Turn crisis into opportunity

Japan should identify its real problems, learn from wartime lessons, and reform its structures and diplomatic focuses

The question now being asked by many across the world is will Japan see a decline in its national strength or have enough vitality to move forward after being devastated by the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear power plant crisis.

Let us check out some facts first. The structural problems in Japan's political and economic framework, which began emerging after its economic bubble burst in the late 1980s, have been constraining its further development.