Important progress is being made toward addressing some key structural problems that contributed to the Crisis, especially in the areas of financial and corporate restructuring.

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The implementation of key structural reforms is critical to strengthening growth and creating jobs, and promoting global rebalancing, such as policies that affect social safety nets and investment patterns.

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Not to take anything away from Takenaka, who continues, correctly and importantly, to advocate deregulation, lower corporate taxes, and structural reforms as the key to reviving Japanese growth and competitiveness.

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The other key element is structural reform - of labour regulations, pensions and the like - to make the country more dynamic and support growth.

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The support structures of key reactor components contain numerous structural defects.

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Homes that are built to exploit gorgeous views yet withstand severe storms and flooding require clever structural and soil engineering but also another key ingredient: elevation on pedestals or pilings sunk deep into bedrock.

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As part of its mid-term strategic initiatives announced in April 2012, Sony identified resource optimization as one of the key initiatives for transforming its electronics business and Sony has since been progressively implementing various structural reform measures to optimize costs, streamline its overall organization, accelerate decision-making processes and establish firm foundations for sustainable future growth.

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