Digital Extraordinary Administrative Advisory Committee (the second)

Overview

Date and time: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 (2021) from 4:40 pm to 5:25 pm
Location: Main Hall, 2nd Floor, Prime Minister's Official Residence
Agenda:
1. Opening
2. Proceedings
  1. Minister Makishima's Presentation: Structural Reforms in the Digital Age and the Direction of Digital Principles
  2. Committee Member Natsuno Presentation: Efforts of the regulatory reform Promotion Conference
  3. Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications's Presentation: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications's Efforts to Promote Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation (Promotion of Digital infrastructure Development)
  4. Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Presentation: METI's Initiatives
  5. Exchange of opinions
3. Adjournment

Materials

References

Minutes, etc.

Date

Tuesday, December 22, 2021 (2021), from 4:40 p.m. to 5:25 p.m.

Location

Large Hall on the Second Floor of the Prime Minister's

Members present

Chairman

KISHIDA Fumio (Prime Minister)

Vice Chairman

MAKISHIMA Karen (Minister for Digital Transformation)
MATSUNO Hirokazu (Chief Cabinet Secretary)

Members

KANEKO Yasushi (Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications)
SUZUKI Shunichi (Minister of Finance)
YOSHIKAWA Yumi (Parliamentary Secretary for Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Yasufumi Kanemaru (Representative Director, Chairman and President of Future Corporation)
Joji Shishido (Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University
Soichiro Takashima (Mayor of Fukuoka city)
Akemi Tsunakawa (Representative Director and President of B-Spoke Co.
Masakazu Tokura (Japan Business Federation Chairman)
Takeshi Natsuno (President and Representative Director of KADOKAWA CORPORATION)
Tomoko Namba (Chairman and Representative Director of DeNA Co., Ltd)
Jun Murai (Professor, Keio University)

Overview

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Now, we will hold the second "Digital Extraordinary Administrative Advisory Committee".

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend.

I am Fumiaki Kobayashi, Senior Vice-Minister for Digital, and I will be the moderator.

Today, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hagyuda is scheduled to participate late, so Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry YOSHIKAWA Yumi is attending the meeting on his behalf. Parliamentary Vice-Minister Yoshikawa is scheduled to attend the meeting until the end. *

Now, I would like to begin the proceedings. First of all, please give an explanation from Minister for Digital Transformation Makishima on "Structural Reforms in the Digital Age and the Direction of Digital Principles."

*Although Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hagyuda was scheduled to participate in the event later, he could not make it and was absent.

Makishima Minister for Digital Transformation: Thank you very much for taking the time to attend this meeting. I am MAKISHIMA Karen, Minister of Digital regulatory reform Minister in charge of Administrative Reform.

Based on Material 1 "Structural Reform in the Digital Age and the Direction of Digital Principles," we would like to have active discussions today as in the first meeting. Thank you very much.

On page 3, I would like to start with the "Overview of the Draft Digital Principles for Structural Reform."

In order to realize digital society, we have organized five principles as common guidelines for all reforms of digital, regulation, and administration.

In principle 1, "Principles for digital completion and Automation," procedures and services that require written documentation, visual inspection, permanent residence, on-site participation, etc. are basically completed by digital processing and automated by machine.

Principle 2, "Agile Governance Principles," states that performance should be specified on a risk-based basis, rather than a uniform and rigid prior regulation.

The "Principles for Public-Private Partnerships" in Principle 3 show that it is possible to create new public-private partnerships that can maximize the power of private sector, such as ventures, from the user's perspective.

The "Principles for Ensuring Interoperability" in Principle 4 indicate that interoperation between systems is ensured by eliminating variation between parties and fields such as country / local governments and semi-public sector.

The "Principles for Use of Common Infrastructure" in Principle 5 indicates that the public and private sectors will widely use the digital common infrastructure for ID, base registry, etc.

