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General Meeting of the Quality-of-Life Policy Council Thursday, April 3, 2008 JAPANESE

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda attended the General Meeting of the Quality-of-Life Policy Council held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, at which he received proposal reports on "the transition to administration in which the people and the consumers play leading roles" and "the modalities of the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan (NCAC)" from Mr. Takeshi Sasaki, the Chair of the Council. These proposal reports were submitted in response to the request Prime Minister Fukuda had made last autumn that the Council deliberate broadly on the comprehensive review of the administration to see whether laws, systems and business practices are functioning satisfactorily in the five key areas that form the basis of people's lives - "eat," "work," "create," "protect" and "live" - from the standpoint of the people and the consumers, to ensure that people feel safe and reassured as they live their daily lives. Prime Minister Fukuda said, "I regard it as my mission to steadily put these proposals into action. Based on the reports I received today, I will work on transforming the administration in order to realize a society in which the people and the consumers are the protagonist."