Although employee income accounts for the bulk of household disposable income in Japan, most people can only work for a single employer. Therefore, to reap the benefits of the growth of many firms outside their own places of work, including that of listed firms, people have to invest.
We can be confident that our economy will bounce back and that we will see it recover. We need to remember that once the virus is satisfactorily contained, all those factors that have made Australia such a successful and prosperous country will still be there.