I will skip one page, and on page 5, in addition to laws, cabinet orders, and ministerial ordinances, notifications, notifications, and so on, a total of more than 40000 regulation designated by the national government will be subject to the inspection of whether the regulation and disciplines conform to the Digital Principles. In addition, we will support the efforts of local governments by providing information on the results of the review and introducing examples of advanced efforts.

On the next page, page 6, at the regulatory reform Conference, we had the initiative to review the requirements for the appointment of engineers in the construction industry, qualified employees of houses for the elderly with services, and chief electrical engineers.

On page 7, I showed our approach to the review of systems and regulation. Taking the previous examples as a breakthrough, we would like to review them cross-sectionally. Among more than 40000 law and notifications, first of all, visual inspection regulation, periodic inspections and inspections, resident and dedicated regulation as introduced earlier, and regulation that seem to require face-to-face and written access to certificates, lectures, and browsing. As a result of identifying law that exceed the ministerial ordinance, the Secretariat found that about 5,000 provision fall under this category. We will continue to conduct inspections and necessary reviews in cooperation with each ministries and agencies.

In addition, we will work to bring more than 20000 administrative procedures online and raise the online usage rate.

Let's go to page 8. The economic effect of a 20% reduction in administrative procedure costs due to online migration is estimated to be 1.3 trillion yen.

In addition, due to the abolition of seals, start-ups providing various services have been launched, and the market size has expanded approximately threefold from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021.

From page 9, we list the items to be inspected, but I will skip a little to page 15. It is a slide called "How to proceed with the conformity inspection work for the existing regulation."

As a way to proceed, we will proceed with inspection work in light of the Digital Principles and will compile a comprehensive regulation review plan next spring. On that basis, we will proceed with the realization of a comprehensive validation review while conducting technical law if necessary, and we hope to realize conformity to the Digital Principles in an intensive reform period of about three years.

Page 16: In the future, we would like to consider building a process and system to confirm the conformity of the new digitalization with the digital principles while utilizing legal tech / legtech, etc. for the law of legal affairs.

On page 17, we will establish a working group under the Administrative Reform Promotion Council in January next year and start discussions based on the instructions of the Prime Minister at the Administrative Reform Promotion Council on December 9 in order to consider the formation and evaluation of agile type policies, which will flexibly review policies using real-time data, etc., toward the realization of digital society.

Within this working group, we will newly conduct a review to support the policy formulation of agile type in each ministries and agencies, compile it around June next year, and present the results of the discussion to the Digital Rincho.

I will skip a little to page 19. In semi-public sector such as medical care, education, disaster risk management, and Kodomo, we will conduct integrated examination of systems and systems such as data connections platform construction.

The following pages are for reference.

Thank you for the above explanation of "Structural Reform in the Digital Age and the Direction of Digital Principles."

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Makishima

Next, I would like to ask Mr. Natsuno to explain the efforts of the regulatory reform Promotion Conference.

Natsuno Member: Thank you, Thank you very much.

First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to report to the Prime Minister on the efforts of the regulatory reform Promotion Conference, which I am chairing.

In the afternoon today, a plenary session was held with the participation of Minister Makishima and the three senior officials in charge of political affairs. The results of the investigation and deliberation from August this year are being summarized in an interim manner.

Please take a look at page 2 of Handout 2. In this Interim Report, first of all, we have organized the basic direction of regulatory reform.

Based on the concept of new capitalism, the main purpose of regulatory reform is to increase the added values that people can create and the opportunities for people to play an active role. We have defined that regulatory reform's purpose is to create new growth industries that will be places where people can play an active role and realize economic growth. Based on that, we have positioned four priority areas for reform: startup innovation, investment in people, medical care, nursing care, and infectious diseases measures, and area industry revitalization. At the same time, we would like to promote regulatory reform based on digital, which will penetrate all areas. It is written digital in this foundation. regulatory reform

Please see the following page. In order to promote digital, regulation, and administrative reform in an integrated manner through cooperation with the Digital Rincho, we will review resident and full-time regulation, such as the online implementation of administrative procedures and the requirements for the placement of construction engineers, in order to connect proactive efforts to cross-sectional reform. In addition, in order to organically link digital and real reforms, we will promote reforms related to online medical consultation as the foundation of medical DX, online drug administration guidance, and electronic prescription, as well as the development of environments in which all children and students who wish to take one device home.

