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Japan should accept significantly more foreign healthcare workers, with appropriate training and language support, to address its severe workforce shortage.

Healthcare insurance premiums for Japan's aging population should be more substantially cross-subsidised from general income taxation.

Japan should expand access to quality palliative care and end-of-life support outside of hospital settings.

Japan's mental health system is underfunded and highly stigmatised — both problems must be addressed through sustained policy.

Japan needs to train and retain significantly more doctors and nurses to meet the healthcare demands of its aging population.

Japan's universal health insurance system is one of its greatest social achievements and must be protected from cost-cutting.

Japan should allow more flexible working arrangements and shorten the standard working week to improve productivity and work-life balance.

Japan's dual labour market — privileged regular employees (seishain) alongside precarious non-regular workers — entrenches deep inequality.

Japan needs significant corporate governance reform to make its major companies internationally competitive.

Abenomics failed to address the structural causes of Japan's economic stagnation despite its monetary innovation.

Japan's minimum wage should be raised to ¥1,500 per hour nationally to address chronic wage stagnation.

Japanese women's labour force participation is structurally constrained by discriminatory workplace norms that require legal reform.

Japan's corporations hold excessive cash reserves and should be required to invest them or return them to shareholders.

Japan should develop a comprehensive data governance framework governing how AI companies can use data generated by Japanese citizens.

Japan's tech sector needs more inward migration to address severe skill shortages, particularly in software engineering.

Japan should adopt personal data protection standards fully aligned with international best practice to participate effectively in global digital trade.

Japan's strength in robotics puts it in a strong position to lead on AI-driven manufacturing automation.

Japan needs to fundamentally overhaul its government IT systems, which lag behind other advanced economies by decades.

Japan's My Number digital identity system should be accelerated, with stronger privacy protections, to enable modern digital public services.

Japan's investment in attracting TSMC semiconductor production strengthens its strategic position in the global chip supply chain significantly.