thereby get public approval and submit related bills in the autumn, extraordinaryry sessionf parliament to further accelerate abenomics. that is my resolve. nine years ago when i was prime minister we suffered a major defeat in the summer upper house elecections. after that, i resigned from my post as prime minister. that failure is something that is still etched in my heart. the more difficult the policy, the more important it is to get public understanding so that we can move forward hand in hand with the japanese citizens. that is the only way forward. and that is the lesson that i learn learned. based on this lesson, over the last three years i have been fully committed to national politics. the general election four years ago, the upper house election three years ago, and the general election a year and a half ago. through these elections, thanks to the great support from the japanese public, we were able to accelerate abenomics. as a result, the atmosphere of our times has truly changed dramatically. although we are still only halfway done, employment has grown for sure. and incom