Hideaki Ohmura
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- Milken Institute1h 1m
Japan: Finding a Path to New Growth
Kotaro Tamura, William Haseltine, Daisuke Iwase, Hideaki Ohmura, Scott Sato, David Shaywitz, Katherine White, Ian Epstein, Hirotaka Yoshino
A comprehensive analysis of Japan's current economic landscape examines the Bank of Japan's negative interest rate policy in conjunction with labor shortages and demographic shifts driven by a super-aging society. Key stakeholders, including LifeNet Insurance's Daisuke Iwase and major staffing CEO Scott, discuss the regulatory tensions between monetary stimulus and capital requirements while highlighting structural reforms in women's workforce participation and guest worker immigration. The event further outlines Japan's strategic pivot toward technological leadership in elder care, regenerative medicine, and hydrogen energy as potential blueprints for addressing similar global challenges in Europe and the United States.