Prime Minister Naoto Kan held the 11th meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit at the Prime Minister's Office.

The Prime Minister said in his opening address, "For the third round of the review of government programs, I would like the members to thoroughly scrutinize waste in programs funded by special accounts, with a resolve to end the discussion concerning special accounts in order to fundamentally review the system itself. Also, I perceive the re-examination of the reviewed government programs, although it seems to be unglamorous work, as being an extremely important step to fundamentally change the budget formulation process through the follow-up of the first and second rounds of the review of government programs as well as the review of administrative programs that have been carried out since last year."