In particular, whether or not people have job opportunities to enhance skills in their youth is likely to significantly affect their future  3  careers as well as the productivity of an economy as a whole. Given this, it is very important to provide diverse and stable job opportunities for the younger generation.
The decline in the long-term unemployment rate also leads to raising the economy's productivity, since skills could be lost gradually as the duration of unemployment becomes prolonged. Widespread improvement in the labor market is likely to raise the growth potential of Japan's economy. B.