Masaaki Shirakawa: Semiannual Report on Currency and Monetary Control Statement by Mr Masaaki Shirakawa, Governor of the Bank of Japan, concerning the Bank’s Semiannual Report on Currency and Monetary Control, before the Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Representatives, Tokyo, 13 July 2011.
Pushing ahead with labor-saving investment in response to the  7  labor shortage ultimately is likely to help to grasp opportunities to capture new demand through increasing wages and securing superior human capital. For firms engaged in creating and exploiting such potential demand, the government's growth strategy and structural reforms offer great opportunities.