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Data Strategy Promotion Working Group (4th)

Overview

  • Date and Time: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 (2022) from 13:00 to 15:00
  • Location: Online
  • Agenda:
    1. Opening
    2. Proceedings
      1. Progress of Data Strategy
      2. Strategic Initiatives for a Data-Driven Society Advancing Worldwide
      3. Driving the Data Strategy Forward
    3. Exchange of opinions
    4. Adjournment

Event Information

Materials

References

Relevant policies

Minutes

Date

Tuesday, September 6, 2022 (2022) from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Location

Online Meetings

Attendees

  • OGUSHI Masaki (Senior Vice Minister of Digital)
  • Masanao Ozaki (Parliamentary Vice-Minister Minister for Digital Transformation)
  • Masafumi Mori (Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (Manager))
  • Kim Shin Ichiro SUNA (Executive Officer, AI Company, Company CEO, LINE Corporation)
  • Nobuhiro Endo (Vice Chairman of Japan Business Federation, Chairman cybersecurity / Special Advisor of NEC Corporation) * Absence
  • Naoki Ota (Representative Director of New Stories Co., Ltd.)
  • Noboru Koshizuka (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
  • GOTO Atsuhiro (President, security Graduate University of Information)
  • Yutaka Saito (Executive Director of the Information-Technology Promotion Agency Digital Architecture and Design Center)
  • Sayoko Shimoyama (Representative Director of Link Data / Director of Info Lounge Co., Ltd.)
  • Masahiko Shoji, Professor, Musashi University
  • Satoru Tezuka (Professor, Keio University)
  • Hideo Tomioka (Executive Director of Policy Planning Department, New Economy Federation)
  • Jun Murai (Professor, Keio University)
  • Toshiya Watanabe (Professor, The University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives) * Absence
  • Takashi Asanuma (Chief Officer of the Digital Agency, Digital Agency)
  • Koichi Akaishi (Chief Officer for Digital Policy, Digital Agency)
  • Hiroshi Esaki (Digital Agency CA) * Absence
  • Masaki Fujimoto (Digital Agency CTO) * Absent
  • Kenji Hiramoto (Head of Digital Agency Data Strategy)
  • Masanori Kusunoki (Director-General of Digital Agency (in charge of digital society common functions))
  • Keisuke Murakami (Director-General Digital Agency (in charge of services for citizens))
  • Tatsuharu Narita (Deputy Secretary-General, Digital Market Competition Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat)
  • Yasuki Matsuo (Executive Director of the Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Office, Cabinet Office
  • Shuichi Sakamoto (Deputy Director-General of the Secretariat for the Promotion of Science, Technology and
  • Shigeaki Tanaka (Director of the Intellectual Property Strategy Promotion Office, Cabinet Office)
  • Katsu Yamasumi (Deputy Director General of the Personal Information Protection Commission Secretariat)
  • Shin'ya Suzuki (Director-General for Policy Coordination of Minister's Secretariat of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in charge of information and communications))
  • Masanobu MORITA (cybersecurity, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Minister's Secretariat, Director General for Policy Planning)
  • NOHARA Satoshi (Director-General, Commercial Information Policy Bureau

Summary of proceedings

Councilor As it is scheduled, the 4th "Data Strategy Promotion Working Group" will be held from now.
Thank you for taking the time to come here today.

My name is Mishima, and I am Counsellor Digital Agency. I will be chairing the meeting today. Nice to meet you.
Before the opening of the working group, Mr. Okushi, Senior Vice-Minister for Digital, will deliver an address.
Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Okushi, I would like to

Senior Vice-Minister for Digital Okushi: Thank you very much for participating in the fourth meeting of the Working Group on Data Strategy Promotion today. I am OGUSHI Masaki, and I have been appointed as Senior Vice-Minister for Digital. Together with Minister Kono and Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ozaki, I would like to ask for your continued support.

I would like to steadily advance the provision of better public service and digitalization that makes the lives of the people more convenient, and I believe that it is also an important job to convey this in an easy-to-understand manner, so I would also like to expect you to do so.

Last week, exactly one year has passed since the establishment of the Digital Agency, and during this time, we have been steadily promoting the provision of public services and infrastructure that support the lives of the people. In order to further promote the utilization of data as a whole society, I believe it is important to systematically advance efforts such as the development of the Digital infrastructure, particularly the development of data, and the creation of standard data.

We formulated the Comprehensive Data Strategy in June last year, and since it has been more than one year, we would like to advance this working group with a view to revising the Strategy based on the status of efforts in Digital Agency and each ministries and agencies.

Today, I would like to hear the frank opinions of the members who are participating in this conference. Thank you very much.

Councilor .
Next, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Minister for Digital Transformation Ozaki will give an address.
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ozaki, nice to meet you.

Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Minister for Digital Transformation Ozaki: Today, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your participation in the 4th meeting of the "Data Strategy Promotion Working Group".

I am Masanao Ozaki, and I have been appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Digital Transformation. With the guidance of Minister Kono and State Minister Okushi, I would like to work hard as one of the three roles in political affairs. I look forward to working with you again.

In my previous position, I served as the Governor of Kochi prefecture for three terms of 12 years. I have faced various Issue in local areas. I have high expectations for the creation of a good flow that will lead to new solutions to Issue and the creation of new industries by visualizing the Issue that was hidden in the area area and the Issue that was latent in individuals.

I understand that each ministry and agency will announce their respective efforts today, but I would like to participate in these significant efforts and work on them.

We look forward to your active discussions and guidance.

Councilor .
Next, regarding the introduction of the members of this working group, due to time constraints, I would like to distribute a list of names instead of introducing them.

Please note that Committee Members Endo and Watanabe will be absent today.
In addition, the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Working Group will be Masafumi Mori from this time, so I would like to ask you a few questions.
Special Advisor Mori, nice to meet you.

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Mori: This is Mori As you have just introduced me, I am Mr. Mori, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister.

As I am in charge of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, I am responsible for overseeing the various policies related to technology, development, and innovation of each ministry and agency.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you for participating in the fourth Working Group.

In the one year since the establishment of Digital Agency, data-related rules have been formulated around the world and efforts by implementation have been advancing rapidly. We need to catch up with them. The Comprehensive Data Strategy itself is a design map for the formation of digital society, but it is necessary for the implementation to be promoted through cooperation among ministries and agencies.

Therefore, with this working group as the control tower, I would like to see the Cabinet Office and each Ministry promote their cooperation toward the formation of digital society, and at the same time proceed with consideration so that their policies can be firmly positioned in plans such as the revision of the Comprehensive Data Strategy and the new capitalism.

I would like to ask all of you to make use of your respective knowledge and opinions to support the Government's efforts, and I would like to make my opening remarks and requests.
Best regards

Councilor .
Mr. Okushi, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, will leave here.

(Leave Okushi Digital Senior Vice-Minister's Office)

Councilor Today's meeting will be held online.
We ask all members and those who are requested to give explanations to turn on the camera, mute the microphone, and unmute the microphone only when you speak.

In addition, please understand that this working group will be open to the public through the Teams live event from this time.

Then, I would like to move on to the agenda. Regarding the agenda "1. Progress of the Data Strategy," the Secretariat will explain based on Material 1, and the Cabinet Office and each Ministry will explain individual efforts.

First of all, Mr. Hiramoto Digital Agency, Head of Data Strategy, will explain the outline of the comprehensive data strategy and the review of the past year.
Thank you very much.

I am Digital Agency , It has been a little more than one year since the Data Strategy was established in June last year, and it has been one year since Digital Agency was established. So, what have you been doing with the Data Strategy until then? Please turn to the next page.

As I mentioned in Digital Agency's report for the year, I believe that a data-friendly environment has been developed over the past year. As the title says, "Let everyone benefit from data." I don't think we have yet reached a point where we can see it. As the result of the year on the left says, "Establish rules for handling data, develop and disclose data that will be the foundation of society." We have been considering various guidelines, preparing reports on topics such as Trust, which is a point of contention, and Agile EBPM. We have created such rules.

As for the data that is the foundation of society, as shown in the figure on the right, there are 85 models. Data models are created by corporations, facilities, and systems. With 85 models, various things in society can be described. In order to create a data model and actually apply it, there are two projects. We are currently developing a base registry, including addresses and systems. There had been a base registry for characters, corporations, and systems, but in addition to that, we have launched two projects.

In fact, there are models and data, but how to deploy them in each field is what matters. It is written as 4 Fields & 1 Project, but we are currently promoting utilization in each field, such as utilization within the Government, utilization in local government, utilization in education and disaster risk management, and utilization of the basic design of data in Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation.

I would like to go to the next page and explain the future direction that I showed last December, although it may be a review.

