Headquarters for Japan’s Growth Strategy

On November 4, 2025, Prime Minister Takaichi held the first meeting of the Headquarters for Japan’s Growth Strategy at the Prime Minister’s Office.

At the meeting, the participants engaged in discussions on the management of the headquarters, the holding of the Council for Japan’s Growth Strategy, and matters to be considered for the growth strategy.

Following the discussion, the Prime Minister said:

“Thank you very much for your hard work. Our Cabinet will build a ‘robust economy’ to turn people’s unease and apprehension regarding their current lives and the future into hope. We will strategically employ fiscal policies, in keeping with our approach of ‘responsible and proactive public finances.’ We endeavor to fortify Japan’s supply structure, raise incomes, transform people’s mindsets regarding consumption, and boost tax revenues without raising tax rates as business earnings increase. By realizing this economic virtuous cycle, we intend to enable the public to feel the fruits of economic recovery in a tangible manner, thereby changing ‘unease and apprehension’ into ‘hope.’

At this Headquarters for Japan’s Growth Strategy, we will firmly advance a growth strategy that will fundamentally reinforce the country’s supply structure and realize a ‘robust economy.’

Strategic investments that enhance resilience against potential crises are the core focus of the growth strategy. We will promote strategic investments that the public and private sector will implement preemptively, working hand in hand, to drastically strengthen the supply structure in response to risks and social issues. By providing products, services, and infrastructure that contribute to the resolution of commonly-shared global issues, we aim to further economic growth for Japan.

Today at this headquarters, I have appointed ministers in charge of each strategic field. I understand that this will be a challenging task, but I ask the relevant ministers to work together on this.

I request that you discuss measures to enhance the predictability of investments, including multi-year budget commitments, in an attempt to strengthen the supply capacity in each strategic field. I also ask you to take into consideration such business phases as research and development, commercialization, business expansion, market development, and overseas expansion and then incorporate measures to newly create and expand demand, including defense and other government procurement programs as well as regulatory reforms.

Please formulate a Public-Private Investment Roadmap that includes details of investments to be realized through these measures, their timing, and target amounts. The roadmap should present a quantitative outlook on the expected impact of these investments on the expansion of national wealth, such as the growth rate. I have appointed ministers in charge of cross-sectoral issues as well, including technology, human resource development, startups, and finance. Each minister in charge is requested to develop a strategy to address their respective issues.

Next summer, we will formulate a Growth Strategy that brings together these strategies. I ask you to vigorously advance discussions on a Cabinet-wide basis under the leadership of Minister in charge of Japan’s Growth Strategy Kiuchi.

I request that Minister Kiuchi swiftly hold a meeting of the Council for Japan’s Growth Strategy, which we have decided to establish today, and compile the priority items to be included in our economic package at the council. This is an urgent task. That is all from me.”