In addition, as reforms at the site and area where each person plays an active role, we will promote the appointment of external human resources as teachers and simplify the procedures for business succession by sole proprietorships.

Please see page 4. At today's plenary session, we also decided to reorganize the Working Group in line with the direction of regulatory reform that I explained earlier.

In addition, we have decided to newly position the Fast Track Process so that we can respond to detailed projects with speed.

This is the report of the regulatory reform Promotion Conference.

Next, as a member of the Council, I would like to make a statement in response to Minister Makishima's explanation. As stated in Minister Makishima's explanation, I believe that cooperation with the Digital Dialogue is extremely important. In particular, the horizontal development of what we are working on in advance at the regulatory reform Promotion Conference is an extremely difficult theme at the regulatory reform Promotion Conference. On the other hand, at the regulatory reform Promotion Conference, I would like to take up quite symbolically important issues, such as the issue of seals and the issue of the construction industry, and if we can somehow reform these issues, I would like to have the regulatory reform Promotion Conference reform regulation next year and beyond as a precursor to having the Digital Dialogue develop horizontally.

In addition, I asked Minister Makishima to present his idea of properly considering the legal system from the digital aspect. I believe this is extremely important, and I thought that if there were a function or organization to properly check digital in the system, the government would work well.

That's all.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Thank you very much.

Next, I would like to ask Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko to explain Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications's efforts to promote Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation.

Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko: This is Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications .

I would like to explain from Handout 3, page 32.

First, I would like to explain the direction of Digital infrastructure's efforts to promote the development of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for the promotion of the Digital Garden City National Assembly Concept. Please take a look at the materials.

If you look at the number 1 on the right, in order to promote Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation, integrated development between urban and rural areas in Digital infrastructure is essential, and optical fibers, 5G, data centers, submarine cables, etc. are particularly important.

As for optical fiber, please refer to page 2 of the figure on the right.

In order to further advance the development of optical fiber, support for maintenance and management expenses is essential in addition to the current facility development subsidies. Therefore, we intend to amend the Telecommunications Business Act, position broadband as a universal service, and promote the institutionalization of support for maintenance and management expenses. Our immediate goal is to cover 99.9% of households by 2030.

Next, I would like to talk about 5G. The number on the right shoulder is the 3 page.

To date, we have been developing parent stations as a foundation for deploying 5G nationwide, but in the future, it will be important to improve the population coverage ratio by accelerating the installation of satellite stations. At present, there is still a area difference in the number of 5G base stations. Therefore, as described above, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications plans to request business operators to additionally develop base stations, etc., and review subsidies and tax system requirements. As an immediate target, we will increase the population coverage ratio to 90% by fiscal 2023.

As for optical fibers and 5G, we will set targets that exceed these immediate targets in Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications by the end of this fiscal year, and will formulate and announce a new development plan to achieve these targets.

Finally, regarding data centers, submarine cables, etc., please see the page with the number 4 on the right shoulder.

The concentration of data centers in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the missing link of undersea cables are also in Issue from the perspective of disaster resistance. For this reason, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will work on the completion of the Digital Garden City Superhighway, a domestic undersea cable that orbits on the Sea of Japan side, in about three years. We will also formulate development plans for these Digital infrastructure.

Through these measures, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will make strong efforts to promote the development of Digital infrastructure, which is essential for the realization of the Initiative.

Next, I would like to talk about the formulation and evaluation of policies in the digital age that Minister Makishima just explained.

In the digital age, it will be more important than ever to quickly and efficiently cycle policy improvement in order to respond quickly to changes in the situation. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which is responsible for the improvement function of administration, will discuss the review of the policy evaluation system with the cooperation of the Policy Evaluation Council, and will report on specific measures by around June next year.

That is all.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Thank you very much.

