The first task should be to eliminate – or, at least, reduce – the thicket of government regulations that is stifling economic dynamism. The current system is so convoluted and complex that it took more than three decades to open a new medical school in Tokyo.
首要任务应当是消除——或至少要减少——遏制经济活力的一大堆政府管制。现行的系统是如此的繁琐复杂，以致在东京开设一所新医学院需要花费超过30年时间。同样，飞往羽田机场这个通往东京市区的便利转接点的航班也受到限制。这显然不是一个促进长期经济繁荣的做法。