In order to achieve the “Society We Aim for,” we must address the strategic tasks described below, and need to take specific steps and change our sense of value.

(1) Change time-budget
    While taking into consideration the specific values of various forms of time -- working hours, hours used for self-improvement for work, hours spent with family and community –we must secure the space to allow people to determine how they will allocate their time over their lifetimes (lifetime working hours).

(2) Change living space
    Living space can be both “physical space” and “people space” (communication space). Our aim is to re-knit this living space into “space for self-determination” which can be governed cooperatively by people living in local communities. The socialization of child raising and nursing care can be achieved within this living space (voluntary activities of the local community).

(3) Free land from private interests into public assets
    Land speculation has transformed houses and public investments into private concessions (rights and interests), forced people to bear the burdens, and destroyed the environment. We aim to protect land from speculation and vested interests, and define land in society as public and social assets. With land as a public asset, we can work to develop a social infrastructure and housing policy that support our livelihoods, and rebuild local communities through “community development focused on welfare.”

(4) Put an end to the “supremacy of competitiveness”
    Excessive cost competition and the pursuit of profits has hampered the improvement of working conditions, caused a stagnation of consumption and led to a vicious cycle of a rising yen and pressure to further reduce costs. To put an end to this excessive “supremacy of competitiveness,” we should make Japan’s technical prowess and competitive edge provide support for a more relaxed and well-balanced society and lives.

(5) Put an end to “male-centeredness”
    The system that has alienated children, the aged, women and the disabled as “the weak” and forced long working hours on men in their young and middle ages, which has in turn alienated these men from their families and local communities, has now developed serious cracks and distortions. We need to change working patterns, institutions and practices under this “male-centered” system, and re-weave the system into relations where men and women can choose their own lifestyles, while helping each other.