デジタル化・規制改革を推進　経済再生へ一体的に―諮問会議

　政府は６日、経済財政諮問会議（議長・菅義偉首相）を開き、新政権の重点課題について議論を開始した。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大で露呈した硬直化した規制やデジタル化の遅れに一体的に対処する方針を確認。感染症対策と経済活動を両立させながら日本経済の再生を目指す。
　政権発足後、初めてとなる同会議で菅首相は「複数省庁にまたがる改革を力強く実行し、経済を確かな成長軌道に乗せていく」と強調。特に規制改革について「行政の縦割りや既得権益、あしき前例主義を打破し、内閣を挙げて取り組んでいく」と強い意欲を示した。（2020/10/06-19:39）

The Japanese government held the first meeting of its Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday, affirming his administration's commitment to digitalization and deregulation.
   "We'll powerfully carry out interagency reforms and bring the economy firmly back on track for growth," Suga said at the council meeting.
   "My cabinet will make all-out efforts to break with turf-minded bureaucracy, vested interests and harmful precedents," said the prime minister, who took office last month.
   During the meeting, economic and fiscal policy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura presented a basic policy to achieve economic recovery by stimulating investment and consumption through digitalization and deregulation initiatives.
   A private-sector member of the council pointed out that it is important to revitalize regional economies by promoting digitalization and deregulation in an integrated manner and creating worker flows from large to small businesses and from urban to rural areas.