Next, I would like to ask Parliamentary Vice-Minister Yoshikawa to explain the efforts of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshikawa: This is Mr. of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. On behalf of Mr. Hagyuda, I, Yoshikawa, would like to make a report on behalf of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

First of all, I would like you to take a look at the document "regulation's Digital Response in the Industrial Security Field." In order to realize digital society, all regulation and systems must be fully compliant with digital. I believe that it is important for the Government to make a united effort to review all law by full investigation the existing based on the five digital principles presented by the Secretariat today as a compass for future reforms. METI will also take firm measures, starting with those that can be launched immediately.

In addition, in this review, I believe it is important to advance such efforts without establishing sacred cows, including in regulation for ensuring security.

For example, in the field of industrial security, careful discussions are required from the perspective of ensuring safety. Over the past year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has held vigorous discussions with a wide range of stakeholders in the fields of electric power, city gas, and high-pressure gas. As a result, the Council recently compiled a proposal to review procedures and inspections according to the security capabilities of business operators who can independently ensure advanced security while utilizing technology as a pioneer of regulation's digital response.

Furthermore, as the global competition for digital hegemony is intensifying, it is also important to firmly develop the domestic industrial infrastructure that supports this digital society so that the people of Japan can enjoy a new digitalization with peace of mind.

In order to realize digital society, I believe it is important to advance thorough consideration while also taking into account the perspective of ensuring the independence and sovereignty of Okinawa as a nation.

That's all.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital:

From here on, I would like to ask everyone in attendance to give their opinions. Please raise your hand if you have any comments, and please use the raise your hand function if you are a member of Shishido who participates online.

All right, Mr. Murai.

Murai: , I would like to talk about two points.

The first point is that regarding the idea of reviewing systems and regulation, which Minister Makishima just explained, I would like to ask each ministry and agency to review law, notifications, and procedures. I remember that 20 years ago, when I was in charge of IT policy, I went to each ministry and agency to check all the laws and ask them to change the laws by the written lump-sum rule, but this time, the scale is different, so I think it is a great effort.

We need to make a great effort to coordinate this. Also, I think it is a very important process. Therefore, I think it is necessary for those people to proceed with the process carefully. The first point is that I would like to ask them to do so.

The second point is that it can be done only with rules and laws, and there are many things that the people are in trouble with that cannot be fixed. At the counter, for example, there are traditional manuals and customary notes for dealing with the counter, such as those made in each local government, so please write the same thing over and over again. The old way of doing things on paper remains. Then, the staff who deal with the counter and the people who come to the counter will be motivated and take some action. It is very bottom-up, and I think it is necessary to have a system in which all the people participate, although it does not have to be all the people, but the people who notice it participate. I feel like I can make this.

Therefore, I think that it will not be possible to do it on a nationwide scale unless we give praise to those who notice and fix it, give a small reward to those who fix it, and advertise successful cases to spread it horizontally. I would like you to think about that. In addition, I will think about it, but I think that the review of systems and regulation will be completed along with such a mechanism.

That's all.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Next, member Takashima.

Takashima Member: I am Takashima, Mayor of Fukuoka City, .

I believe that you have created a great principle, and if it is really applied and works well, I think Japan will really change. In that context, I would like to make two comments.

The first point is exactly what Dr. Murai said, and I think it is very important that the digital principles this time will be applied not only to the national government but also to local governments, so I would like you to create a system that will be a common guideline for the digital shift and will strongly promote it.

To be specific, as you mentioned in your explanation today, even if digital completion wants to introduce new technologies for digital completion, it has the aspect of taking away existing jobs. Then, it is quite true that reform does not progress well in local government. Therefore, in a sense, the government is the villain here, and because the government has issued guidelines, I would like to see the guidelines issued so that local governments can also apply them in a way that makes it easier for local governments to promote reform toward the digital shift. As a support of the government, for example, I would appreciate if there was a contact point for consultation and proposals on the digital shift in local government.

The second point is that I believe it is important to have easy-to-understand flagship measures that allow the people to feel the benefits of digitalization in concrete terms. In the Diet, attention has been focused on the cost of public benefits, and I believe that now, when interest in this field is growing, is the time for reform.

With regard to the My Number system, it is currently a voluntary system, so I believe the time has come for us to clearly announce our policy of making My Number Card acquisition and Registration of public money receiving account mandatory in principle.

In addition, since the public service system is currently being implemented on the premise that all various design will be notified by mail, we would like to make it the design system of digital completion based on the digital principles. To that end, I would like to make one proposal. If we make My Number Card mandatory, everyone will be able to enter Mynaportal. If they enter Mynaportal, for example, they can register for a public receiving account, notify benefit, which they have been doing by mail, and confirm their intention to receive it, all on Mynaportal.

On the other hand, I believe that the roles of local government will lead to considerable administrative reform by focusing on the follow-up of those who cannot open an account or those who cannot enter Mynaportal. I would be grateful if you could come up with such measures while public interest is high.

That was 2 points.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Thank you very much.

Next, the members of Tokura.

Member Tokura: , I think it is a hard work, but I would like to express my respect for your carpet-bombing feat of strength work. In terms of serial numbers, Material 7 is attached to page 43, and I will explain along page 2, page 44 of the serial number.

Regarding the digital principles you presented today, I would like to make four points from the perspective of the people and users.

First of all, I would like to ask you to clarify the continuous use and relationship of the three digital principles stipulated by the Digital Procedure Act. In order to rapidly promote DX in Japan under the Digital Consultation, it is essential to thoroughly implement the three digital principles, that is, digital first, one time only, and connected one stop. Based on the fact that they are basic principles under the law, I think it is necessary to clearly state these three principles as the main premise for strongly promoting DX.

I think it is a principle that is very familiar to the people and easy to understand. Since there are only principles, it may be necessary to make one or the other into a major principle, or to make efforts, but I would like to ask for your cooperation.

The second is the thorough implementation of true "digital completion." In national and local administrative procedures, private sector transactions, and the like, digitalization is not completed if even a single piece of paper is inserted in the middle. It is a Issue that cannot wait to realize end-to-end digital completion by reviewing the very state of administration and society.

The third is value maximization through the use of digital data. I believe that the launch of the Digital Rincho is meaningful not only in terms of reform of procedures but also in terms of improving the productivity and added value of society as a whole by transforming Japan into a shape suitable for the digital age.

In order to realize a drastic digital transformation, for example, in fields where the mechanism to promote and spread digital utilization is insufficient, such as health, medical care, and education, we believe that it is essential to actively introduce necessary promotion measures, including the promotion of the use of My Number, so to speak. We believe that it is important to utilize the data accumulated through digital utilization to create data-driven solutions and new value for society.

Fourth, the introduction of the negative list. Since it is called the digital principles, accountability is required for all exceptions that cannot be introduced digitally. In the case that a legal system or regulation that does not conform to the digital principles continues to exist, from the viewpoint of ensuring transparency, it is urgent to build a mechanism in which the competent authorities explain with the responsibility to prove.

Our company also has a Corporate Governance Code, which requires "comply or explain." I think it is necessary to build a mechanism to explain when it does not match.

As I have explained in detail above, we cannot afford to repeat the failed 20 years while aiming to become the world's most powerful IT nation. From the perspective of transforming our country through the improvements in productivity of society as a whole, I would like to once again ask Prime Minister Kishida to thoroughly implement comprehensive reform of digital, regulation, and administration from the users' perspective.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Thank you very much.

Then, members of Shishido from online.

SHISHIDO Member: I'm Shishido from University of Tokyo. I'm sorry to bother you, but I have some business to attend online today.

I agree with the digital principles and the direction of reform that Minister Makishima explained earlier.

The integrated promotion of digital reform, regulatory reform, and administrative reform can be seen in the recent coalition agreement of the new German government. Amidst this global trend, I believe it is also important to take a perspective of transmitting Japan's efforts to the world while referring to similar efforts by other countries.

I have submitted Document 5, but I would like to make three comments.

First, regarding agile governance, which is the second of the digital principles, the study group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has been considering it, and as shown in the figure in the document, we have emphasized that individuals and communities are the main actors of governance, along with companies and governments.

In relation to Dr. Murai's previous story, I would like you to consider the possibility of capacity building and effective participation of individuals and communities in the realization of digital principles in the future.

In relation to this, I would like to ask you not only to nurture digital human resources and experts from among the younger generation, but also to consider guaranteeing learning opportunities so that all members of society can become digital society human resources.

Next, I would like to talk about the digitalization of legal affairs. In order to make use of the Digital Principles, it is necessary to extract incentives for companies involved in regulation and to appropriately design them. The premise for this is to ensure effectiveness through extraterritorial application and surcharges. To that end, I believe that legal reviews should be promoted across the board.

In addition, I believe that the digitalization of legal affairs will be a catalyst for the regulation of the entire legal process, including legislation, the judiciary, and even the enactment of the digitalization. In addition to the law, we will promote the construction of an easy-to-use database of notifications and guidelines, and we would like the Government to consider the support of the digitalization of the Parliament and the courts.

Third, in order to stably and continuously allow the use of base registry, which is the foundation for the utilization of public and private data, for purposes other than the previous purposes, it is necessary to organize and improve the basis for law and to build a data governance system. We believe that this will also contribute to open science from the academia side, which supports innovation.

With regard to EBPM, we believe that we should advance the utilization of administrative data, including securing and developing human resources for data in the government and ensuring the accuracy of existing official statistics.

That's all from me.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Thank you very much.

All right, Mr. Minamiba.

Nanba Member: Thank you, Thank you very much.

I think the digital principles and the direction of the inspection are very good. I agree with it. In particular, I welcome that it includes equal footing in Japan and overseas, and the utilization of ventures and startups. In addition, I would like to make a few points.

Regarding the Principles of Agile Governance, we are supposed to do a huge amount of work by investigating all the laws and regulations premised on the current technology, but by the time the work is completed, the technology will have evolved, so in order to avoid the situation where the work cannot catch up with the technology that is advancing at double speed, I think it is necessary to clarify the purpose of regulation and devise a system regulatory reform that can make design faster and more flexible as long as it does not violate the purpose.

For example, regarding parts that are expected to change the regulation in response to the evolution of technology, it is possible to reduce them to ministerial ordinances, public notices, and guidelines so that they can be changed quickly. In addition, I think it is also important to include a mechanism that can always review the system throughout the life cycle of governance based on the law. For example, I think it is possible to include the obligation to make efforts to reflect the opinions of the Public-Private Partnership Council, such as holding regular meetings of the Council. In addition, I think it is necessary to clearly clarify the purpose of the law so that it does not deviate from the purpose of the law and do not lead to the imposition of excessive regulation in the Cabinet and Ministerial Ordinances, regulation, and guidelines.

In addition, prompt responses to the establishment and operation of the regulation are extremely important from the perspective of equal footing, and I believe that we must not repeat the history in which foreign companies conducted business freely and lost while Japanese companies were tied down by the regulation.

Another point is regarding the utilization of startups under the Principles for Public-Private Partnership. What is particularly important for the government to be able to do is to actively utilize startups in Issue resolution and public procurement. From this perspective, we must stop setting differences in the projects that can be bid based on, for example, capital, sales, and business years. We must also stop setting differences in the specifications that make agile development impossible, and the complicated procedures for bidding and obtaining qualifications to participate in proposals. In local governments, in particular, it is necessary to apply different forms of procedures to individual organizations, which is extremely complicated and extremely costly, and it is a barrier to entry for startups, including digital startups. I would like to see reforms made by clarifying these matters.

In this way, it is essential to improve the institutional environment, but at the same time, I believe that it is also necessary to change the mindset of the country and local governments, such as feeling safe because it is a large company or worrying because it is a startup. I believe that the government as a whole should set forth policies to diversify the procurement and utilize startups.

