Investment in people is a source of growth. An environment must be created in which working people and job seekers who want to acquire new knowledge and skills can learn again in a variety of ways.
The government's Council for the Creation of Future Education, inaugurated at the end of last year, has begun discussing the promotion of "relearning" as part of measures to strengthen the development of human resources.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's signature policy of promoting digitization in rural areas across Japan has a goal of fostering 2.3 million personnel in the field of digitization. This can only be achieved by securing such people not only from younger generations but also from among middle-aged and older people.
