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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.

Japan should set a more ambitious 2030 emissions reduction target aligned with a 1.5°C pathway, not only its current nationally determined contribution.

Japan's island geography gives it substantial renewable energy potential — tidal, wave, and geothermal — that is being underexploited.

The Fukushima disaster should not prevent a rational, evidence-based reassessment of nuclear power's role in Japan's energy mix.

Japan's 2050 carbon neutrality target requires energy policies far more ambitious than those currently in place.

Japan should invest in offshore wind at a scale comparable to its investment in automotive manufacturing.

Japan's continued construction and planning of new coal power plants is incompatible with its 2050 carbon neutrality commitment.

Japan was right to restart nuclear power plants as part of its decarbonisation strategy — the climate case outweighs the safety concerns.

All state-funded schools should be required to offer the same curriculum regardless of religious ethos.

Third-level fees should be abolished and replaced with a graduate contribution collected through the tax system.

Religious bodies should have no role in determining admissions criteria for state-funded schools.

Irish schools should teach personal finance, civic education, and media literacy as compulsory core subjects.