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Manifesto
The DPJ's Eight Pledges to Transform Japan

Sweep Away Wasteful Spending! No Tax Increases Targeting Salaried Workers Realisation of an
Realisation of a Safe and Secure Society without Inequalities, and of Everyday Happiness Promotion of
From Concrete to People, People, People Toward a Fair and Transparent Market Economy
Decentralisation Reform - Entrusting Regional Affairs to the Regions - Real Postal Reform - From the Public to the Private Sector

Toward a Fair and Transparent Market Economy

We will eradicate bureaucratic collusion, and realise the abolition of the public highway corporations and the elimination of motorway tolls.

The Democratic Party of Japan will work to establish fair and transparent market rules, and aim to realise a free market society under their auspices. Moreover, we will promote strategic technological development, actively support entrepreneurs, and work to shape an economic society that enhances people's vitality and industrial competitiveness. We will also focus on assisting the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are the cornerstone of the local community.

We will comprehensively review all business regulations, as well as implementing 'lifestyle convenience improvement testing' that checks government enterprises from the viewpoint of citizens.
In order to guarantee a fair market, we will introduce a flexible system of administrative fines, increase the number of legally qualified hearing examiners of the Fair Trade Commission so they form a majority of the total number of examiners, and radically amend the Anti-Monopoly Law so that it conforms to international standards, by for example introducing exemption measures that are rooted in a respect for regulations.
We will work to realise a fair and transparent stock market, promoting a shift from savings to investment. In order to achieve this, we will establish a Japanese version of the Securities and Exchange Commission within three years, as well as amending the Financial Service and Market Law.
We will aim to create an IP (intellectual property) nation, moving toward strengthening competitiveness and technological skills. Furthermore, we will promote strategic science and technology policies, carrying out assistance focused on cutting edge technology sectors that are expected to show future growth such as life sciences, information and communications technologies, nanotechnologies, and environmental and energy technologies.
We will support the invigoration of SMEs in the regions by enhancing preferential tax treatment for angel investors and doubling the budget for SMEs.
We will establish a "loan interest exemption system" that will exempt from income interest on various types of loans that lead to invigoration of demand, such as housing loans, car loans, and education loans, and create a prosperous consumer society.
We will abolish the public highway corporations, which are a "hotbed of waste", as well as making motorways toll-free, a move that will lead directly to the invigoration of local economies and consumption.

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