First of all, as you can see on the left, in terms of the architecture of the Data Strategy, various considerations are being made using the architecture, and in order to clarify the issues, as you can see on the left, we are analyzing and promoting the organization in each layer, such as strategies and policies, Issue, rules, tools, data, utilization environments, and infrastructure.

I will explain individual stories later, but as you can see in the middle, we are aiming for Society5.0 through these. We want to create a human-centered society that creates new values through a system that highly integrates real space and cyberspace, and to that end, we have made various efforts, as I will explain later.

This is an overview, but individual efforts will be made later, so that is all.

Councilor Next, I would like to explain individual efforts.
The efforts of the Sub-Working Group are the EBPM Promotion on page 6, the Trust Sub-Working Group, which secured Promotion of DX on page 7, and the implementation Guidance on Rules for Data Handling on the Platform on page 10.

Then, the Secretariat will explain the overall picture and then explain the efforts related to Digital Agency. Due to the convenience of the process, the slides used for the explanation are not in the order of the pages of the materials. We would appreciate it if you could check the page number in the lower right corner of the screen.
Thank you very much.

I am Digital Agency I will explain based on the materials again.
As I mentioned earlier, we have been working very hard to build a basic foundation for creating a data-friendly environment. As outlined on page 2, in terms of organization services, we are considering strategies for local administrations, not just the central government, and how to use data in society as a whole.

As for the rules, they are written individually here, but there are various rules for using data across various fields, such as Trust, intellectual properties, system development, data maintenance, and personal data protection, so we are considering these.

Please go to page 6. In terms of collaboration platforms, it is easy to say collaboration platforms, but there are also platforms for exchanging data, and there are also cases where people pay money to exchange data. We are working on initiatives such as what kind of data exchange market should be, what kind of information bank should be used to store information, and how to actually use information in semi-public sector, as well as geospatial initiatives and initiatives in smart cities.

In terms of data, we have created an interoperability framework and advanced the development of basic data in order to build a foundation as you mentioned earlier.

In terms of infrastructure, we are developing infrastructure such as 5G and data centers, as well as a platform for research development.

We are also promoting human resources, security, and international expansion in line with this.
I would like to summarize and explain Digital Agency's efforts.

Please go to page 7. First of all, we have been conducting discussions at the Trust Sub-Working Group, which has secured Trust for Promotion of DX, which we have just mentioned. In July this year, we compiled a report. In order to secure Trust, as shown in the lower left, we have examined what guidelines are necessary to complete the process in a digital manner as necessary for administrative digital completion. In addition, as shown in the figure on the right, we have examined what concerns each participant has and what measures should be taken.

In addition, this must be internationally compatible, so in that sense, I worked on the formulation of international rules.

Please go to page 11. It says GIF as the Government Interoperability Framework. In short, we have been creating data templates and rules. On the left side, it says GIF, Data Model. The fields are smart cities Digital Garden City, disaster risk management, education, local government, and ministries and agencies. For example, in smart cities Digital Garden City, when we conduct projects in the future, we will create data compliant with GIF. By using a standard data model, we will make it easier for projects to proceed, and create a world in which applications can be interoperated and exchanged.

In the same way, we are also conducting data design in disaster risk management, and we are considering how to conduct data for disaster risk management.

As the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will explain later, we are also working with education to reflect it in the education Data Standard.

As for local government, local government system standardization is advancing, so we are reflecting it in the specifications.

With regard to ministries and agencies, we are working to incorporate the system construction into the standard guidelines.

On page 12, I would like to talk about the data connections Infrastructure, which requires various catalogs and tools to exchange data. How should we exchange data between public authorities? How should we exchange data for each area? It is written in the middle as the Area Data Infrastructure. How should we exchange data with the general public and industry? How should we exchange data in each field? It is written at the bottom as the DATA-EX, which is written here as CADDE. How should we exchange data across fields?

In addition, as you can see on the right, we are considering how to connect to GAIA-X, WAGI, and the existing service EAI.

Please go to page 18. In the field of disaster risk management, as I explained earlier about utilization, we are currently considering the next Comprehensive disaster risk management Information System. Here, we need to exchange information issued by various organizations, so as you can see on the lower left, we are creating data standards as basic shared information for disaster response. Together with us, we would like to create an environment in which information can be easily exchanged in the next Comprehensive disaster risk management Information System.

Please go to page 23. With regard to smart cities, we have started with the creation of a reference architecture, and we are working on supercities and digital garden cities. On page 24, we are promoting the creation of accurate data to realize smart cities in about 100 local government by twenty twenty-five.

Please go to page 25 for the map of Digital Garden City. Various data bases will be created in each city, and for that purpose, the Government Interoperability Framework (GIF) will provide a data template and design map.

Please go to page 26. Furthermore, using the design Map, which is the blue part in the middle, we are also supporting the construction of a collaborative infrastructure for data exchange by providing a broker of data intermediation functions as a core component of data connections.

Please go to page 27. As the base registry is attracting attention, we have been considering whether we can create basic registered data that can be shared by everyone. As you can see on the left, the base registry for addresses has been operated on a trial basis since April this year, and information is being collected and disclosed up to the level of Kasumigaseki 3-chome.

Regarding systems, we have started services, and we are collecting information on support systems and various subsidies, including those in each local government, and we are currently expanding them.

As for business operators, corporate information is being provided, and we are preparing to expand this to include sole proprietorships and business offices.

In addition, we are considering various matters such as letters and real estate, and although there are Issue such as stabilization of operation, it is progressing smoothly.

Please go to page 28. Regarding open data, we are currently working to comprehensively strengthen it, including by renovating the data catalog site on the next page.

Please go to page 29 for the data catalog site. Since it is a catalog, we are aiming to create an environment where it is easy for people to find data.

Please go to page 43. Since security is also extremely important, we have announced our policies for applying the architecture of zero Trust. Assuming that there are external and internal threats, we have announced our policies for creating a secure environment using digital identity.

Please go to page 44. In DFFT, which Japan is advocating, we are promoting it while seeking international cooperation in order to aim for the free flow of data in Trust. Since the G7 Presidency is in 2023, we are advancing the realization of DFFT toward this goal.
That is all for Digital Agency's efforts.

Councilor .
Next, Director-General for Policy Coordination of Minister's Secretariat Suzuki will explain Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications's efforts.
Thank you very much.

Director General Suzuki: This is Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications .
I would like to focus on specific initiatives related to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

First of all, from page 8 of the handout. Regarding efforts related to Trust services, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is making efforts such as operating systems related to time stamps and considering e-seals under the initiative of Digital Agency.

As shown in red at the bottom, time stamps have been nationally certified by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications since April 2021, and were positioned as part of the Electronic Ledgers and Records Retention Scheme under the tax system Amendment of 2022.

As for the e-SEAL (blue part), based on the report compiled by Digital Agency, we plan to implement initiatives related to the reliability evaluation of the e-SEAL.

Next, page 13 is about the information bank.
Regarding the status of certification and consideration of information banks, in the middle, a total of seven companies have been certified so far, and it is expected that the number will increase in the future.

In the future, we plan to advance discussions at the Study Group on the survey project on data connections between the Information Bank and local governments, etc., and the treatment of medical care requiring special attention in the field of health and personal data.
Next, I would like to show you page 30 of the handout. The Digital Garden City National Infrastructure Development Plan was formulated in March this year.
This section summarizes future policies and specific measures for (1) optical fiber development, (2) 5G development, (3) data centers / undersea cables, and (4) Beyond5G.

First, from the left, we have set a target of 99.9% household coverage by the end of fiscal 2027 for optical fiber development, and 95% nationwide by the end of fiscal 2023, 97% nationwide by the end of fiscal 2013, and 99% nationwide and each prefecture by the end of fiscal 2018 for population coverage of 5G development in the middle.

We have also formulated policies for the datacenter / undersea cable and Beyond5G on the right, and I will explain the details later.

Next, I would like to show you on page 31. For the development of digital infrastructure such as optical fiber and 5G, we have already established the local government Council in all local blocks by July this year as a place for local implementation, telecommunications carriers, social area related parties, etc. to match their needs with infrastructure development. We would like to promote matching at the area Council.

I am sorry to rush you. Next, I would like to show you on page 32. Regarding the strategies in the Development Plan that I mentioned earlier, the Council compiled an interim report on June 30 this year. In the upper part, against the backdrop of fierce international competition, the increasing power consumption of information and communications, and the Issue as a national Beyond5G, the digitalization Recognition was made. In the middle on the left, the Issue Recognition was made. As the Research development Strategy, it is necessary to clarify the shape of the network aimed at changing the game of the world market, focus on strong technologies as priority fields, and accelerate the development by intensive investment.

