Word: ozawa
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...OZAWA: We have already come up with a timetable for actions to be taken after we take power. But the general election has been delayed again and again and again, and so we have not disclosed our timetable yet. As for specific issues - for example pension reforms and medical insurance reforms and employment issues - of course we have to deal with those. However, more important is that we have to make fundamental reform in the current government system, in which the government is led primarily by the bureaucracy. We have to replace this with a system in which the politicians...
...OZAWA: Totally relevant. Without this reform we will not be able to create a new Japan. However, I would like add the following point so that I am not misunderstood. I'm not saying that bureaucracy is unnecessary. What I'm saying is that the basic policy course should be set by politicians. And once the course is set the specific policies are supposed to be implemented by the bureaucrats. That means that the bureaucrats, like the politicians, are supposed to do their own jobs...
...OZAWA: When you take a look at the overall economy as far as Japan is concerned, personal spending accounts for more than 60% of GDP; in the case of the United States it is more than 70%. So that means to sustain personal consumption we have to give assurance to the people that they will be able to have a stable income and that their future is assured. Therefore, real income has to be raised, and we have to give a sense of security to the population through reforms to the pension system. I'm very concerned about the younger...
...OZAWA: That is true. And at the same time, as I mentioned earlier, we have to make some change to income distribution to benefit the average person...
...OZAWA: I consider that the Japan-U.S. alliance is the most important relationship for Japan - not only in the political field, but also in the economic field as well as in culture and the arts. The two countries have to develop a friendly relationship built on mutual trust...