Seeing that the role and profitability of businesses change as time passes, firms are able to increase the added value per worker – in other words, to increase wages and shareholder returns – by creating highly profitable businesses and shifting their resources to those businesses, instead of fixing personnel and capital to businesses with low profits.
Such improvement in economic metabolism illustrates the abstract concept of strengthening the growth potential of Japan’s economy. Needless to say, the process of exploring frontiers is very tough. However, we should note that Japan has an advantage in international competition in terms of geography, in that it is located in Asia, which is the driving force behind global economic growth.