Sixth meeting of the Liaison Conference of Ministries and Agencies Concerned with Business digitalisation, etc.

Last Updated:: Feb 7, 2025

Overview

Date: Thursday, December 19, 2024, from 13:15 to 14:00
Location: Online
Agenda:
1. Opening
2. Business
  1. Mirasapo Connect (Growth Acceleration Matching Service) Current Status and Future Initiatives
  2. Addition of New Functions to J-Grants and Efforts to Increase the online application Ratio of Subsidies
  3. Current Status of Comprehensive Investigation of Administrative Procedures and Phase 2 Investigation
  4. Utilization of the function to check the status of site use on government websites
  5. Expansion of Online Deposit and Savings Inquiries (Consideration in Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform, etc.)
3. Closing

Material

Minutes, etc.

Members present

Chairman

HASUI Tomoya (Deputy Director-General, Group of Strategy and Organization, Digital Agency)

Member

Kojiro YOSHIZAWA (Deputy Director-General of the Cabinet Secretariat Cabinet (assistant to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretariat))
*Attendance by proxy: Taku Ito (Director, Cabinet Secretariat Cabinet (Assistant to Deputy Chief of Cabinet Secretariat Prefecture))
Rika Kishida Ko (Cabinet Secretariat New Regional Economy and Living Environment Creation Office, Deputy Director-General)
*Attended by proxy: Yasushi Nishiuchi, Director for Policy Planning, Secretariat of Cabinet Secretariat New Local Economy and Living Environment Creation Office)
Hiroshi Yoshida Taira (Cabinet Secretariat Digital Administrative and Financial Reform Council Secretariat Deputy Director-General)
Seiichi Ito (cybersecurity, Cabinet Office, Informatization Deputy Director-General)
Hironori Shigematsu (Deputy Director-General, Head of National Police Agency)
*Attendance by proxy: Akihiro Nakamura (Director of Planning Division, National Police Agency Director-General's Secretariat)
Yu Ozaki (Deputy Director-General, Financial Services Agency Office of Directors)
*Attendance by proxy: Takashi Kimura (Director of General Affairs Division, Financial Services Agency Supervision Bureau)
Naoki Kanazawa (Director-General, Planning Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Minister's Secretariat)
Koichi Nakamura (cybersecurity, Informatization Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Justice Minister's Secretariat)
Yukio Saida (cybersecurity, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Informatization Director)
*Representative: Mitsue Morita (Director, Information and Communications Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister's Secretariat)
Tomoyuki SAISU (Deputy Director-General, National Tax Agency Director-General's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance)
Takashi Fuchigami (General Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister's Secretariat)
*Attendance by proxy: Taro Shin Nakamura (Director, Administrative Reform Promotion Office, General Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
Lin Hongxiang (cybersecurity and Jinhua Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
Toshikatsu Mino (cybersecurity and Informatization Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
*Attendance by proxy: Yuji Ito (cybersecurity, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Information Deputy Director-General)
Hidetaka NISHIMURA (cybersecurity, Informatization Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister's Secretariat)
Tomohiro Okada (Manager, Business Support Division, SME Agency)
*Representative: Shungo Komatsu (Coordinator for Planning, Director-General's Secretariat, SME Agency)
Takeshi Yamashita (cybersecurity and Informatization Deputy Director-General, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure
Kazuya KUMAGAI (cybersecurity, Informatization Deputy Director-General, Ministry of the Environment Minister's Secretariat)
Masanori IEGOYA (cybersecurity, Ministry of Defense, Informatization Deputy Director-General)
*Representative: Loran black soybean liqueur YOSHIDA (Director, Ministry of Defense Minister's Secretariat)
Yoji Kamiguchi

Minutes

Deputy Director-General Hasui: Now that the scheduled time has come, we will hold the 6th Inter-Ministerial Liaison Meeting on Business digitalisation, etc.

I'm Hasui from Digital Agency, and I'll be leading the meeting. Nice to meet you.

As for today's meeting, all members are attending online. Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule at the end of the year to attend.

The materials are as I have sent you in advance.

First, please refer to Appendix 1.

