According to the June Tankan (Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan), the business fixed investment plans of large manufacturing firms for fiscal 2015 marked their highest level for this time of the year since fiscal 2004, reflecting in part an increase in domestic investment as it appears that the yen is likely to remain weak, and those of small firms marked roughly the same level as the average since fiscal 2000, suggesting robustness.
In rural areas in particular, there also appears to be increasing diversification of productive opportunities. Thus, the banking system has to extend itself and innovate to respond to these new demands for both consumption and production purposes.