Prime Minister Kishida created a new post of "Minister in charge of startups" in order to strengthen support for start-up companies with the aim of achieving economic growth and solving social issues, and appointed him to concurrently serve as Minister in charge of economic revitalization at Yamagiwa. has been issued.
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara made this clear at a press conference on the 1st.
Prime Minister Kishida has indicated that he plans to formulate a plan by the end of the year to increase the amount of investment in start-up companies that create innovative businesses by 10 times in five years.
Based on this, Prime Minister Kishida created a new post of "Minister in charge of startups" and announced personnel affairs to concurrently serve as Minister in charge of economic revitalization in Yamagiwa, in order to strengthen support for such companies by ministries and agencies as a whole.
In connection with this, the government has newly established a promotion office in the Cabinet Secretariat to support start-up companies in cooperation with overseas universities in order to research advanced technologies.
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara said, "Minister Yamagiwa will cooperate with the relevant ministers as the control tower of startup policy and will be in charge of coordinating clerical work to achieve both sustainable economic growth and solving social issues." .