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Results and Progress: Advancing growth strategies by upgrading Digital infrastructure

In Digital Agency, we will promote growth strategies by developing Digital infrastructure.

Semi-public sector (medical and long-term care)

Providing more optimal medical care and welfare in information linkages

We promote medical DX with the aim of providing medical care and welfare in line with personal needs.
While promoting the integration of My Number Card and health insurance card, we have received many opinions that it would be more convenient if the claimant certificate of dependents for medical care expenses, etc., is integrated with My Number Card, and that we would like to digitize the documents of vaccinations, maternity and infant checkups, and medical examinations and medical questionnaires for infant health examinations. We have started preliminary efforts for information linkages to realize these. publicly funded medical care

Annual Results and Progress

We will promote various initiatives with the aim of realizing medical DX at an early date.
With the aim of early realization of the medical DX, various efforts are being made based on the "schedule for the medical DX promotion" in cooperation with related ministries and agencies including Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
In particular, we are working on advance implementation projects related to information linkages using publicly funded medical care and local independent publicly funded medical care, vaccinations, Maternal and Child Health, and My Number Card related to nursing care.

Future development (planned)

The government will promote various efforts based on Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in cooperation with relevant ministries and agencies including schedule for the medical DX promotion, including the following efforts.

  • Publicly funded medical care and independent publicly funded medical care, vaccinations, Maternal and Child Health, and information linkages using My Number Card related to nursing care will be implemented in local government of their choice ahead of nationwide expansion. In the field of publicly funded medical care, in particular, projects will start in five local government at the end of fiscal 2023, and 174 local government have already been adopted in fiscal 2024. Projects are scheduled to start sequentially from autumn onward (a total of 177 local government are scheduled to participate).
  • In the future, based on the status of system improvement and standardization of local government systems, we will gradually expand the target local government and medical institutions and expand nationwide.

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Semi-public sector (education)

Learn to be yourself, anytime, anywhere, with anyone

We will promote the standardization and utilization of education data and realize a education where everyone can learn in their own way.
Digital Agency, together with the relevant ministries and agencies, formulated the "Roadmap to the Utilization of Data in Education" in January 2022. In order to create "a transformation to a learner-centered ICT and an environment in which faculty and staff can face dependents by making full use of education," which is the main scope of the roadmap, it is necessary to ensure interoperability of software by linking education data through standards, and to create an environment in which the education Committee can more actively use the digital services in the education field provided by private business under their own ingenuity.

Annual Results and Progress

Promote digitalization to support the realization of learning that is unique to you.
We are promoting dependents in order to realize an environment in which each person in educational DX can learn by himself / herself while adjusting himself / herself based on his / her own interests and interests as well as his / her strengths and weaknesses. First, we worked with related ministries and agencies on technology demonstration of education that connects various digital services in the education field, which is a premise for the utilization of data connections data, and organized technical Issue of standards such as OneRoster, LTI, and xAPI and supported implementation.
In addition to releasing the educational DX Service Map and holding the second GIGA School local government Pitch to support the construction of digital learning environments in schools, we conducted a survey and research on digitalization of high school entrance examination administrative procedures to drastically reduce the burden on faculty and staff, and also released a model schedule at the working level for data connections.

Future development (planned)

  • Revision of Roadmap to the Utilization of Data in Education (during fiscal 2024)
  • Examination of architecture, etc. for cooperation between local government
  • Demonstration towards the realization of education among multiple data connections digital services
  • Demonstration of high school entrance examination administrative procedures toward digitalization

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Semi-public sector (mobility)

Toward the Realization of a New Digital Transportation Society

We will solve mobility problems with new Issue services using digital technology, leading to the improvement of people's lives.
Through "Public-Private ITS Concept and Roadmap," which was published until 2021, the basic technology necessary to provide services using automated driving and the minimum system necessary to realize it had already been completed, and it was necessary to examine the direction of new efforts in the mobility field for mobility demand to realize sustainable mobility services.

Annual Results and Progress

"automated driving 2024" was formulated for social implementation such as Mobility Roadmap.
In order to advance the social implementation of new mobility services such as automated driving vehicles, robots, and drones, we established the mobility Working Group under Council for the Promotion of a Digital Society, examined measures to be taken by each ministries and agencies with the aim of enhancing the sustainability of services, and compiled the direction of efforts as "Mobility Roadmap 2024." In addition, we established the "Sub-Working Group on Social Rules for automated driving vehicles in age of AI" under the Working Group, and compiled the necessary efforts to enhance the predictability of legal liability judgment, which is an important Issue in advancing the social implementation of automated driving.