In particular, we will promote (I) all-optical network technology, (ii) non-terrestrial network technology, and (iii) secure virtualized and integrated network technology in conjunction with the social implementation strategies, intellectual property and standardization strategies, and overseas expansion strategies on the right. Our goals are to secure 10% of the standard essential patents shown below and 30% of the international market, to double the power consumption efficiency of the entire communication network, and to cover 100% of Japan's land, sea, and air.

Next, I would like to take a look at page 33. It is about the Digital Infrastructure Resilience Project by decentralizing data centers, submarine cables, and others.

We will provide support for the installation of digital infrastructure to promote local distribution and network resilience. As for data centers, we conducted a public offering in May this year and started to provide support for the development of seven centers. Details are shown in the table on the lower right.

In addition, regarding the Digital Garden City Superhighway and submarine cables, as indicated by the dotted line in the lower left figure, we are preparing to invite applications for the development of routes on the Sea of Japan side, which are missing links.

I am sorry to rush you, but that is all about Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications's efforts. Thank you very much.

Councilor .
Next, Deputy Secretary-General Narita will explain the efforts of the Digital Market Competition Headquarters of the Cabinet Secretariat.
Thank you very much.

Deputy Manager: I'm Narita, as you've just introduced me. Nice to meet you.

Please see page 9. We are advancing the initiative called TrustedWeb. We have been working on it since we established the Council about two years ago. As stated at the top of the purpose, while various social and economic activities are being carried out in the digital domain, the part of Trust is insufficient or missing, so we are working on it with a sense of goal that a new mechanism for Trust should be created or added.

Although it is not written on this paper, there are privacy issues and fake news issues in Issue. On the other hand, industries cannot use data because they cannot maintain trade secrets. Various Issue are digital spaces, but broadly speaking, I think they are concentrated in three Issue. The first question is whether data itself can be trusted. The second question is whether data can be trusted, including whether the person with whom data is exchanged is really that person. The third question is whether it is necessary to create a new mechanism to ensure Trust in terms of the handling of data exchanged and transferred.

The specific Trust mechanism that is currently being discussed is the Trust mechanism written in red at the top. There are three main points, but the first is to allow users to control their own data in a way that does not rely excessively on a specific service. The second is to incorporate a mechanism for consensus building in data exchange so that the implementation of the agreement can be traced. The third point is to aim to improve validation by expanding the area where Trust can be done. I think there are three blue and yellow circles on the right. In the current Internet or Web space, the circle on the left, the area where validation can be done, and the yellow part is very small, so various problems may be occurring. Therefore, TrustedWeb is based on the concept of improving the level of Trust by expanding the area where yellow validation can be done, which is the circle on the right. As an approach, we are creating a digital infrastructure of Trust by an overlay approach that overlaps the Internet and the Web. This is one of the initiatives that the Government of Japan is advancing for Trust in DFFT.

Discussions on this matter began in earnest two years ago. Last spring, the White Paper Ver. 1.0 was compiled, and two months ago, in July, the Ver. 2.0 was compiled. It is written in the yellow band. Last year, the architecture was drawn while examining three use cases, creating prototypes, and extracting Issue. Due to space limitations, the architecture itself was not drawn, but we will develop the infrastructure with an architecture consisting of six components.

The bottom part is how we will proceed. On the left side, there is "various services." For example, in the case of data control, there is DID, and in the case of validation possibility, there is VC technology. Although it is not limited to that, while various solutions are being provided, such services will be provided gradually. Then, middleware will be formed, and APIs, data models, and protocols that should be standardized in middleware will gradually be seen. We will enhance the interoperability of these things or lead to standardization, and the standardized part will be formed as digital infrastructure, that is, TrustedWeb. We are drawing a path.

So, there are three initiatives going forward. First, at the same time as the publication of the White Paper in July, we received use cases's proposals from people in private sector, and 13 proposals will be selected. We are working with Mr. Digital Agency on supply chains, applications for subsidies, and health care. I believe we will be able to make an official announcement next week, but next, we will advance specific discussions in use cases and provide feedback on the architecture review.

Second, cooperation with overseas countries is extremely important. This cannot be done only in Japan, and we would like to further deepen cooperation with other related organizations, including the EU's digital ID wallet.

The third point is that we would like to further expand and deepen the community of various engineers, business, and academia, and we would like to advance further with such efforts.
That's all from me. Thank you very much.

Councilor .
Next, I would like to ask Mr. Tanaka, Executive Director of the Cabinet Office's Intellectual Property Strategy Promotion Office.

Director-General TANAKA: I would like to explain the Guidance on Data Handling Rules for the implementation Platform.
This is page 10. You explained the comprehensive data strategy on page 3. Within the architecture, this initiative is part of the cooperation infrastructure and platform policy. Based on the results of the discussion by the Data-Handling Rules implementation Sub-Working Group, this working group also published guidance in March this year under the joint name of implementation and the Secretariat for the Promotion of Intellectual Property Strategy as Digital Agency Guidance ver. 1.0 on data-handling rules for the platform, as shown in the first arrow feather in the green box.

With regard to the necessity and significance of this, one of the obstacles to creating a platform and distributing data is the various concerns and anxieties held by stakeholders participating in the data value chain. If there are no rules to eliminate these concerns, trust in the platform will not be generated and data will not flow. How to create rules for this purpose? These rules will be quite different depending on the characteristics of the data handled by the platform or the characteristics of the transaction itself. Therefore, this guidance was created to clarify the common viewpoint and process of consideration.

Therefore, the actual rules will be created based on the characteristics of each individual platform while referring to this guidance. The guidance only clarifies the procedures and perspectives for creating it.

I will briefly explain the content.
As you can see on the left, first of all, identify the stakeholders in the value chain and clarify their concerns and concerns.
Next, decide what kind of response policy to take depending on the degree of risk of the transaction or data being handled.

Based on that, we will make a specific rule design and change it to Agile while implementing it. If we decide to "reduce" the response policy, we have been discussing how to ensure the controllability of data for each stakeholder.

As an example of means to ensure controllability, the table on the right summarizes what we have summarized. After expressing the status of responses to various concerns and anxieties of upstream parties, including observers, we will ask data users to submit data, and based on this, we will ask them to properly commit what kind of data management they will do. When data users provide data to third parties, we will ask third parties to commit it as well. To this end, we will implementation process rules, execute and manage them using smart contracts, or even authenticate the credentials of people who participate in data distribution via platforms. We will present various examples with different weights, and we will ask them to select them according to their actual circumstances.

Going forward, as shown in the second arrow feather in the green box above, based on the Priority plan, Comprehensive Data Strategy, and Intellectual Property Promotion Plan toward the realization of digital society, the implementation of specific rules will be advanced by semi-public sector and the relevant ministries and agencies with reference to this guidance in the platform for each field, including Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation, and the smart cities Project in Digital Agency, which you explained earlier.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Director-General for Policy Planning and Evaluation Kishimoto will explain Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's efforts.
Thank you very much.

Director-General for Policy Planning and Evaluation Kishimoto: This is Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare .
From Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, I would like to report on two individual initiatives, namely the progress of data health reform and the promotion of medical DX as specified in the Basic Policies approved by the Cabinet this year.

First of all, on page 14 of the materials, in June 2021, we formulated a road map for data health reform that is expected to reach twenty twenty-five, and we are advancing efforts in each field based on this.
In particular, with regard to the three points of a system in which medical care information can be confirmed nationwide, a system for electronic prescriptions, and a system in which one's own health medical care information can be used, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) formulated a reform plan in July 2020, and based on that, we will intensively implement the plan over the two years until fiscal 2022, which is now in its second fiscal year.

First, regarding the mechanism for confirming medical care information nationwide in (1), the online qualification confirmation system began operation in 2021, and so far, it has been possible to confirm specific health examination information and drug information. In addition to this, we are preparing to confirm other medical information included in the receipt, and we plan to expand the system and start operation on September 11, 2022.

(2) Regarding the electronic prescription system, we have revised the law during the ordinary Diet session this year and established an electronic prescription system, which is also based on an online qualification confirmation system, and we are conducting system development with the aim of starting operation in January next year. In addition, we would like to start a model project for starting operation this October.

(3) Regarding the mechanism that allows people to use their own health medical care information, we are gradually expanding the mechanism that allows each Japanese person to view their own health Mynaportal information through medical care via PC or smartphone.

Recently, since June this year, local government medical examination information such as cancer screening, osteoporosis screening, Periodontal Disease Examination, and Hepatitis Examinations has been available for viewing. We are preparing to make medical examination information available in September and electronic prescription information available in January next year.

