Prime Minister Kishida greeted at a meeting of Keidanren executives and drastically strengthened the "wage increase tax system" to support companies aggressively raising wages toward the realization of "new capitalism" through a virtuous cycle of growth and distribution. After that, I asked for cooperation in raising wages for employees.
In this, Prime Minister Kishida said, "The pillars of the distribution strategy are wage increases by companies and investment in people. Companies will take every possible measure to raise wages" in order to realize "new capitalism" through a virtuous cycle of growth and distribution. We will create an atmosphere that makes us want to do this, "he said, and expressed his intention to drastically strengthen the" wage increase tax system "that supports companies that are willing to raise wages.
On top of that, "Distribution through wage increases is not a cost but an investment in the future. From the perspective of creating an economy that can grow out of deflation, it is important for many companies to raise wages together, and we would appreciate your cooperation from this perspective. I want to do it, "and asked for cooperation in raising wages for employees.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Kishida said that the issue of climate change "is regarded as a problem at the center of new capitalism. How Japan will achieve the once-in-a-generation change, together with the overall picture of economic and social change. I will show you the path carefully. "