Future development (planned)

  • Mobility WG held (after autumn 2024)
  • Formulation of Mobility Roadmap 2025 (twenty twenty-five)

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Peppol e-invoice

Streamline back-office operations in digital completion

We will promote new growth in efficiency and improvements in productivity of business operators' back-office operations by utilizing Peppol e-invoice.
From the user's perspective, it is important to be able to enjoy new added values through not only "JP PINT" using efficiency.

Annual Results and Progress

Took the lead in responding to the new international standard specification "PINT" in each country.
In order to enhance the global operability of "JP PINT," the standard for Japanese invoices, we encouraged the adoption of "PINT," a new international standard for electronic invoices that will serve as the basis for "JP PINT," in each country through all bilateral and multilateral opportunities.
As a result, "PINT EU" was formulated not only in Asia-Pacific countries such as Australia-New Zealand-Singapore-Malaysia, but also in Europe, and efforts by each country in transition with it began.

Future development (planned)

  • With the adoption of "PINT" in each country, we aim to establish the use of "JP PINT" as a "natural means" not only for claims related to transactions between Japanese companies but also for claims related to transactions between Japanese companies and foreign companies.

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Visit Japan Web

Smooth Immigration Procedures Online

We provide online services available for immigration and customs declarations procedures.
While the number of foreign visitors to Japan is rapidly increasing, ensuring the stable operation of Visit Japan Web and further efficiency of procedures related to entry into Japan have become an urgent Issue.

Annual Results and Progress

Stable operation of services and further convenience of users.
Since its launch in December 2021, Visit Japan Web has been operated stably and is widely used by people entering and returning to the country.
Since January 2024, the two dimensional codes for "immigration" and "customs declarations" have been unified based on the "voices" of users, further improving convenience.

Future development (planned)

  • Addition and improvement of functions including UI/UX changes, etc.

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Regulations on paper and in-person processes Review

Freeing the Future of Digital (1)

We will wipe out the regulations on paper and in-person processes that prevents the implementation of digital technology and promote the digitalization of society as a whole from the institutional aspect.
In recent years, Japan's economic growth has stagnated compared to other countries, and in addition, labor shortages due to declining birthrate and aging population and other factors have become prominent in various industries.
The fact that regulations on paper and in-person processes is still in Japan is considered to be one of the factors that are causing these problems. Therefore, in order to eliminate such problems and for Japan to fulfill its role as digitalization in the true sense of the term, it is necessary to wipe out regulations on paper and in-person processes.

Annual Results and Progress

Efforts related to the review of law, etc. that specify regulations on paper and in-person processes.
Based on the "progress schedule for reviewing regulations on paper and in-person processes of digital principles" formulated in December 2022, of the approximately 10,000 regulations on paper and in-person processes provision in the law of the country, the review of approximately 6,400 provision that needs to be reviewed was completed by the end of March 2024 for approximately 4,300 provision. In addition, 32 cross-ministerial technology validation projects were implemented for the regulation of approximately 460 by the end of March 2024, and the results of each project were published in the final report. The information obtained from the results is reflected in the Technology Map Technology Catalog. In addition, in order to confirm the conformity of new law, etc. with the digital principles, review of digital legislation inspected provision, which may be related to regulations on paper and in-person processes in a total of 93 bills, by the extraordinary Diet session in the fall of 2023, and requested the revision of the text and the development of necessary subordinate law, etc., thereby preventing the establishment of regulations on paper and in-person processes. In addition, the "Process Chart for digital completion of Administrative Procedures" was compiled in December 2023 for digitalization of administrative procedures such as applications and notification of disposition, and by the end of March 2024, approximately 700 procedures out of approximately 1,200 procedures were completed. digital completion provision

Future development (planned)

  • Based on "progress schedule for reviewing regulations on paper and in-person processes of digital principles," regulations on paper and in-person processes will be reviewed by around June 2024 (the results of the review are scheduled to be announced by around autumn 2024).
  • Enhancement of technical information such as Technology Map and technology catalogs, as well as their effective public relations
  • Prevent the establishment of a new law that imposes a regulations on paper and in-person processes by a review of digital legislation that confirms the conformity of a new provision, etc. with the digital principles
  • Acceleration of "private sector" in the field of administration and digital completion

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Freeing the Future of Digital ②

In particular, amid the rapid decline in population in rural areas, from the perspective of resolving the labor shortage in area and maintaining and strengthening the social functions of public service and other area closely related to the lives of residents in the future even with limited human resources, it is important to make the most of digital technology in regulations on paper and in-person processes, and it is important to review Digital Agency as a premise for this. local governments will support the efforts of local governments and promote voluntary reviews.

Annual Results and Progress

Promoting a review of regulations on paper and in-person processes in local governments.
With regard to regulation and other regulations on paper and in-person processes in local governments, which provide services most familiar to residents, from the viewpoint of promoting voluntary reviews by each organization, we conducted surveys and analyses of Issue when conducting reviews and published the "Manual for Inspecting and Reviewing regulations on paper and in-person processes in local governments [Version 2.0]" in December 2023. In fiscal 2024, we will further support local governments, which is conducting reviews, by creating a model regulation plan in Digital Agency that will be used as a reference for actual reviews, in cooperation with local governments, which is taking the lead.

Future development (planned)

  • Conduct investigations and analyses of precedent cases, etc., and prepare a model regulations on paper and in-person processes plan, etc., in Digital Agency that will be used as a reference for reviewing the regulation in local governments
  • Revision of the "Manual for Inspection and Review of regulations on paper and in-person processes in local governments" to support and promote the review of regulations on paper and in-person processes in local governments

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Digital Legislation (Integrated Reform of Systems, Operations, and Systems)

Promotion of the Trinity Approach of Systems, Operations, and Operations

We will promote reform in the trinity by envisioning an optimized form of systems, operations, and operations.
Amid the declining population and labor shortage that Japan is facing, it is essential to reform systems and operations so that both the demand side and the supply side can enjoy convenient and high-quality experiences, such as avoiding unnecessary human resources as much as possible and creating waste and inconvenience. Therefore, in the future, the main premise of digital policy is to further thoroughly implement the "Digital Principles for Structural Reform," to examine systems, operations, and systems as a whole from the policy planning and drafting stage, to ensure their consistency, and to promote efforts in the "Trinity."

Annual Results and Progress

We will drastically strengthen the planning and drafting functions to promote reform in the trinity.
In order to ensure that the development and operation of business design and information systems are examined from the planning and drafting stages even in the formulation of new policies and establishment of systems, we will strengthen the functions of the Digital Principles Conformity Confirmation Process (law) for new review of digital legislation, etc., and will ensure the consistency of systems, business and operations based on the above "Major Premise of the Trinity" through reviews according to each phase such as the budget request stage and the execution stage of government information systems projects. In addition, we will reform not only systems but also systems and operations at the same time in the digitalization of existing systems and operations. Every year, we will focus government resources on priority areas, and at the Digital Related System Reform Review Meeting, etc., we will promote efforts in the trinity, and we will steadily increase the areas in which we can realize the benefits of digitalization.

Future development (planned)

  • Implementation and enhancement of Digital Legislation Bureau processes As needed
  • Development of an environment for online bulk application (smartphone 60-second application) for some procedures in the field of birth and childcare

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Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation ①

Toward a Rich area with Charm and Convenience

We will create a new area full of charm with the convenience of digitalization by utilizing the individuality of area.
Through cross-sectoral support by subsidy for the Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation, digital implementation in local areas is steadily expanding.
In order to further accelerate this trend, it is necessary to further promote efficient lateral expansion through supporting service procurement in local government.

Annual Results and Progress

Revision of the catalog of services / systems supporting good practices in digital implementation and creation and publication of the model specification.
Based on the results of introduction nationwide, we revised the catalog and added services and systems that can be used in public transportation, medical, health and childcare, education, disaster risk management, etc. to the first edition of the My Number Card Utilization Services and Systems. Approximately 150 services and systems are listed in the catalog. (The second edition was released in December 2023, and the spring 2024 edition was released in April 2024.)
In addition, toward further horizontal development of digital implementation, we created and announced a model specification that extracted recommended functions and others (December 2023). In the examination of Digita Issue Gold (Digital implementation Type), model specification was used in about 300 model specification through preferential adoption (additional points) of applications for scheduled utilization, contributing to the acceleration and facilitation of digital implementation. local government

Future development (planned)

  • Area Issue Expansion of posting services and systems related to efforts toward resolution
  • Revision of the current catalog site to clearly indicate the purpose and effects of the introduction of services and systems
  • Review of Issue Reward Points to promote the use of posting services and systems
  • Addition / revision of digitalization based on discussions in the service catalog community of the model specification Horizontal Expansion Promotion Council
  • Raise the level of services through model specification toward the realization of a digital garden city and raise the level of services between local government

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Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation ②

Toward People's "Well-Being"

Using the area Well-Being Indicator as a common language, we will elicit the cooperation of various players in area involved in community development.
In the past, the clarification of values was insufficient in community development, and the purpose and efforts were not sufficiently coordinated. By using the utilization of indicators as a communication opportunity, it is possible to realize the desired image of the entire area and to elicit the cooperation of various players such as industry, academia, government, and citizens.

Annual Results and Progress

Area Well-Being Metrics New Site Released.
To make it easier and more understandable for people who have never used the area Well-Being Indicator, we released a new site in March 2024.
Anyone can check the basic data, survey votes, and other tools needed to analyze the indicators at any time.

Future development (planned)

  • Establishment of a system to dispatch facilitators to support the holding of workshops using indicators
  • Local government questionnaire implementation support functions added
  • Enhancement of visualization Analysis Tools
  • Publication of a reference logic tree that connects Issue fields and measures extracted through indicator analysis

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The modernisation of industry

Modernization of the entire industry related to digitalization * 1

We will grasp the current status and Issue for each industry and start to consider measures to move away from the legacy system * 2 and promote modernization.
By advancing the modernization of the entire industry, including both users (demand-side) and vendors (supply-side) related to digitalization, and realizing the improvement of security, redundancy, recoverability, and resilience, the departure from a multiple subcontracting structure and wage increase, the development of digital human resources, and the improvement of responsiveness, adaptability, productivity, and efficiency of the entire industry, it is expected to become a foundation for the future development and innovation of industries related to digitalization. Therefore, it is necessary to grasp the current status and Issue of each industry, determine measures to advance the departure from legacy systems and modernization, and implement them, including in the public sector.

Annual Results and Progress

Consider launching a "Legacy System Exit and System Modernization Council (tentative name)".
With the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (hereinafter referred to as "IPA") as the secretariat, and with the participation of Digital Agency, which is responsible for IPA, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (which is also responsible for vendors), and ministries and agencies responsible for business types, the "Council for Legacy System Migration and System Modernization (tentative name)" will be launched. At the Council, the current status of legacy systems, Issue specific to and across business types, and countermeasures will be examined. The utilization of cloud and reusable components will play important roles in modernization. Considering that the utilization of Government Cloud will become a principle for government information systems in the future, it is necessary to avoid a situation in which the development of a new cloud service stagnates or a situation in which cloud service operators who originally want to utilize cannot be selected and utilized due to a shortage of software engineers and a bias in the that can be handled. Therefore, Digital Agency will cooperate with relevant ministries and agencies to develop software engineers and ensure diversity. cloud service

Future development (planned)

  • By around June of twenty twenty-five, the current status, Issue, and measures for legacy systems will be organized through the "Legacy System Weaning and System Modernization Council (tentative name)."

Dataspace

Establishment of a standardized mechanism for sharing data while ensuring reliability

In order to realize the DFFT (Data Free Flow with Trust), we will promote the construction of a standardized mechanism (dataspace) that can share data while ensuring reliability. Data-distribution mechanisms are being constructed in Europe, the United States, Southeast Asia, and other countries. In addition, there is a growing demand for data-based understanding of supply chain * 3 and value chain * 4 that extend beyond national borders. For example, from the perspective of decarbonization and the circular economy, in order to understand the use ratio of CFP and recycled materials in a certain social regulation, there is also a growing movement toward a standardized mechanism (dataspace) that can share data while ensuring reliability.

Annual Results and Progress

Enhancing Sustainability with data connections.
In order to manage the entire supply chain and value chain, we will continue to work with IPA from the perspective of architecture design and standardization, and build a standardized mechanism (dataspace) in various areas, such as Uranus Ecosystem * 5 , that can share data while ensuring reliability, with a view to ensuring interoperability with overseas countries.

