Tokyo's international competitiveness will decrease further unless drastic measures are taken to improve its infrastructure.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must place priority on resolving several major policy challenges confronting Japan before he tries to revise the Constitution.

The only way to fundamentally turn around Japan's falling fertility rate is to build a society free of gender discrimination.

The key concepts behind innovation are diversity and excellent higher education.

To move past the Heisei Era's economic malaise, Japan must invest in an education system that fosters people who can breed new ideas and launch new industries.

Britain's history was woven through its close connection with the continent, and it cannot prosper without it.

Many of the labor practices prevalent in Japan are quite extraordinary in light of global standards.

Japan should explore every conceivable policy measure to create a society that has the most favorable conditions in the world for giving birth and raising children.

Giving birth to dynamic companies in Japan will require nothing but education that values and nurtures extraordinary individuality.

Japan should focus on accepting highly skilled immigrants and leverage domestic resources to solve its shortage of unskilled labor.