Policy Proposals
Basic Guidelines for Japanese New Foreign and Security Policies
September 1, 2006
Yasufumi Kanemaru
Chairman, Committee on Foreign and Security Policies
(Chief Executive Officer, Future Architect Inc.)
Introduction
Our Awareness of the Issues: Principal Views of Business Leaders
- The National Image to Which Japan Should Aspire
- Structures to be Provided by the Nation
- Basic Guidelines for Japanese New Foreign and Security Policies
- Eight Proposals for Promoting New Foreign and Security Policies
Proposal 1: | Establish a "Committee on Foreign and Security Policies" (provisional name). |
Proposal 2: | Promote foreign and security policies as an "all Japan" team composed of politicians, bureaucrats, businesspeople, academics, and ordinary individuals. |
Proposal 3: | Build a network-type security system with the U.S.-Japan alliance as the core. |
Proposal 4: | Work to strengthen science and engineering. |
Proposal 5: | Attain and strengthen energy and food security. |
Proposal 6: | Actively utilize technologies and methodologies for preserving the environment, conserving energy, and alleviating pollution. |
Proposal 7: | Display leadership in environmental assessment and create an international network. |
Proposal 8: | Organize a cooperative E-Japan system composed of government and the private sector and use it to provide help in case of natural disasters, development support, and reconstruction assistance. |
Conclusion