Rebuilding of the disaster areas involves the process of reconfiguring places for industries and employment in accordance with local peoples’ needs, by making use of the areas’ advantages and competitiveness. Needless to say, the first priority is to return the people in the affected areas to safe and comfortable lives as soon as possible.
This is attributed to the fact that overseas stock prices, especially U.S. stock prices, rose in reflection of monetary easing in the United States, and that corporate profits and their cash flows improved substantially. On the other hand, the improvement seen in components related to domestic demand, such as business fixed investment and private consumption, and in the employment and income situation remained moderate.