"What will serve as both a factor for and outcome of growth will be to mobilize the power of women, a point almost self-evident at this gathering…There is a theory called "womenomics," which asserts that the more the advance of women in society is promoted, the higher the growth rate becomes…Creating an environment in which women find it comfortable to work and enhancing opportunities for women to work and to be active in society is no longer a matter of choice for Japan. It is instead a matter of the greatest urgency."