Priorities for the new government

At the time of writing, the outcome of the 16th December Lower House election is not yet clear. However, the dire Q4 Tankan survey, released on Friday, underlined the scale of the challenges facing the new government. In this Weekly we look at the key issues that should be top of priority list for Japan’s new ruling policymakers.

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