The key point is whether corporate managers and individual citizens can
restore their self-confidence, believe in their future and take specific actions to
tackle innovation. However hard the government may break through bedrock
regulations to pave the way for companies and individuals to act more easily, it
will never bring about progress in business restructuring and real productivity
improvements beyond mere cost conservation to the Japanese economy, unless
corporate managers boldly tackle business realignment and new business
exploration in a bid to upgrade their companies' earning power.