And one of the hardest hitting impacts has been on ordinary people from all walks of life, who have seen their hopes for the future evaporate; millions will never work again; others will never know the dignity and independence that work brings. As the above quotes reflect, creating an inclusive society requires courage, foresight and the ability to make very tough choices.
In the December Tankan, for the first time in more than a decade, the number of firms that reported a shortage of production capacity outnumbered those reporting an excess, and it has become clear that firms are increasingly feeling a shortage of labor. These developments imply that resource utilization has been rising.