Prime Minister Suga made a speech at an online meeting held by the World Economic Forum on the night of the 29th, emphasizing the determination to work on the realization of a green society and digital reform as a driving force for new economic growth while making every effort to converge the new coronavirus. Did.
In this, Prime Minister Suga said, "The fight against the new coronavirus is continuing all over the world. Japan will do its utmost to converge as soon as possible. With the cooperation of the people, I myself will fight this fight. We will stand at the forefront of the situation and overcome difficult situations. "
"Looking at the post-corona, Japan is determined to take the lead in creating a new driving force for growth that gives hope to the future of the Japanese economy and the world economy, and the keys to this are" green "and" digital. " I emphasized.
On top of that, in order to realize a green society, we will mobilize all the newly created 2 trillion yen fund and tax measures to encourage bold investment and innovation of private companies, and by 2035, we will sell new passenger cars and electric vehicles. He showed the idea of achieving 100%.
"We will catch up with the delay in digitization, accelerate reforms at once, and aim to become a state-of-the-art digital nation. We will establish the Digital Agency as an organization under the direct control of the Prime Minister, who will be the command tower, and will start this fall."
In addition, he said that he will hold the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer, "I am determined to realize a tournament that can deliver" hope "and" courage "to the world as proof that human beings have overcome the new coronavirus." I did.