have a weakness, however, since large organizations have various problems. After all, a nation has problems as to how to exercise its leadership. Now, the first issue. I think it is a universal one. Every country has problems regarding how to solve conflicts between the interests of the whole and part. For example, while the interests of the nation are respected, order of parts and their interests should be protected. Let me take another example. I presume everyone agrees that democracy is good. In a place, whichever country, prefecture, or state, together with the improvement of educational standards throughout the world, people have come to listen to opinions of others and to understand the problems of their country or the world. Even so, people understandably want to stick to smaller parts of their interests.
I would like to give three examples.
The first example relates to how the conflicts between the nation and each region in Japan can be adjusted, or solved. The Federation of Economic Organizations often use the expression "agree with the general, but disagree with the particular." For example, even though one agrees that Japan should open the market, the liberalization has been impeded by a number of problems caused by some interested parties related to the particular industry. Then, what should be done to respect the general. Some of the current most controversial issues in Japan include the problem of military bases, particularly in Okinawa, nuclear power plants, and probably heavy industrial facilities. There is a very good expression in English, "Not in my backyard." It means "do not make it in my backyard." It is used quite often.
Specifically speaking, residents of Okinawa think that there are too many military bases, and they want to reduce the number. However, to maintain the order of Japan-U.S. security, military bases are necessary to an certain extent. Then, where? I think the only solution to this problem is to locate bases in a particular region and provide something beneficial to the region, or to give support in other aspects. The same thing can be said of nuclear power plants. Since resources are limited, how should we cope with a growing electricity demand? Nuclear power may be necessary, since oil is a limited resource. Even so, siting a nuclear power plant is still difficult.
The second example is the liberalization policy in China. The liberalization policy may be necessary, hut the gap between coastal and inland areas will expand, because coastal areas will develop faster than inland areas. If that is the only way for the development of the country as a whole, it does constitute the principles of market economy. Then, while letting coastal areas develop earlier, what support can be extended to inland areas, or how
