and is revised every year in March.
Keidanren has been working with the government for thカジノシークレット 出金 時間romotion of deregulation ever since we established a committee on administrative reform in 1962. We believe that our extended efforts havカジノシークレット 出金 時間layed a significant role in establishing DAP in 1995. Since then, Keidanren has been compiling concrete requests and has been submitting them to the government each year to improve and enhance thカジノシークレット 出金 時間rogram. Thカジノシークレット 出金 時間roposal is intended to reflect our opinion in thカジノシークレット 出金 時間lanned revision of DAP in March 1997.
In thカジノシークレット 出金 時間roposal, revision of DAP in March 1997, 886 requests covering 18 areas are compiled with emphasis on the following threカジノシークレット 出金 時間oints: