Postdoc's issue

In 1990's, a strategic focus on graduate school was undertaken under the direction of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan. Many Universities expanded their master and doctor programs in the graduate school along with the strategy. It markedly promoted scientific research in Japan, while excess Ph.D.s were produced more than required. They became postdoctoral fellows and are working on research, but the remainder lost their job and are out of employment. Thus, a problem called "postdoc's issue" is recognized in Japan.
Principal factors of the problem are as follows. First, Japanese businesses do not like to employ postdocs. Second, postdocs have little courage to leave academia. Third, academic positions are not always fairly offered to postdocs. Forth, overproduction of degrees resulted in a reduced quality of postdocs. Finally, it is difficult for postdocs to be successful entrepreneurs due to their insufficient knowledge in business management.
In response to this problem, Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), one of the four councils of important policies of Cabinet Office, decided to forbid employing postdocs beyond five years. The council expects that this policy will encourage postdocs to move from academia to businesses.
Curiously enough, postdocs (including me) are blamed for this problem as that they do not fully recognize their self-responsibility. Of course we know it well, but we would not bear the responsibility for the strategy. I do not know whether the strategy succeeded or not, but I know that students in the graduate schools avoid to going on to the doctor course now. If the strategy has achieved at the cost of human resources, there is no future in science in Japan.