That's all.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Thank you very much.

Next, a member of Tsunakawa.

Tsunakawa Member: As a startup manager, I am working with various people in the local government to provide services for residents using AI. I believe that determining the digital principles for the entire country at this conference will lead to a dramatic improvement in services for residents.

What I think is necessary now is to make a public office all over the country where you don't have to go. For that purpose, it is essential to improve 2 conditions.

The first is to unify the format of information provision in local government. I understand that each local government is creative and creative, but from the perspective of residents, for example, when they move, they may not be able to reach the information they always found. If the government distributes a template for public service and unify the format, it will not only be easier for residents to use, but also will be much easier for development by private sector companies in cooperation with public service. In other words, it will not only be easier to see, but it will directly lead to a significant improvement in the level of service. I believe that it will be necessary for regulation in local government to respond to the thorough implementation of the Principles for Public-Private Partnership. I would like you to advance the discussion of the Digital Principles in local government.

The second is that the administrative side actively collects real-time data and discloses it, including the information it holds. For example, in local government, I think shelter and nursery school availability are applicable. If such real-time data is disclosed, I think the public service will change.

The keywords are a unified format and real-time. If the disclosure of administrative data progresses, I think that IT and AI-related private sector companies like us will try technology development for improving public service and utilizing private service. If it is based on a nationwide common format, it will be possible to utilize it in any city in Japan.

Some people may be worried that the individuality of area will be lost when they hear the nationwide unified format. I am not worried at all. I think the unified format will lead to the efficiency of administrative work. The options for IT and AI-based services available in each area will be greatly expanded, and the local government staff in each area who will be freed from the current inefficient work will be able to efficiently promote tailor-made town development full of individuality by accumulating things that match the individuality of area.

In other words, the common format and the disclosure of real-time data are the infrastructure for promoting the development of unique communities, and I believe that they are directly linked to Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation, which Prime Minister Kishida is advocating.

That's all.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Thank you very much.

Next, members of Kanemaru.

Kanemaru Member: Thank you, Thank you very much.

In addition to agreeing with the direction of the reform, I would like you to be aware of the data utilization gap with the world.

I visited Denmark 10 years ago. The people who showed me around were bureaucrats from Digital Agency, Denmark. At the education site, which is consistent between elementary and junior high school, each child in the lower grades had one tablet, and the teacher created 17 different math problems for 17 students, tailored to the students' personalities. The children I met have been here for 10 years, so I think it is time for them to go to university.

The reality of the world is that Japanese children have to compete with them. GIGA School has finally begun in Japan-but I think the pace of digital learning needs to be accelerated even further, with priority given to improving the value of children's lives.

I was also taken to the medical care site to see an example of online medical consultation and online rehabilitation in line with technological innovation.

At the online medical consultation, nurses near the patients were applying medicine for skin diseases while transmitting smartphone images with doctors who were away. We received an explanation that they were waiting for the day when the online medical consultation would be possible due to improved image resolutions and faster communication speeds.

On the other side of the screen of the rehabilitator is an elderly person. However, the system provided by the government was an elderly-friendly system and did not require any complicated operation.

We have finally reached a path to make online medical consultation permanent, but there are still many Issue to spread, such as a review of medical fees. Although it became apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese people are far behind in the use of digital technologies even before the COVID-19 pandemic. I believe that many regulation are premised on the society of the 20th century, which is impeding Japanese growth in the 21st century.

Today, I received an explanation about the policy of reviewing all rules at once in order to realize the ideal system and administration for the digital age at once. I strongly agree with it.

In order to realize a transformation from an advance regulation type to a goal-based or risk-based type, the executive division of the government should be strengthened so that after-the-fact checks can be made. In doing so, it is necessary not only to increase the number of people, but also to share the resources and data of existing executive agencies, and to make full use of technology. I think that the idea of ensuring safety, detecting abnormalities, and inspecting should be switched to the use of sensors, IoT, online, and data.