In addition, with regard to personal health records, we believe that it is also important for the people to be able to use private service widely according to their needs, and in this regard, we have formulated guidelines for promoting the use of PHR services that can be used with confidence.

We will continue to make efforts based on the road map for data health reform.

Next, please see page 15. In this year's Basic Policies for medical DX, it is indicated that the medical DX Promotion Office (tentative name), headed by the Prime Minister, will be newly established, the National medical care Information Platform will be created, electronic medical record information will be standardized, and revision of medical fee schedule DX efforts will be advanced. The same is stated in Priority plan, which was approved by the Cabinet on the same day.

In response to this, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) reorganized organization this summer, and a system to promote medical DX is being developed. Going forward, we will advance our efforts in cooperation with related parties.

We will continue to make full use of our own information to maintain and improve our own health, provide high-quality medical care based on data, and accelerate drug and therapeutic development.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. cybersecurity, Director General for Policy Planning, Minister's Secretariat, will explain Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)'s efforts.
Thank you very much.

Director General Morita: This is Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) .
I would like to report two points from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
This is Roadmap to the Utilization of Data in Education on page 16. Based on the Roadmap to the Utilization of Data in Education formulated by the four ministries and agencies in January this year, we are advancing educational DX in three stages, as shown in the middle.

First, in the first phase, we are focusing on the digitization of school education. We are advancing the development of terminals through GIGA School Concept and the promotion of digital textbooks.

At the same time, we are starting from what we can in the second and third stages.
The second stage is the full utilization of education and data for education guidance and ICT administration. To be specific, we are already making considerable progress in the standardization and rule-making of education data, which is at the bottom of the slide, and the development and utilization of basic tools. With regard to the standardization of education data, I would like to take a look at page 17 first, but in order to ensure the interoperability of education data, we have already announced the first edition of the red-framed school part of the GIF in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), focusing on the Course of Study code and school code as well as the second edition of "User Information." We are working to further enhance the content information and announce the third edition with the addition of activity information.

Going back to page 16, regarding fundamental tools, we have already made considerable progress in MEXCBT, which is a computer-based testing (CBT) system as a learning assessment system for children and students that can be used in schools nationwide, and EduSurvey, which reduces the burden on the field and accelerates surveys by conducting various surveys on schools and education Committees on the cloud.

We are advancing initiatives toward the third stage, in which we will analyze and utilize the results of these efforts, return them to the field, and create new value for education with new knowledge.

The other point is on page 36. In data strategy, it belongs to the infrastructure layer, but it is connected by SINET, and it is development of research DX platform by AI, supercomputers, and research big data.

In the AI and data-driven research development, dramatic innovation has already begun to be created in the materials science field, and we are working to develop this from a partial move to a whole move.

As you can see in the middle, we will accelerate the development of the Research DX Platform by connecting AI, supercomputers, and Research Big Data, which are the core of Research DX, with SINET. To be specific, as you can see at the bottom, we will connect the cutting-edge AI technology at RIKEN's AIP Center, the cutting-edge supercomputers such as "Fugaku," and the data-sharing platform centered on the National Institute of Informatics (NII) with ultra-high-speed and large-capacity SINET. As you can see on the right, we are currently accelerating the development of the Research DX Platform, which combines these technologies by utilizing quantum technologies and mathematical sciences.
That's all from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Nobuo cybersecurity, Deputy Director-General for Information Technology of the Minister's Secretariat, will explain the efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Thank you very much.

General Manager of Research YAMADA: I am General Manager of Research .
Please see page 19. Agricultural data connections Infrastructure (WAGRi) was established by the Cabinet Office SIP to create an environment in which farmers can use data to challenge productivity improvement and management improvement. It is a data platform with data collaboration, sharing, and provision functions, and has been operated by the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences since April 2019.

The number of users is expanding in Issue, and we have been promoting the development of content with high needs, such as growth prediction programs and pest image judgment programs, as well as strengthening information dissemination, such as holding forums for agricultural equipment manufacturers and ICT vendors. The number of users has increased from 24 in 2019 to 72 at present, and the development of agricultural applications using WAGRi is also advancing. We will continue to strive to expand use, such as enhancing content while listening to the voices of users.

In addition, with regard to open API initiatives, in order to make it possible to link data such as position information and work time obtained from agricultural machinery such as tractors, we have standardized data formats and developed open APIs for sharing data held by manufacturers and the like with external parties. This makes it possible to view and analyze data from agricultural machinery of different manufacturers in an integrated manner. We will continue to promote standardization and the development of open APIs for data obtained from rice drying and preparation facilities and gardening houses.

Nobuo: Next, I would like to explain about the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Common Application Service (eMAFF). The material is 20 pages.

The eMAFF is to online more than 3,000 procedures related to law, subsidies, and Issue funds under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in order to save time and effort related to administrative procedures for agricultural, forestry, and fishery operators and to focus on management.

Local government as a joint platform for procedures completed in a local development, and LGWAN support is also provided.
In particular, we focus on the convenience of applicants. We have adopted SaaS, which is often used in private sector for business progress management, and provided a unified UI/UX. In addition, we have also made a implementation of the proxy application function in consideration of the fact that there are many elderly people.

As you can see on the right side of the document, based on the government policy, we have realized one stop, single sign-on using gBizID, digital first, and one time only, in which procedures can be completed online.

In addition, the specifications are that the person in charge of the system always performs BPR of the current work and then constructs the application screen by himself / herself, which reduces the labor and cost of development.

As of today, we have completed the online implementation of about 2,850 procedures, and we aim to complete the implementation of all procedures within this fiscal year.

At the same time, in order to utilize the data accumulated in the eMAFF database for effective policy formulation, we are also focusing on the training of data scientists and the utilization of BI tools.

On page 21, I would like to introduce the initiatives we are implementing in conjunction with the introduction of eMAFF.

First of all, we will review our business. As I mentioned earlier, the person in charge of the system will make an online implementation for the procedure at the eMAFF after conducting BPR. However, we will review the application items and so on as needed after going online and reflect them on the screen.

In addition, in order to reduce the input of character strings and the submission of PDFs that do not contribute to the smooth use of data, we are promoting the construction of input screens using selective input forms such as numeric values, pull-downs, and radio buttons.

Next is the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Common Geographic Information Management System (eMAFF Map). In cooperation with eMAFF and using digital map technology, we will integrate agricultural land data, which had been handled separately by related organizations, reduce the administrative burden related to on-site confirmation and data management, and use it for discussions on the use of agricultural land in area based on a common map. At present, we are actively working on various ledgers, real estate registry register information, and linking data such as brush polygons.

Finally, in cooperation with the Japan Finance Corporation, we concluded a comprehensive cooperation agreement in June 2021. At first, we made it possible for eMAFF to apply for the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Safety Net Fund, which provides emergency loans for funds necessary in the event of a disaster. We will expand the use of eMAFF to other funds while enhancing the convenience of applicants.
That's all the explanation from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Sato, Deputy Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, will explain the efforts of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Thank you very much.

Mr. Satoh, Director-General for Technology, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism,
On page 22, I would like to explain our efforts to build a national land and transport data platform.

The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Data Platform aims to connect various infrastructure data under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with private sector and other data, leading to the enhancement of measures by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the creation of innovation through industry-government-university cooperation.

It is possible to display, search, and download collectively on a map what kind of data the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism holds and what kind of data is disclosed in the area that the user wants to investigate.

This platform was launched on a trial basis in April 2020, and data connections and functional expansion are underway.
I would like to show you a specific example.

Please show me the following video. You can access the data you want to view by selecting an area and facility on the data platform. When you select a port facility in Tokyo, the location of the facility where the data is stored, such as a container or crane, is displayed, and you can view the data.

Next, if you select a bridge in Shizuoka, the bridges managed by the government are displayed in red and the bridges managed by Shizuoka Prefecture are displayed in blue, and you can access not only the specifications but also the inspection results.

Road traffic can be color-coded according to the traffic volume of each road, and it is also possible to confirm the three dimensional city model by superimposing it. It can be used to examine the location of buildings from traffic, for example, entrances and exits.

In addition to displaying three dimensional point cloud data obtained at construction sites and facility management, it is also possible to confirm a three dimensional model of a structure obtained in the design of construction.

Finally, as an example of using the platform, we will introduce a 3D hazard map of the lower reaches of the Arakawa River. By combining inundation data and a 3D city model, we can realistically confirm how high the flood will reach in the event of a flood. This will help improve disaster risk management awareness, such as confirming whether your location is safe in the first place and the evacuation route in the event of an emergency.

For example, it is possible to extract buildings with good sunlight conditions and use them for solar power generation sales, to combine building and distribution data to examine drones distribution, and to combine building and facility data and people's flow data in tourist spots to use them as basic information for tourism marketing.

