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Press Briefing Information

STRUCTURAL REFORM ---Redesigning social security system for future Japan with vitatlity

Professor Masaaki Honma
(Professor of Osaka University, a member of PM Koizumi's economic and financial advisory committee)


Date: November 17,2004
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Place: Foreign Press Center (6th floor, Nippon Press Center Bldg.)

eform of the social security system, which is the theme of Professor Masaaki Honma's press briefing, is essential for the world to see Japan as a country with vitality in this century. It is a timely topic, as a debate is already raging about how to rectify unfairness from generation to generation by redesigning the current social security system into a safety net covering pensions, healthcare and nursing care, with the pressure from a rapid demographic/financial change affecting Japanese society. While some people argue that during the course of reform, such problems as the expansion of competition or social discrepancies would arise, it is true that reform is the only way to become a mature but vital country from here on. To let you hear a professional opinion, FPC has invited Professor Honma.