61221 By putting deregulation measures into practice, we will advance toward an "economic society" that is imbued with the principle of self-responsibility.
61222 Can that not be said to stand on common soil with the rest of the world and to be a means leading to greater vitality in Japan's economy?
61223 Nakauchi Isao, President and CEO of the Daiei company, has expressed his concern by saying: "It won't do to let deregulation become just a temporary fashion."
61224 Fukukawa Shinji, the new head of the Dentsu Communication Institute Inc. where he succeeds Mr. Amaya, has similarly said: "One should squeeze out the arguments at every level of discussion."
61225 In both cases what is being advocated is caution against having only superficial discussions.
61226 What has the "loosening of regulations" mean for Japan's economy at this juncture which marks a half-century since the end of the war?
61227 Does it not mean looking toward new "leading industries" and the energy to again stand "at the top of the hill"?
61228 Just after the start of the new year Mr. Kuyama Sumihiro took up his post in Geneva as Japan's first United Nations "Inspector."
61229 The job of an UN Inspector is to review the operations and activities of the United Nations Headquarters and various UN bodies and, from a broad perspective, to provide suggestions for changes and reforms.
61230 The 11-member team of UN Inspectors is appointed by the UN General Assembly and is chosen in such a way as to represent diverse regions of the world.
61231 Mr. Kuyama, who has retired from the post of Vice-Director of the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), first took a job with the United Nations Development Program in 1970 and rose to be its Assistant Vice-Director after serving in the interim as part of the Japanese UN Delegation in New York.
61232 His current appointment was made in recognition of his abundant experience with the United Nations over a quarter of a century.
61233 "Japanese can make more of an international contribution in areas where they are prepared to give wisdom and ideas. We need people who can with self-confidence take leadership in pulling forward international society. We need people who harbor a sense of mission in wanting to be useful to international society and who have a constant interest in what is important in the world. It is necessary to educate and train large numbers of such people."
61234 As Mr. Kuyama points out, Japanese are being asked by the world to play a more active role in international society.