In this way, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will further promote the opening of data in its possession, and will continue to make efforts to further improve the accessibility of data through opportunities to hear the opinions of users so that it is easier for users to use it.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Nohara, Director-General of the Commercial Information Policy Bureau, will explain the efforts of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Thank you very much.

Director Nohara: I'm Nohara .
Then, I will explain.
There are three items from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

One is data centers, which is on page 34. According to an estimate, if the amount of data increases dramatically in digitalization, 1,000 times more computing power will be required to process it in the next 10 years. The increase in data volume will require data centers. In addition, currently, 60% of the market is concentrated in the Tokyo area and 20% in the Kansai area, and 80% of Japan's data centers are around Tokyo and Osaka. Therefore, from the perspective of resilience, it is necessary to distribute data centers, and this is a measure we are working on to develop data centers in local areas.

As Mr. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications explained earlier, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are jointly implementing measures. In Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is mainly budgeting for the development of electricity and communication infrastructure and sites for bases necessary for the development of completely new regional hub data centers, such as capital investment in data centers and the laying of undersea cables. In (3), it is written that the budget of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry so far is more than 50 billion yen, and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has 50 billion yen, so the two ministries will take 100 billion yen in total.

Since it is necessary to develop measures in an integrated manner, as described in (1), I asked Dr. Murai to serve as the chairman of the Advisory Council, which is attended by academia, business people, and relevant ministries and agencies, with METI and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as the secretariat and Digital Agency, MEXT, MLIT, and MOE as observers. At the Advisory Council, the basic concept and points to be emphasized are summarized and presented. Based on that policy, both ministries are developing measures.

As described in (2), regarding the development of completely new regional base data centers related to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, we have repeatedly exchanged opinions with local government, who is enthusiastic about attracting them, and we have made a list of 78 locations in local government, which local government wants to invite, on the METI website to serve as a reference for investment by data center operators in private sector.

In order to realize the concept, we are also providing support for local government's feasibility study. As you can see in the blue circle at the bottom on the left, there are five local government in the first public offering, and they are currently in the second public offering. We are at the stage where we expect specific projects to start construction in the future.

Page 35 is the second article on Architecture design at the Digital Architecture Design Center. There is a Digital Architecture Design Center at IPA. I have asked Mr. Saito to be the director of the Center. In order to solve the long-standing structural Issue of Japanese IT, which has not been connected until now, as enclosed in the box at the bottom of page 35, we will examine and create a use cases that will be more profitable in data connections. In addition, by developing and disclosing standard architectures, data models, communication protocols, authentication methods, open libraries, etc., we aim to build and spread a data connections foundation and digital infrastructure that will enable the autonomous, distributed, and cooperative interoperability of data carried by many parties based on standard architectures.

As for the blue part in the upper box, in response to a specific request from Digital Agency, the Digital Architecture and Design Center of IPA is engaged in architecture design in cooperation with private sector companies and education organizations, with the participation of related ministries and agencies. As the first case, we have reported and announced two cases of architecture design in the field of mobility and B2B transactions. Based on this architecture, METI and Digital Agency are at the stage of embarking on a development demonstration and research project for data connections infrastructure. This is the second point.

The third point is on page 45, which is related to DFFT, as Mr. Digital Agency explained earlier. Toward the specific institutionalization of DFFT, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) held a study group on the cross-border transfer of data with the participation of companies and experts, compiled a report, and is still considering it.

We started by understanding the actual situation of the barriers to the cross-border transfer of data that Japanese companies doing business globally are actually facing, and we are organizing the Issue. As you can see in the blue box above, there are different digital silos between domestic regulation authorities in each country. The regulation is overlapped, the regulation requirements are set in multiple layers, so it is legally transparent, and it is legally stable because it is frequently changed. There is a problem that each company has to investigate the systems of each country on their own, which costs a lot to investigate. There is a problem that regulation authorities do not fully understand the business situation of the transfer of data to third countries, and regulation are introduced one after another, and it costs a lot to obtain certification that data transfer is allowed. When we understand the actual situation, there are various Issue. regulation

To summarize, as you can see on the right of page 45, Issue is a priority Issue. The first thing we need to do is to be transparent. Or we need to be interoperable. If we obtain certain technologies, standards, or certifications, we can transfer them even if the rules are different in each country. Is it possible to create some kind of mechanism? This is where we are now.

In the run-up to the G7 Summit in Hiroshima Prefecture, we have secured a budget and provided it to the OECD, which is conducting a fact-finding survey on cross-border data transfer by companies from various countries. We have conducted a fact-finding survey on Japanese companies, but they are also conducting a fact-finding survey on companies from various countries. As Japan will become the G7 Presidency from January next year, we will work together with Digital Agency to realize DFFT toward the G7 Summit in Hiroshima Prefecture.
That's all from METI.

Councilor .
In addition, due to time constraints, some materials are only posted, so please keep them in mind.

Next, Mr. Digital Agency will explain the proceedings "2. Strategic Initiatives for a Data-Driven Society Advancing Worldwide" based on Material 2.

I am Digital Agency Handout 2.

As reported by the Cabinet Office and each Ministry, considerable progress is being made domestically, but countries around the world are also making efforts. First of all, in relation to this, as the value of data is increasing rapidly, how to use data in industrial policy and competition policy is becoming important for each country. I have mainly taken up three countries here, but there is an aspect that the United States is mainly focusing on them as an industry, Europe is trying to create a cross-border service to realize a digital single market throughout Europe, and China is promoting national management and industrial development using data. There are large groups in each country, but there are differences in their credibility and ways of thinking about regulation. In this context, what kind of data distribution will be created is a global issue.

On the next page, regarding the main efforts of the three countries, I wrote the first hyphen for legal matters, the second hyphen for strategic matters, and the third hyphen for recent topics. In the past few years, the United States, Europe, and China have developed an extremely large number of laws.

There are differences in strategies. In the United States and other countries, government strategies are being carried out, but in private sector, various activities can be carried out freely. In the form of EuropeanStrategyforData, we are strategically advancing in a form that combines strategies and laws, such as what kind of data space will be created throughout Europe and how we will think about data sovereignty. Regarding China, we have put forward a very strong digital policy in the 14th five year Plan, and we are considering how to use data and transfer data to market transactions, which are said to be element markets for data. We are also focusing on overseas business development, which is said to be the Digital Silk Road.

Please go to the next page. In total, over the past year, efforts related to data and digital in foreign countries have been promoted very strongly, and various guidelines and laws have been provided.

First, as I mentioned earlier, the value of data is increasing dramatically, so we are focusing on the development of bills, new technologies, metaverse, web3, and so on.

This is the second hyphen, but in terms of discussions on data security, there are issues related to data security, including discussions on fake news, discussions on how to utilize geospatial information, and discussions on general data security.

Third, since we basically have to distribute data, how to ensure interoperability and what the data infrastructure should be, and what is very problematic in each country is how to secure data human resources. There is a shortage of data human resources in private sector, and there is also a shortage of data human resources in the government, so how to develop data human resources is drawing much attention around the world.

The next page contains the global data strategy for reference. In the world, strategies, laws, human resources, and systems are promoted in a balanced manner.

In addition, as for international frameworks, as you have stated, G7 and G20 are considering reliable and free data distribution in DFFT, which has just been announced. Other international frameworks are also being promoted in the form of efforts among countries.

In more detail, as described on the following pages, each country is making considerable efforts in data-related laws, dataspace, data connections infrastructure, geospatial, operations, and human resources.

On page 8, in terms of the development of data-related laws, for example, in the case of the EU, based on the GDPR in personal data, we are discussing how to share and use data, and what systems should be in place for competition. At the bottom, the Digital Services Act has a line-up of laws, including liability for content. As you can see from the year of enforcement and year of publication, it is characteristic that a large number of laws have been issued over the past one to two years.

The next page is about the promotion of Data Space. Various initiatives by consortiums in private sector, such as GAIA-X and FIWARE, are attracting attention. Discussions are currently underway on Data Space not only in terms of data technology platforms, but also in terms of what kind of systems should be developed on top of them and what kind of framework should be adopted for data distribution across international borders.

As you can see on the lower left, discussions are underway on a framework or data space for cross-border data exchange in the fields of private sector, health, and energy in a way that links the data space recommended by the EuropeanCommission and the GAIA-X data space promoted mainly in mobility.

On the next page, from the EU platform perspective, interoperability has been mentioned earlier. As stated below, in addition to the human resources, framework, and basic data, there is a gray part as a data platform. First, the EU-wide platform provides various tools such as eOutsourcing, eIDAS, and OOTS, and these are provided as open sources. Therefore, in cooperation with platforms in private sector such as GAIA-X and IDSA, we are creating an environment in which data can be distributed. On top of that, as I mentioned earlier, we are creating a data space in which each law is applied, and are advancing both platforms in the form of a social common platform centered on the administration and a platform in private sector.

