Economic Revitalization Minister Shindo’s economic speech “Aiming to realize a virtuous cycle of income increase and growth”. He said he would create a situation in which income growth outpaces the rise in prices, and aim to increase the earning power of businesses and "increase income" He also expressed his intention to advance consideration of medium- to long-term policy issues and reflect them in this year's robust policies, in order to overcome the declining birthrate, aging population, and population decline.