At a press conference on the 2nd, Minister for Economic Revitalization Yamagiwa, who is newly appointed as "Minister in charge of startups", said that support for startups is essential for revitalizing the Japanese economy, and plans to work on improving the environment for fostering them. emphasized.

At the end of the year, the government will formulate a plan to increase the number of start-up companies that create innovative businesses by 10 times in five years. On the 1st, I have issued a personnel appointment to concurrently serve as a minister.



At a press conference after the cabinet meeting on the 2nd, Minister of State for Economic Revitalization Yamagiwa said, "I think that for several decades, Japanese society as a whole has been a little weak in its willingness to take on new challenges. Startups are the future of Japan. It is indispensable for revitalizing the economy, and I would like to do my best to create and nurture it."



After that, Minister Yamagiwa said, "I would like to improve the overall environment so that people who start startups, people who support them, and the funds for that can be organically combined." I showed the idea of ​​​​full-scale formulation of