Some are worried that Japan will lose some of its good points if it accepts the globalization of the economic and finance system. I don't think so. According to some reports and statistics, only about 30 percent of employees in Japan stay at the same company for as long as 20 years. Such an illusion will fade out through globalization of the economy. But I don't think Japanese people will lose their good points because of this globalization.
Some people blame defects in Japan's postwar democracy for today's problems.
They think the achievements of politicians in the past hold the keys to a way out of our current difficulties. Even after World War II, the Japanese sense of value never changed because since the Meiji era our society has maintained a semiwartime structure. So, I don't think that today's problems are attributable solely to postwar society. It is just an anachronism. Because we have to tackle things we have never before experienced.