As we are entering into the population onus stage, it is not so hard to imagine that Japan will have an extremely difficult time to achieve its fiscal soundness or rather might build up more debt. It is unlikely that Japanese construction industry regains its momentum of old days and becomes the star industry of economy. It is apparent that Japanese construction industry is in a slow decline and is not attracting talented human resources as before. Is it O.K? Answer is “NO!”

As Japanese engineering expertise in anti-seismic structure, seismic damper and seismic isolation is one of the best, if not the best in the world, Japan has the ability of providing the buildings with sophisticated technology at the highest quality level to the world. Moreover, the exquisite design and detail derived from Japanese nature caring about users and way of using cannot be imitated just by economic growth, and are expected to remain as the value only Japan can provide for a long run.

Facing the slowly declining economy, Japan should export its highly sophisticated engineering expertise and should be active in the transfer of technology. It is considered to be a “sin” to just wait for slow decline. In Japanese word, it is “Mottai-nai”.