Headquarters for Youth Development Government of Japan Country Resources Child and Youth General Policies, Laws, Strategies & Plans, Service Standards Japan 1 December 2008 Policy document

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The government has formulated this new National Youth Development Policy in order to further promote youth development policy in response to the changes that have taken place. This new policy indicates the government’s basic principles regarding youth development policy and the basic direction of medium- and long-term measures from now on.

The basic principles of this policy are:
(1) Give primary consideration to the position of youth
(2) Provide youths with support so they can develop in good health with the goal of achieving social independence and coexisting with others
(3) Implement support by society as a whole that is appropriate to the circumstances of each individual youth

The priority issues of this policy are:
(1) Efforts to establishing the foundations of sound growth
(2) Efforts to cultivate an affluent humanity and foster the capabilities, strength, and creativity for living in society
(3) Efforts to support the growth of youth facing difficulties
(4) Efforts to build an environment to support the daily lives of youth

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