Future development (planned)

  • Build a data connections foundation in cooperation with related organizations, and aim to create a data connections use cases across companies

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AI

Get new technologies to validation faster

We will try to utilize generative AI in administrative practice and quickly conduct validation on the possibility of new technology.
Due to the rapid evolution and spread of generative AI such as ChatGPT, there is a growing momentum for the utilization of AI. While the government as a whole is promoting AI, the utilization of generative AI by the government must avoid the risk of leakage of confidential information, and it is required to improve the utilization environment.

Annual Results and Progress

Examination of the utilization of policy planning and promotion administration through a cooperation system with related ministries and agencies.
With regard to the use of generative AI in public administration, we are working with related ministries and agencies to understand the actual situation of generative AI through the operation of agreements on business use and the compilation of applications for use from each ministry and agency.
We are developing use cases by holding workshops with Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs. In addition, we are responding to the rapid evolution and spread of AI and the Issue caused by it through AI Strategy Council, which is a cooperation system between experts and related ministries and agencies, and AI Strategy Team. In addition, we are working to promote the use of generative AI by conducting validation on the business use of generative AI and disseminating information on the results not only to central ministries and agencies but also to society at large.

Future development (planned)

  • Revision of the Agreement on Business Use of generative AI Sites such as ChatGPT (2nd Edition)
  • Cooperation with Relevant Ministries and Agencies
  • Development of use cases, Proof-of-Concept (PoC)
  • Examination of generative AI procurement Rules by Central Government Agencies

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Trust, Digital Identity Wallet

Trust and a collection of digital identities

In the distribution and sharing of online data, it is necessary to ensure Trust for the parties and data to be exchanged.
In addition, while various Issue have been proposed due to the fact that the management of a collection of digital attribute information (digital identity) depends on a centralized entity, a method for managing attribute information to perform procedures and transactions safely and easily with only the minimum amount of information disclosure is also attracting attention. In order to establish these so-called "self-sovereign" management methods, international discussions are rapidly advancing on the promotion of new technologies such as digital certificates (VCs) and distributed identifiers (DIDs) that can be used for validation and their technical standards. In addition, international discussions are also advancing on a mechanism and an app (digital identity wallet) that can store and present the attributes and credentials of individuals and corporations, which functions as a hub for information linkages through the Principal.

Annual Results and Progress

Promoting the formation of rules for the international interoperability of digital attribute information sets (digital identities).
We are participating in discussions, including international standardization, and are organizing the institutional and technical Issue for implementation, based on consideration of a new framework for trust in data exchange (Trusted Web). In addition, in order to promote social validation of digital certificates (VCs) and distributed identifiers (DIDs) that can be implementation, relevant ministries and agencies will work together to create a leading use cases in administration, while cooperating with Japanese mechanisms such as Mynaportal. We will compile a roadmap for implementation based on the fact that a mechanism and app (digital identity wallet) that can store and present the attributes and credentials of individuals and corporations can be a strategic point in industrial and competition policy in. digital society

Future development (planned)

  • Promote international cooperation, including between Japan and the EU, including the initiation of studies toward the demonstration of interoperability of attribute information in business activities and international student exchanges
  • From the perspective of ensuring international cooperation and interoperability, consider the establishment of domestic systems and Trust service standards covering electronic signatures and electronic authentication.

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Notes

* 1: To optimize legacy systems according to the latest technologies, trends, and industry standards, and to transform them to create new value. To replace old hardware and software with the latest ones. To renew applications, to adopt new development methods and operation methods. To implementation the latest security measure. To make improvements to improve the overall efficiency, reliability, and performance of IT infrastructure.
* 2: There are problems such as aging technology, system bloat and complexity, and black-boxing, and as a result, the system is a cause of management and business strategy restraint and high cost structure.
* 3: The entire process from the planning and development of goods and products to the procurement, production, inventory control, delivery, sales, and consumption (utilization and use) of raw materials and parts, and is a concept focusing on the flow of goods.
* 4: The entire process from the planning and development of goods and products to the procurement, production, inventory control, delivery, sales, and consumption (use and use) of raw materials and parts, and the concept focusing on the creation of value added through each process.
* 5: A general term for public-private cooperation efforts to promote the utilization of data across companies and industries by linking multiple information processing systems with different operators and administrators in order to realize reliable and free data distribution (DFFT) (e.g., formulation of specifications and standards necessary for data connections, development of data connections systems, development of necessary policies and systems, etc.)