On the next page, geospatial data is also being promoted. As MOFA mentioned 3D data earlier, the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States have recently started considering geospatial data in a framework or architectural structure. Japan has just issued a basic plan for geospatial data the other day, and strategic efforts have begun in the form of how the world will use geospatial data.

On the next page, we are currently advancing the development of data, including base registries and open data. Looking at each country, we are creating a framework in which base registries are stably supplied in the form of creating laws and operating institutions for base registries so that you can build one of-a-kind services with peace of mind.

On page 13 at the end, as I mentioned earlier, countries around the world are making efforts to strengthen data human resources and systems. In particular, data human resources in the administration are necessary, so we are strengthening the education of literacy for all employees. As written in detail on the right, the UK government defines digital human resources in various forms, such as Datajob and IToperationsjob, and is enhancing human resource development by defining skill sets and creating data training courses. Now, the public and private sectors are working together to develop data human resources.
That's all for overseas.

Councilor .
I will continue to explain based on Exhibit 3 in "3. Future Promotion of Data Strategy".

I am Digital Agency Next, I will explain in Material 3.
As a major Issue in the future, I have just been introduced to various efforts made by the Cabinet Office and each Ministry this fiscal year. In that way, there are places where great results have been collected or good things have been produced. In that sense, data strategies are advancing very rapidly in the world, but I believe that it is necessary to advance these efforts, including mutual cooperation and cooperative relationships, and as I have explained in Architecture, I would like to strengthen efforts in each field.

The following pages are the main points that we are considering. As the main points that I would like you to discuss today, as shown on the previous page, we are accelerating our efforts as a whole. However, I believe that future working groups are creating data platforms and data connections foundations for each semi-public sector, and it is necessary to consider how to promote efficiency domestically, including cooperation among semi-public sector. There is also the question of how to promote data connections domestically.

My second question is about the expansion of the base registry and open data. It is necessary to supply a large amount of diverse data in a stable manner. In what form can we supply high-quality data? And what is the operation system for stable operation? These are also issues we are considering.

The third is the examination of how to realize the DFFT that has just come out.

Fourth, I would like to discuss both the policy and technical aspects of the Data Space, and how international cooperation will be conducted. We are currently talking with Europe and the United States, and we would like to discuss the future direction of international cooperation, including expansion into Asia.

The next page is the schedule (draft) of the Data Strategy Promotion Working Group. Today, I explained the overall picture. Based on the fact that we have reached this point, I will divide the discussion of the points I just explained into the fifth and sixth sessions and summarize the situation. Based on that, I will explain the direction to be taken, and in the seventh session, I will explain the outline of how to organize and promote it. In the eighth session, the Data Strategy will be compiled. At the G7 Summit, which will be held around this time, our results will be reflected as appropriate. In addition, as it is written that the Comprehensive Data Strategy will be revised in June, domestic efforts have been made and overseas efforts have been made considerably. Based on this, I would like to advance the compilation in the form of the Comprehensive Data Strategy after properly organizing the points on the previous page.
That's all for my explanation of the materials for the future promotion.

Councilor .
Now, I would like to begin the exchange of views. Prior to that, I would like to introduce some of the members who have changed from this time.

The director in charge of digital policy at the New Economy Federation has been changed from Mr. Hajime Sato to Mr. Hideo Tomioka.
Mr. Tomioka, may I have a few words of greeting?

Tomioka Member: New Economy Federation.
I would like to participate in this working group from this time, and I would like to contribute to making it a better strategy for the whole country while conveying the voices of the business community. Thank you very much.

Councilor .
Next, we have added Mr. Hiroshi Saito, Director of the Information-Technology Promotion Agency Digital Architecture and Design Center.
Mr. Saito, may I have a few words of greeting?

SAITO Member: . Nice to meet you all.
At the Digital Architecture Design Center, we are currently working on government systems, autonomous mobile robots, and B2B transactions. In the data strategy currently being advanced in Digital Agency, we are talking about the so-called Trust, and in the world of IoT, zero Trust will be involved, so I once again feel that we need to deepen cooperation very much.

I would like to hear various opinions, so I would like to say the same. Thank you very much, everyone.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, we have received opinions from Mr. Endo, who was absent today, and they are distributed as Reference 2.

In your opinion, we should summarize the outline of the Japanese data strategy from the perspective of the data platform as a foundation for value creation. From the perspective of securing real-time data promotion and strengthening national power, we would like to hear your opinions from the perspective of the development of data connections and DFFT, international cooperation, and Japanese leadership in international standards.

Then, if you have any comments, please let me know by chat. I will designate you. As time is limited, I would like to ask you to speak in about 3 minutes per person.
Mr. Ohta, please.

Ohta Member: Thank you very much. I'm Ohta.
Because it is comprehensive, I think the data strategy is to be done steadily over five to ten years, so there is a solid framework, and the progress is very easy to understand.

I would like to make a statement in relation to No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 of the points you presented at the end. In your explanation of overseas strategies at the end, you mentioned Europe, the United States, and the People's Republic of China. On the other hand, I would like to ask what the Japanese characteristics are. In my previous discussion, I believe that one of the keywords was Trust. This is because Japanese countries have the advantage of interacting with various rules in area, such as GDPR and CBPR. Trust will be our strength. As stated in today's report, I believe that the content has been considerably packed.

However, there is one more feature. It is not just in terms of rules, but I think it can be done in a place a little closer to use cases. To be specific, it is about well-being, which is currently being discussed in Digita. Data is used for smart cities and town development, and we aim to have 100 locations in smart cities and 1,000 organizations in the digital countryside. We are discussing why data is used there, and we are considering indicators, including supportability, because there is well-being.

I think it would be good if the base registry or open data that is used in such places is properly available, but when I look at it specifically, there are some parts that are not enough. This is a possibility, but I think that the eMAFF map will be developed not only for agriculture but also for landscapes and biological diversity. In addition, the hydrological and water quality that was in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is now only the amount of rainfall and the water level. If you go to area and so on, the mountains and the sea are connected, so you can see phosphate and nitrogen in the actual water quality. So, the European spatial data, which is the basis of all this, is connected to well-being and supportability, and the data for that purpose is well developed. I think that if we can examine this in depth in a cross-sectional and selective manner next time or one after another, if we can examine whether we can cooperate well because Digita is working on that, I think that there will be more characteristics in terms of strategies, so I would like you to consider this.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Murai, please.

Murai Member: Thank you, .
It became a very broad topic among ministries and agencies, and I think that led to the data connections issue. It is very difficult to realize this part, so it is important to link data, but I think it is important to maintain interoperability of data in each field and department. If so, it will be a problem on the user side where data can be used in conjunction with data from other countries. On the provider side, it is very difficult to think about the world of data in terms of standards, common formats, and the international nature of, for example, the expression of dates and times and the expression of locations. First of all, cooperation in this sense must be considered by both the user and the provider. Interoperability must be considered.

I think we need to take action to evaluate and check this. The tremendous value of semi-public sector is an area that will increase only if we use the data that each public office and local government has in common. I think it is the business operators who use the data to provide services, the academia who watches the data, and the people who watch such things individually who can judge whether or not they are doing this properly. I think it is necessary to have a system in which feedback from these people can be obtained very quickly and in real time, and can be accepted and processed.

The other is Digital Agency's explanation of open data. It is called Digitalbydefault or Digital First, but I think open data basically starts from the first stage of procurement, in other words, from the stage of opening up the work to be done using tax money. Digital Agency has a more advanced position on procurement, so I think it is necessary to have a system in which procurement can concretely advance this idea.

Finally, there is data accessibility. In today's data connections, if ministries and agencies do not talk about data accessibility more strongly, there will be no cases where they miss this timing. I think that it is necessary to establish basic rules, and it is very important to make data easier to see and use for any people in an inclusive manner or in response to an aging society.

For example, I believe that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has just explained that electronic textbooks and all other forms of electronic publishing are now electronic. However, the standardization of accessibility for electronic textbooks and electronic publishing is not the same publisher, and the nature of publishing is different, so there is a vertical gap. This is also about data accessibility as a whole, and the basic idea of the expression of all the data that you explained today is that there are many examples around the world, and I believe that Japan can take the lead in terms of the blind, the deaf, and the elderly, particularly the elderly. In that sense, I believe that we should thoroughly implement the common basic rules of data accessibility.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Koshizuka, please.

Koshizuka Member: Thank you, .
Thank you for your explanation.

I felt that the efforts of each ministry and agency are expanding very much, and I would like to express my respect for those efforts first.
The more I hear about such rich efforts, the more I feel that how to coordinate these efforts is the most important thing. Therefore, I would like to say one word, cooperation.

Today, you explained various initiatives and initiatives related to data infrastructure, but there are also many more initiatives in private sector that are not related to the Government of Japan. In order to ensure that such a mountain of data infrastructure does not fall apart, as you have mentioned on page 12 of Handout 1, I don't think all cooperation on various matters is written here, but I think it is very important to conduct such cooperation.

Earlier, Dr. Murai mentioned interoperability. Cooperation covers a wide range of layers, including policy and concept levels, rules, semantics, formats, and actual exchange infrastructure systems. In any case, there are so many efforts in Japan, so I think it is okay to have one project just for cooperation so that it does not fall apart, and I think we should promote cooperation.

The second is internationalization. In DFFT, there will be the G7 next year, and Mr. Endo suggested the International Standardization Committee. As it has become so mature in Japan, I think it is very important to talk with and cooperate with overseas countries. I think it is also important to utilize the G7. In particular, I think it is very important to cooperate with Asia from Japan's position.

The third is education. As I mentioned earlier, it is true that there are many human resource development projects called "data" in Japan, for example, under the name of "data science." However, in reality, it is mostly about the development of AI and statistics human resources, so I don't feel that the field of data is main.

As far as open data is concerned, the Government has been working on human resource development for open data, but in the field of data, human resource development, including all aspects such as rules, technologies, and platforms, is insufficient, focusing on what is being done today in the Data Strategy Promotion Working Group. I believe that this is reflected in the fact that people who meet with us are almost always together, but I believe that is necessary.

Fourth, there is a lot of momentum and efforts to create local data in Digita and smart cities, so how will we cooperate with local local government? In particular, agricultural and fishery industries are located in local areas, and there are data there, so how will we cooperate with them?

Last but not least, I would like to talk about technological research. I believe that how to exchange and distribute data while ensuring confidentiality and privacy, such as secret calculation, homomorphic encryption, and secret sharing, is extremely important. There is still work to be done on how to incorporate this into the data connections and distribution framework, so I believe that it is important to promote this.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Goto, please.

Member: My name is Goto.
First of all, today, I learned once again that efforts related to the data connections Platform by various ministries and agencies are becoming very active in a wide range of areas, and I think it was very good and in a good direction. Of course, the members have already given us the next assignment, and I think we can expect quite a lot from them.

In the future, when we can expect it, what we are concerned about is securing the resiliency of the entire digital society. For example, in recent years, in relation to the supply chain, we have been making products with a focus on efficiency, including semiconductors. It was good until now, but it has collapsed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and the deterioration of the international situation.

It may be based on this, but there have been reports that the Government of Ukraine is working to ensure resiliency by placing the content of the Data Embassy, or e-government, overseas. Regardless of whether or not we consider this much, as value creation related to data utilization increases, I think it is necessary to prepare as soon as possible how to ensure resiliency as a digital society.

In today's talk, I think that the infrastructure level resiliency related to Beyond5G and data centers, which Mr. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and METI talked about, has become quite robust, but the mechanism for data use and operation at the upper layer, which can utilize it, is not so simple, so I think that we should start working on it as soon as possible. It is difficult to incorporate it after data connections has grown, so I would like you to firmly incorporate a mechanism for resiliency while it is growing.

It may be necessary to talk about triage for society as a whole, and degenerate driving for society as a whole. In an emergency, society as a whole must choose what parts it must endure and what it can survive. It must not be easy to make such a decision. I believe it is important to start working on this matter as soon as possible. Finally, I would like to ask you to include a few words about ensuring resilience in your future efforts.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Shimoyama, please.

Shimoyama Member: Thank you, .
This time, the members of the Cabinet Office and each Ministry shared the details of their efforts, so I believe that a considerable number of specific use cases were lined up. I believe that all of you were able to reaffirm the importance of data as infrastructure here, and I would like to once again express our gratitude as a member.

As a person who has been involved in the promotion of open data and the promotion of data utilization by public institutions for about 10 years, I would like to make two points.

First of all, with regard to the open data that various members have been saying, I think it is time to make it mandatory. For example, I feel that we are at the stage where it is necessary to make the disclosure of data mandatory within the framework of Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation or to make it a little more compulsory. Because at this speed, we are still not able to secure both quality and quantity. For example, in local government, about 70% of open data initiatives are underway, but in the end, in some prefectures, for example, about two-thirds have been announced. Even so, the percentage of initiatives is increasing. When we look at the substantive aspects, there are places where the quantity is completely insufficient.

In such a situation, I feel that what is necessary for smart cities, including Digital Garden City, is a state in which smart consensus can be formed. As mentioned by Mr. Goto, in the age where various things must be triaged and decided, data is essential for judgment and decision making. In such a situation, as mentioned by Mr. Murai, based on the principle of Openbydefault, data in which tax is invested is, in principle, disclosed, so it is strange that it is not available now. In particular, the state in which data that is not problematic to be disclosed is not disclosed, I think it is a state in which the right to know of the people is violated. I feel that it is a stage where we must proceed in such a strong manner.

In particular, because open data is not possible, data maintenance in various organizations is probably not possible, so there is a situation in which we cannot work on it even if it costs money. In particular, I believe that the officials who understand the importance of data, as well as the Cabinet Office and Ministries participating in this conference, are working with great understanding, but in order to make the importance of data more understood by others, we must use a certain amount of force. I would like people to quickly realize that there are situations in which unnecessary work cannot be reduced by not using data, rather than increasing the work of preparing data. This is my first point.

My second question is about human resources development. I feel that it is necessary to consider what kind of human resources are necessary for Japanese leadership in DFFT, while referring to the efforts of each country. In particular, in efforts to secure Trust, I believe that until now, emphasis has been placed on the identification of data providers and business partners, and quality assurance and accuracy assurance of the data itself will also be necessary. As I am involved in the validation of business data on the private sector side in my work, I will be involved in a little position talk, but I believe that quality assurance of the data itself, confirmation of compliance with rules, and such specialists should also be considered in the future.
That's all from me.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Shoji, please.

Shoji Member: Thank you, .
I believe that there is a short page called "Matters to be considered in the future" at the end of Mr. Hiramoto's explanation. I would like to add one thing to it.

That is the implementation of various rules that Mr. Digital Agency is creating. Many rules are created, and various guidelines are created at an extremely high level, or rather, in detail, but I think it is quite important how to implementation this.

In that sense, the Cabinet Office and each Ministry introduced a number of initiatives today. In that sense, the initiatives that you explained today are being properly implemented, the Cabinet Office and each Ministry are cooperating, and as for the initiatives of private sector, I do not know how fast they should be implemented, but I think it is quite important to ensure that they are being implemented as soon as possible, and that they are operating and have a track record of implementation. Therefore, the item of implementation system is mentioned, and I would like to ask you to add implementation. If it works properly, use cases will be able to explain, so I would like to ask for your cooperation.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Tomioka, please.

Tomioka Member: I have two questions.
First, the base registry is an area that the New Economy Federation is very interested in. I would like to express my gratitude for the efforts you are making.

For example, regarding the development and cooperation of the base registry related to real estate, we have made specific requests so far because real estate is a so-called lemon market in which there is a large asymmetry of information between sellers and buyers, and it is considered to be a field in which digitalization is particularly effective.

In May, the revised registered real estate agent Business Law went into effect, making it possible to do everything online, from looking for a room to making a contract. In addition, in March, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism issued guidelines for real estate ID, so I think there will be a big change in the future.

On the other hand, with regard to real estate ID, the Government of Japan has provided guidelines, but it seems to be a situation in which the parties concerned are requested to work together.

Dr. Shoji mentioned earlier that implementation is important. Regarding the Base Registry, the materials you are showing show "what has been done so far" and "the effects that will appear after fiscal 2022." I would like you to review how much implementation has been done so far, how much is being used, and whether it is operating. If there is anything that is not working well, I would like you to identify the bottlenecks.

My second question is about web3 or web3.0. I believe it is very epoch-making that web3.0 was included, including in Priority plan, in the Cabinet decision in June.

Some people say web3 is a game-changer, but others say it is overrated. I understand that we will start with research and study in Digital Agency. Therefore, I think web3 will be mainly discussed and examined in a place other than this working session, but I think it is a theme that should be included in the scope of vision when considering data strategies. In other words, I think it is necessary to include web3 in the scope of vision from the perspective that various excellent systems will be created by this effort, but when web3 is fully deployed, it will become a legacy system and will not be an obstacle.
That's all.

