新しい資本主義、月内議論　「成長と分配」具体化―政府

　政府は１５日、岸田文雄首相の看板政策を具体化するため「新しい資本主義実現会議」を設置すると発表した。初会合を２６日にも開く。成長と分配の好循環と新型コロナウイルス感染収束後の新しい社会の開拓をテーマに議論。衆院選で与党が勝利した場合に策定を目指す経済対策に反映させるとともに、来年春をめどに具体策をまとめる。
　政府は１５日、首相直轄の「新しい資本主義実現本部」を設置。実現会議は、首相が議長を務め、関係閣僚に加え、十倉雅和経団連会長やヤフーを傘下に持つＺホールディングスの川辺健太郎社長、新１万円札の肖像などで注目される渋沢栄一の子孫であるシブサワ・アンド・カンパニーの渋沢健代表取締役ら１５人の民間人で構成する。民間人は７人を女性が占め、芳野友子連合会長らを起用した。
　副議長を務める山際大志郎経済再生担当相は１５日午前の記者会見で、「『老・壮・青』から成る多様なバックグラウンドを持つ方々に参加してもらう。有意義な議論を期待する」と述べた。
　菅義偉政権下で昨年１０月に設置した成長戦略会議は廃止し、実現会議が役割を引き継ぐ。（2021/10/15-12:55）

The Japanese government said Friday that it will launch a panel to discuss a new form of capitalism, a key policy platform of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, aiming to realize a series of measures proposed by the new leader of the country.
   The panel, which is expected to hold its first meeting Oct. 26, is seen focusing on the creation of a virtuous cycle of economic growth and wealth distribution, and the development of a new society after the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control.
   Discussions at the panel will be reflected in economic measures that Kishida, who took office Oct. 4, plans to compile if the ruling bloc, led by his Liberal Democratic Party, wins the Oct. 31 general election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament. The panel would draw up specific measures by spring next year.
   The panel, headed by Kishida, will comprise related ministers and 15 representatives from the private sector, including Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), the country's biggest business lobby, Kentaro Kawabe, president of Z Holdings Corp. , the parent of internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp., and Shibusawa and Co. executive Ken Shibusawa, a descendant of the late Japanese industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa, a portrait of whom will be used for the country's new 10,000-yen bill, seen to be distributed from the first half of fiscal 2024.
   Seven of the private-sector members are women, among them Tomoko Yoshino, who recently became president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo.