Tokyo Agile Financial News: Japan needs competition, not industrial policy

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-japan-politics-reform-idUSBRE92C0B320130313 (Reuters) - Japan's government should steer clear of picking industrial winners and losers and focus on opening the economy to trade and competition as the best way to boost growth, but not all those advising Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agree on which strategy to stress, a member of a panel on industrial competitiveness said. Related Article: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Agile-Financial-Tokyo-Review-Japanese-4846623.S.212792985?qid=a056505e-a88c-4d3c-83d3-4302335d6ee8&trk=group_most_popular_guest-0-b-cmr&goback=.gmp_4846623 Related Video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuax60_agile-financial-tokyo-action-scenarios-for-priority-areas_news#.UUDH3NZTDCY