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Prime Minister KAN's TV
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The following are the messages contained in the videos:
"No. 16: [Disclosure] Diplomatic Records, the Chief Cabinet Secretary's Press Conference, and more! Steadily Progressing Information Disclosure"
Narration: Prime Minister Kan's Blog, launched in November of last year, has been accessed over 1 million times. Reflecting back, Prime Minister Kan stressed the importance he has placed on communicating and disclosing information since assuming office.
Prime Minister: I will also work to break down the 'closed door' nature of the government. I more than anyone else am acutely aware of the importance of information disclosure.
Narration: A vast amount of records are stored at the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When it came to power, the Democratic Party of Japan made it a basic rule that diplomatic records more than 30 years old must be disclosed.
Narration: Recently, 606 additional volumes of records were made open to the public through the fourth disclosure based on this rule. Anyone of age 18 and above can view them after following the necessary procedures.
Archivist: I'm working on restoring this old document by applying thin washi paper to both sides.
Narration: In order to protect the documents, thorough checks and repairs are undertaken before they are made open to the public.
Interviewer: Is it alright if I touch this?
Archivist: Yes, no problem.
Interviewer: It can also be waved.
Archivist: Yes.
Narration: The Public Records Act, effective from this April, calls these documents "common intellectual property of the people that supports the foundation of a healthy democratic system." These steady efforts to sustain democracy will continue.
Narration: The Government has not stopped at merely disclosing past records. Yet another step was taken recently to make even more of the latest information available to the public.
Director of Press Office: I kindly ask you to make each question short, so that we can answer questions from as many people as possible.
Narration: It may appear to be just another press conference from the Chief Cabinet Secretary like the ones you have seen on television, but this time a major change in the press seating area has occurred.
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Following the Prime Minister's press conferences, from today onward my press conferences will also be made open to all journalists.
Narration: With the consent of the Japanese National Press Club, freelance journalists are now allowed to attend the press conference and pose questions once a week. Newcomers commented...
Mr. Kudo (J-CAST News): I saw a freelance journalist say on Twitter that the Chief Cabinet Secretary's press conference would also be opened up.
Mr. Imai (freelance journalist): I think it's great that many questions were posed from freelance journalists and those not belonging to the Press Club.
Narration: The Prime Minister has repeatedly said that it is the basic policy of his Cabinet to conduct open press conferences.
Prime Minister: I have approached my own press conferences with the stance that they should be as open as possible. At Cabinet meetings and ministers' meetings I have also been encouraging each minister to approach the matter taking that same orientation, to the extent possible.
Narration: Lastly, on February 26, a Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary exchanged views with prominent bloggers and other opinion leaders.
The Kan Administration will continue efforts for more meaningful communication with the people.
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Prime Minister KAN's BLOG "Looking Squarely at the Future"
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"Finding a place you belong and a role to play as you begin your new life in society this spring"
The day before yesterday, the quick estimation of the labor force survey for this January was released. I feel that several of the figures reflected the results of my Cabinet continuing to focus steadfastly on employment, employment, and employment ever since its inception.
The number of unemployed persons was 3.09 million, a decrease of 140,000 compared with January 2010. And, while the unemployment rate had exceeded 5% continuously since April 2009, it dropped below 5% to 4.9% this past December for the first time in 21 months and stayed steady at 4.9% in January as well. Looking at the seasonally-adjusted figures, we find that the number of employed persons has been increasing since last November, while the number of unemployed persons has been declining continuously since last October. That said, there has been no change to the fact that we remain squarely in the midst of a severe situation. I intend to stay focused on this issue, strengthening the measures to be taken in local areas.
Above all, we will be engaged in a final push to boost employment of students about to graduate the end of the fiscal year is approaching. More than 120,000 people have already visited the newly-established New Graduate Support Hello Work offices. What's more, between September and December last year, there were over 25,000 cases in which job applicants received employment offers through the assistance of Job Supporters (professionals charged with assisting job seekers during the employment search and subsequent application process), whose numbers I had doubled in September. The number of cases in which special incentive pay was provided to employers hiring young people who had already graduated from school reached 240,000 in total since the end of September.
As we head to the end of this month, we will be reinforcing our support even further by adding yet another hundred Job Supporters and other means. These Job Supporters in each local area are people with a wealth of both life experience and workplace experience. Among them you will find those who are deeply engaged with the troubles of the young job seekers and shed tears of joy when a job offer is landed successfully. Witnessing such things myself at Hello Work centers, I am fully convinced of the significance of these efforts.
To all those of you in the midst of a job search, about to make your way in society, I urge you not to agonize alone. By all means, contact your Hello Work office and make use of these services to find a job in which you can activate your strengths to their fullest.
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