Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attended the 83rd May Day Central Rally held at Yoyogi Park, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, and delivered an address.

The Prime Minister said in his address, "I promise here to bring Japan three kinds of vitality.
First is the vitality of children. There are problems such as children's poverty and households raising children being exhausted. There is no future in this country without materializing the idea of "children first." The new child allowance is expanded in scope compared to the previous allowance. I will definitely realize a new system for children and child-rearing in order to resolve the problem of childcare waiting lists and to support the younger generation raising children.
Second is the regional vitality. Since we took over the government, we have been increasing the amount of money to be allocated to regional governments and have been promoting the introduction of subsidies in the form of block grants and the abolishment of local contributions to national projects. We also overcame difficulties and achieved the realization of the postal reform that is necessary to secure infrastructure to support each region. This trend towards revitalizing each region must not be stopped.
And third, above all, is the vitality of working people. This administration led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) protects the livelihood of each working individual, and therefore must confront the hollowing out of industry and realize economic recovery and overcome deflation. Although it is not perfect, we have realized the revision of the Worker Dispatching Act. We are still halfway toward realizing employment stability, solving the disparity between the treatment of regular and non-regular employment, and establishing independent labor-management relations both regionally and nationally. I dedicate myself entirely, body and soul, to realizing these issues together with you.
We will not evade the difficulties we face in restoring these three vitalities of children, regions and employment. We are committed to tenaciously moving forward the political issues.
The comprehensive reform of the social security and taxation systems was an urgent issue even from before the Great East Japan Earthquake. This must be achieved at all costs, also for the purposes of rectifying the unfairness among generations, inequality among different occupations and disparity between genders. This is the first step towards overcoming the current crisis of Japan, ensuring the future of the children, and reviving national and private sector strengths.
What is important is to do the things we can do today, the things we can do now, step by step, day by day, one by one. Accumulation of such efforts will lead to a certain tomorrow. I would like to restore the society where tomorrow will be better than today as the result of such earnest efforts."