The government should swiftly come up with measures to nurture fledgling industries in order to accelerate Japan's economic growth, Economic Planning Agency chief Taichi Sakaiya said.
In an interview with Kyodo News, he said that it is necessary to promote economic structural reform focused on Japan's aging society, the environment, information technology and city infrastructure.
Sakaiya, who was reappointed EPA chief, called for discussions in the near future on compiling a supplementary budget for fiscal 2000 aimed at carrying out such reforms.