Domestic Policies

Acts and Strategies

• Outline of the Basic Act on the Formation of a Digital Society (PDF/36KB)

• Outline of the Act on the Establishment of the Digital Agency (PDF/34KB)

• Outline of the Act on the arrangement of related acts for the formation of a digital society (PDF/60KB)
  In order to implement measures for the formation of a digital society, this act make required overhauls regarding related laws such as the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and the Act on the Use of Numbers for Identifying Specific Individuals in Administrative Procedures.

• Priority Policy Program for Realizing Digital Society -Overview- (PDF/953KB)

• Priority Policy Program for Realizing Digital Society -Summary- (PDF/1,246KB)
  National strategy for the formation of a Digital Society.
  Cabinet Decision in June 2022.

• National Data strategy (PDF/639KB)
  A part of Priority Policy Program for the realization of a Digital Society.

• Roadmap on the Utilization of Data in Education(PDF/1,731KB)
  Under the mission of digitalization in education, “a society where anybody, at any time and place, can learn with anybody in his/her own way," issues and necessary measures, as well as the roadmap, are clarified by ministries concerned.

• Report on the Questionnaire to Students and Educators on the GIGA School Initiative(PDF/788KB)
  As a response to voices from some 217,000 students and 42,000 adults (teachers, parents and guardians, etc.), ministries concerned presented future directions of relevant policies.

Reports and Publications

• Report of the Sub-working Group for Trust-Assured Digital Transformation

  • Report of the Sub-working Group for Trust-Assured Digital Transformation(PDF/3,392KB)
    The Sub-working Group for Trust-Assured Digital Transformation was established under the Data Strategy Promotion Working Group. Over a total of 11 sessions from November18th, 2021 to June 29th, 2022, the Sub-working Group discussed needs and challenges of trust assurance on online transactions and procedures, explored use cases, and provided strategic action plans for the Digital Agency to advance trust assurance toward digital transformation. The Sub working group released “the Report of the Sub-Working Group for Trust-Assured Digital Transformation” on July 29th, 2022.
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• Web3.0 Study Group Report

  • Web3.0 Study Group Report（PDF／1,356KB）
  • Web3.0 Study Group Report（Summary）（PDF／100KB）
    The Web3.0 Study Group was established with the aim of deepening the discussion on developing an environment for the acceleration of Web3.0 including NFTs and DAOs based on blockchain technology, as stated in several government documents such as "Priority Policy Program for Realizing Digital Society".
    After a total of 12 sessions from October to December 2022, the Research Group released the report summarizing the discussions on a broad range of points toward sound development of Web3.0, including possibilities and issues of Web3.0, and concrete measures required to tackle issues and promote innovations.