In addition, in order to be able to respond to social changes while organizing the roles of the government and local governments, I think we should break away from vertically divided administration and make it possible to allocate and recruit personnel across ministries and agencies more flexibly and speedily.

I would like you to tackle administrative reform with determination.

Issue's ability to respond to contingencies has also become evident. In addition to further utilization of specialization-based recuruitment, I would like to see consideration of a system for immediate response to contingencies in which former public officials can gather in times of emergencies to make up for sudden shortages.

Digital human resources for realizing structural reforms are insufficient in both quantity and quality, and strengthening them is the most important Issue. Please make it a clear direction for university funds and university reforms.

That's all.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital: Thank you very much.

Thank you very much for your cooperation, we are just filling up the time. If you have any additional comments, please let us know so that we can reflect them in the minutes.

Then, based on the discussions so far, please give a statement from Minister for Digital Transformation Makishima.

Makishima Minister for Digital Transformation: Thank you very much.

I am very encouraged and grateful that each of you agreed with the direction of the reform.

In addition, I think you also gave me encouragement and told me that there is a big task ahead that I should be ready to tackle.

In particular, you mentioned the thorough implementation of true digital completion, the promotion of digitalization of legal affairs, and data utilization. In addition, you pointed out that we must further advance the utilization of startups, digitalization in education and medical care, and what has become clear due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. You also suggested that we should make efforts in consideration of digital human resources and global movements.

In addition, I think we must consider a system to strongly promote the digital shift between the national and local governments. We would like to realize it in cooperation with related ministries and agencies and local related organizations.

Based on the opinions we have received from all of you, we will enter full investigation in light of the digital principles in the materialization of the comprehensive review plan next spring, so please continue your guidance.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital:

Thank you very much, Prime Minister.

Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio: Thank you very much for the active discussions held by the experts today.

At today's meeting, we formulated five principles, including digital completion and automation, as common guidelines for digital reform, regulatory reform, and administrative reform. In line with these principles, the Kishida Administration will advance reform on the three sides, encourage the overcoming of Issue on the ground, such as labor shortages, and realize growth toward the realization of new capitalism.

First, we will check the conformity of more than 40000 law and notices and more than 20000 administrative procedures to the principles, specify measures to utilize digital technology, and compile a comprehensive review plan next spring. We will also accelerate consideration of policy formulation and evaluation suitable for the digital age.

Second, regulatory reform is an important initiative to realize growth and lead to investment in people by creating environments that make it easier for people to demonstrate their creativity on the ground in area, strengthening innovation, and promoting the expansion of startups. At the regulatory reform Promotion Conference, we will advance specific discussions while listening to the opinions of people on the ground.

I have also visited Aizuwakamatsu City and listened carefully to the voices of the people at the site. In the future, I will focus on regulatory reform that leads to the improvement of the lives of the people, such as Pharmacy DX, which enables the Reform of Working Practices of pharmacists and the convenience of patients, and the improvement of the treatment of nursing care workers by reviewing the staffing using digital technology.

Third, with regard to the acceleration of Digital infrastructure development in local areas, we will compile specific targets for the development of optical fibers, 5G, data centers, and submarine cables, as well as a development plan to realize them, next spring.

Fourth, it is Kasumigaseki, the standard-bearer of digital principles, who will decisively advance digital transformation and take the lead in transforming it into a figure that is suitable for the new era and society. Therefore, we will release the willingness and capability of each ministry and agency staff and transform it into a organization that appreciates challenges.

Specifically, we will (1) secure and allocate human resources to areas that are truly necessary, (2) take measures to enable excellent human resources to play an active role, including external promotion, and (3) develop an attractive work environment that is easy to work in and rewarding for, and in which digital technology can be thoroughly utilized.

At the same time, we will design flexible administrative governance that enables so-called agile processes in which we improve the content by repeating trial and error while taking prompt action.

I would like Minister Makishima to work together with Minister Ninoyu and with the cooperation of related organizations.

That's all.

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital:

That's all for today's meeting.

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to join us today.

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