JapanWeeks 2026: Prime Minister Takaichi’s Video Message
Overview
In a video message for the JapanWeeks opening reception, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi explained that the event began in 2023 as a public-private effort to promote the appeal of Japan’s markets at home and abroad. More than 100 related events, the highest number to date, are planned this year. Based on the Financial Strategy to Promote Growth Investment, formulated in July this year, the Takaichi Cabinet said it would accelerate efforts to realize an asset management-oriented nation and implement the Japan Growth Strategy. The strategy sets out a roadmap for public and private investment of 370 trillion yen across 17 strategic fields by 2040. The Prime Minister called on domestic and international asset management firms and investors to participate in Japan’s growth opportunities over the long term, and expressed hope that JapanWeeks would offer a chance to experience the Japanese market’s new capacity to generate returns.
Key points
- More than 100 related events are planned this year, the highest number to date.
- The roadmap calls for public and private investment of 370 trillion yen across 17 strategic fields by 2040.
- The Prime Minister said long-term participation by domestic and international asset management firms and investors is essential to realizing growth investment.
Overview
JapanWeeks began in 2023 as a public-private effort to actively promote the appeal of Japan’s markets at home and abroad. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed gratitude for the opportunity to speak at the opening reception and congratulated everyone involved on the event’s success.
The Takaichi Cabinet said it would accelerate efforts to realize an asset management-oriented nation and implement the Japan Growth Strategy through the Financial Strategy to Promote Growth Investment, formulated in July this year.
Impact
Prime Minister Takaichi said it was essential for domestic and international asset management firms and investors to understand Japan’s appeal and potential, take a long-term view of its growth opportunities, and help energize the Japanese market. She also expressed hope that JapanWeeks would offer a chance to experience the Japanese market’s new capacity to generate returns.
Details
The Japan Growth Strategy sets out a roadmap for public and private investment of 370 trillion yen across 17 strategic fields by 2040. The message stressed the need to steadily realize this investment as growth investment.
For JapanWeeks 2026, more than 100 related events, the highest number to date, were planned. In closing, the Prime Minister wished participants success in their future endeavors and expressed her gratitude.