Cultural‑Industrial Revival for Japan

Japan can partly reverse long‑run stagnation by treating cultural modernity (urban tech, consumer design, public space, and media exports) as a lever of economic policy—combining targeted industrial incentives, urban‑design investment, and openness to talent to restore the country’s 'future' image and productivity growth. — If adopted, this reframes national industrial policy to include cultural and urban aesthetics as explicit levers for competitiveness, affecting immigration, city planning, industrial subsidies, and trade strategy.