Councilor .
Next, Mr. Tezuka, please.

Tezuka Member: I'm Tezuka.
First of all, I would like to take a look at the content of the report as a whole. It covers a wide range of areas, including the efforts of various ministries and agencies. There are some parts that I do not know about, so I would like to express my gratitude to the Working Group today.

In that context, I have been working on Trust, and as I was grateful for Mr. Digital Agency's talk earlier on page 7 of Handout 1, we have been very actively discussing it. I recognize that there were discussions on the theme of Trust from various perspectives among people from various backgrounds. In particular, from the perspective of data strategy, there were data strategies of various countries in the world situation earlier, and as Mr. Ohta said, in terms of what is the feature of Japan's data strategy, I believe that Trust is the most important feature of data strategy. I believe that this is exactly what is completely linked to the T part of DFFT.

Amidst this, I believe that the most important thing is to develop Trust as an architectural foundation, and how to develop Trust is something that we still have to work on.

In this context, the term "interoperability" was mentioned earlier. Of course, without interoperability, it is impossible to connect. Just connecting is not enough. Then, Trust comes in, and it is not a one policy. It is layered from assurance and guarantee. Then, it becomes the concept of Trust, and it will be connected to the world of applications. In that sense, the concept of Trust will become the most important concept as the foundation of middleware in the future.

Instead of passing raw data to the other party, how to distribute data with verification and validation. The receiving party always checks whether the data is correct or not. I think it is very important to distribute data to social infrastructures that include a mechanism to make validation easy or instantaneous.

That is why I would like to have various discussions and study at the Trust Working Group. In addition, I believe that how to secure Trust in the future data strategy will be the most important in terms of Japan taking the initiative in DFFT and international mutual cooperation. In that regard, I would like to have the Data Strategy Promotion Working Group further narrow down the list.
That's all.

Councilor .
Nice to meet you, Mr. Saito.

SAITO Member: Thank you very much.
After listening to all of your stories, I was very interested.
Looking at the fact that various ministries and agencies have been working on this issue for a long time, I was asked how Japan should cooperate with them, so I would like to make a comment.

Now, while DADC is considering this, we are looking at the system and talking about where cooperative areas is. Basically, we need to design the architecture properly and insert it into it (as cooperative areas). This time, I thought it would be good to have a working group in Digital Agency, with the participation of each ministry and agency, create an architecture model, and then decide on the story that this is cooperative areas.

Among them, the area of Trust, security, agile governance, and certification and accreditation that you just talked about (since they are common areas in all fields), to put it another way, it should be okay for everyone to respond in a unified manner in the prescribed form. Mr. Tanaka, Director of the Intellectual Property Department, just mentioned a little about how to do it individually by referring to the guidance. I think the same thing can be said for the cooperative areas part of the architecture, so one comment is that it should be arranged by taking such an approach.

In addition, you talked about the concept of dataspace. One of the ways that European countries are creating dataspace is not by monopolizing one company like GAFA, but by creating a cooperative areas there, utilizing various types of data, and using a common platform for everyone. Rather than a so-called vertical integration model, there is a form of open innovation in the world of horizontal distribution.

As I mentioned earlier, we need to collect information on the actual site, actual goods, and actual situation. In a sense, if we do not make it possible to conduct profiling, we will not be able to realize the story of EBPM that you just mentioned. I think we should think about what we should do to organize this.

In addition, there was a discussion about data, and it was said that it would be good to take it forcibly. I think it is unreasonable that there are stories in which public institutions are privatized, and there are data that can be used in common by the public, but they cannot be used because they are privatized.

In other words, I feel that it is also necessary to make it possible for public institutions to use such data as distribution and people's flow, which are essentially necessary in EBPM, in so-called policies, so that they can be deployed in policies such as disaster response.

Finally, beyond the concept of data space, I have worked on control systems for steel in the world of control. Like in the field of control systems, we will eventually enter the world of mechanization and automation. And finally, we will optimize. In many ways, in cyber-physical systems, for example, autonomous mobile robots, which we are working on now, will begin to be used as infrastructure, and in contracts and settlements, various processes will be able to be performed at high speed using algorithms in digital completion. I think this era will probably lead to Japanese ultimate competitiveness. In a sense, while assuming mechanization and automation, I think it will be necessary to consider how to create data in the data space area this time and how to create a mechanism, so I think it would be good to consider such matters.
That's all.

Councilor .
I believe that I have received a general statement from those who wish to speak, but if you wish to make additional statements, please let me know. Is that okay?

I am Digital Agency , Director of Data Strategy, Hiramoto. Thank you for your comments.
What you are all saying is that Trust is our strength, and you said that there is no other than Trust, and you said that we should start with this as our core. But this is also a wide range of topics, so when we talk with foreign countries, we are also receiving consultations about whether we can work together on data management, even though it is a part of Trust, or whether we can work together on data management in the form of Japanese strength.

In addition, regarding the review and evaluation mechanism, which you mentioned earlier, in relation to data management, we are now discussing how to increase the maturity of data in the form of Trust mechanisms and management mechanisms by taking step-by-step steps, rather than zero, done, or not done. We have just started discussions, so I would like to proceed with such discussions.

Amidst the emergence of various data infrastructure, there were discussions on expanding cooperation and building private sector infrastructure together. There was also a discussion on architecture by Mr. Saito, so I would like to make a wide range of efforts based on the discussions this time. There are still many issues to be resolved regarding data accessibility, resilience, and human resources, so I would like the Secretariat to organize them again, including the main matters to be considered in the future on page 4 and the parts to be accelerated in other parts on the previous page.
That's all.

Councilor : Is there anything else that anyone else would like to say?

Akaishi Chief Officer for Digital Policy: This is Akaishi in Chief Officer for Digital Policy, .
What Mr. Saito said at the end is extremely important. We are trying to link these various projects. How to arrange them in an architecture, extract common parts, and advance a consistent data strategy across the country. I think this is what Mr. Saito is doing, and it is exactly the same as how to create an enterprise architecture from hundreds of systems when a large-scale company merges. The most important part of data strategy is exactly that. Therefore, it is extremely important to firmly establish a common base registry, embed a mechanism for Trust, force the necessary data to be output to some extent, and embed the algorithm used by everyone as a tool in the enterprise architecture. It is extremely important to firmly establish a design.

To give an example that is very easy to understand, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Data Platform is overlaid on a map, but since maps are the same everywhere in Japan, I think it is extremely important to consider overlaying all of them on top of that. Therefore, we would like to always keep a comprehensive perspective and ask for your opinions. We would also like to consider it. Thank you very much.

Councilor .
Although it is a little early, I would like to hear a final word from Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Mori, the chief investigator of this working group.
Special Advisor Mori, nice to meet you.

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Mori: This is Mori .
Thank you very much for your lively discussion without getting involved in the long online meeting.

I am in a position to coordinate the various ministries and agencies, and I would like to share some comments and points on the future work and consideration.

Today, I heard reports from the Cabinet Office and each Ministry, and I believe I was able to confirm that further efforts have been made based on the Comprehensive Data Strategy, and that certain results have been achieved.

On the other hand, movements related to data are extremely rapid, so I think it is important to organize new Issue based on changes in domestic and overseas environments, promote comprehensive data strategies, and organize the direction.

Today, Digital Agency presented a draft proposal for Issue, and I would like to ask all ministries and agencies to cooperate with Digital Agency to revise the Comprehensive Data Strategy and organize the details of the Issue and the direction of responses.

In addition, semi-public sector, which is said to be the main matter for consideration, is very closely related to the lives of the people of Japan. In addition, the involvement of the Government of Japan is also very large. Since it is an area that has a large ripple effect on other areas in private sector, I would like you to consider giving a detailed explanation of the specific efforts in each area as well as an explanation on how we will cooperate with each area going forward.

We would like you to discuss international cooperation such as DFFT and Dataspace, so I would like Digital Agency and each ministry to advance and deepen their discussions.

In addition, as reported today, the Sub-Working Group has produced results such as a compilation, and I believe there are some that have been concluded. I believe it is appropriate to organize them at this timing. I would like to ask you to organize them mainly in Digital Agency.

In closing, I would like to ask all of you to continue to make further efforts toward the revision of the Comprehensive Data Strategy based on your extensive knowledge and expertise.
Thank you for your time today.

Councilor .
I would like to organize the opinions I received today at the Secretariat, and reflect them in the agenda from next time. I would like to continue to promote discussions in anticipation of the revision of the Data Strategy in cooperation with Digital Agency and the relevant ministries and agencies. Thank you very much, everyone.
Today's minutes will be announced after everyone has confirmed the content.

I would like to conclude the 4th "Data Strategy Promotion Working Group". Thank you very much for your time today.