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 Directions of job creation and employer |
| I have insisted that Japanese economy has four anxiety. One is "anxiety from the past." There are problems left such as bad loans caused by collapse of bubble economy. The second is "anxiety for the near future." Japan will enter unprecedented childless and elderly society. There is anxiety about social security such as pension and nursing insurance. The increase of individuals' burden of consumption tax and social insurance which are for the future creates the third anxiety, "current anxiety." This anxiety causes consumption restraint. The fourth anxiety is anxiety for the environment represented by waste disposal plants and dioxin. Except anxiety from the past, all anxiety is the one for the foundation of civic society. We need to create employment to resolve life anxiety which results from social security, employment and environment. Specifically, we need to build social framework which can create "life-support industry" such as family support industry, welfare industry and environment industry. Family support industry means industry which support individuals, such as educational industry which helps develop individuals' ability, day nursery, child care center and resort facilities which families enjoy. Facing elderly society, welfare industry is the area where we can expect shortage of workers. There are a few household helpers who are in charge of nursing insurance. The government announced to increase them. In 2000,nursing insurance system will start. It is important whether the system will produce employment or not. Unfortunately, if we maintain nursing insurance system as it is, household helpers will be part-time workers and there will be shortage of full-time workers. When we face serious elderly society, can we maintain nursing insurance system? The problem is the small amount of nursing reward. We have to raise nursing reward and secure them enough annual income to obtain high qualified full-time helpers. We need a source revenue. But there is a room to get it. First, I think it is OK to lower the age of payers from 40 years old to 20 years old. Second, half of the source revenue for nursing insurance comes from tax although it is called 'insurance.' We increase the parts of tax initially and raise nursing reward. If enough reward is secured, private sectors can easily enter this area. Anyway, we have to build framework where elderly people can receive service, resolve life anxiety and create employment. |
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