Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda held the 22nd meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit at the Prime Minister's Office.

Discussion took place on the "proposal-based policy review" and responses, regulatory and institutional reforms, and other actions to be taken in light of the results of the review of administrative programs.

The Prime Minister said in his opening address, "The 'proposal-based policy review,' which was decided in the previous Unit meeting, will start on November 20. I would like to position it as a tool for building a new, stronger Japan moving forward.
The major issue at this meeting is to discuss and decide on policies to be included in the scope of this review. I expect this review to result in overarching and in-depth discussions on a range of topics, including the urgent issues of social security and nuclear energy-related budgets.
At the same time, in order for Japan to regain robust growth potential and bring more prosperity to people's lives, we need to overhaul outdated regulations as well as regulations and other systems that only serve to protect the vested interests. In order for the efforts at the subcommittee on regulatory and institutional reforms on today's agenda to bear fruitful results, I would like to ask each minister as well to cooperate in these efforts."