As for the members, due to the organizational revision, the Secretariat Deputy Director-General of the Cabinet Secretariat Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation Realization Council has been changed to the Secretariat Deputy Director-General of the Cabinet Secretariat New Regional Economy and Living Environment Revitalization Headquarters. In addition, as for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, due to the change of duties, the Deputy Director-General of the Minister's Secretariat (in charge of IT strategies) has been changed to the cybersecurity and Information Technology Deputy Director-General of the Minister's Secretariat of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and therefore, the Agreement of Relevant Ministries and Agencies has been partially revised. We appreciate your understanding.

Now, let's get down to business.

The first item on today's agenda is "Current Status of Mirasapo Connect (Growth Acceleration Matching Service) and Future Initiatives."

The second is "Regarding the addition of new functions and efforts in jGrants to improve the online application ratio of subsidies".

The third is "Current Status of Comprehensive Investigation of Administrative Procedures and Phase 2 Investigation".

The fourth is "Utilization of the function to check the status of site use on government websites."

Fifth, "Expansion of On-line Inquiry of Deposits and Savings," which is an explanation of considerations in the digital administrative and fiscal reform.

These are the five.

First, the first item on the agenda will be "The Current Status of Mirasapo Connect (Growth Acceleration Matching Service) and Future Initiatives."

Then, I'm Coordinator for Planning Komatsu from the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. Thank you for your help.

Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (Komatsu Coordinator for Planning): Thank you My name is Coordinator for Planning from the SME Agency, and I would like to speak with you today on behalf of Mr. Katsuya Okada, General Manager of the Business Support Department. Thank you for your understanding.

Today, I would like to introduce the Mirasapo Connect initiative and the Growth Acceleration Matching Service that we are going to launch this fiscal year as part of the initiative.

First of all, regarding the Mirasapo Connect initiative, as stated in the first table of this document, the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency has implemented various subsidies and approved plans, and has accumulated a certain amount of application data. However, until now, we have not used such data only for the purpose of screening for adoption. For several years, we have been considering whether we can use this data to support SMEs and revitalize the support community, and this initiative and database is called Mirasapo Connect.

As part of this effort, we are currently developing a matching service called the Growth Acceleration Matching Service, which connects SMEs seeking support with financial institutions, investment institutions, and support providers in various industries. The service is scheduled to be launched around the beginning of March this year, and is currently under development and preparation.

In terms of the concept of this service, this service aims to be a matching platform that supports the growth and challenges of SMEs. For example, we aim to make it a platform where businesses that are willing to take on challenges and are growth-oriented, such as businesses that have been selected for subsidies, and support institutions that want to support those businesses gather.

I would like to introduce the specifics of what kind of information will be used for matching. The needs and issues of business operators are described in the table below. Business operators are asked to input their needs for support from supporters through the system. There are three main categories: financing, business succession, and management consultation. Other basic information, such as location, industry, and year of establishment, is based on gBizID, and I believe there is application information for subsidies and basic information on gBizID, so we have a mechanism to pull it from there.

Also, what is unique is the appeal points written in the "Others" section. In these areas, we are also preparing a mechanism to propose appeal points to business operators using generated AI from input information of subsidies.

From the next slide, I have an image of what kind of matching I imagine using these data.

The general flow of matching is that the business operator on the left registers the issues and needs, and the support organization on the right goes to find them.

The system is designed so that financial institutions and investment institutions, as well as people from various professions who are certified as management innovation support organizations as prescribed by law, societies of commerce and industry, chambers of commerce and industry, and Yorozu Base can participate as supporters.

The business operators on the left start by registering in the system, for example, issues that they would like to raise funds or seek management consultations on. When registering, they are allowed to choose the group to which they would like to disclose information. For example, they would like to seek support only from financial institutions, or they would like to disclose information including information on each business.

On the other hand, the system is designed so that the supporters can narrow down the search by location, sales, etc., for example, and if there is a business that they are interested in, they can approach it from the system and contact it. If the business responds to it, they can meet face-to-face outside the system or receive detailed information, and proceed to a general face-to-face communication.

Next is "Aim of Growth Acceleration Matching Service".

For business operators, by registering for this service and disclosing information to a support organization group of your choice, you will first have the opportunity to appeal to support organizations across the country. There is a possibility that you will be able to receive new support from support organizations with which you have had little contact in the past.

The second point is that rather than communicating with support organizations individually, it is disclosed to the group, so information can be efficiently provided to a wide range of support organizations. We are promoting such points as advantages.

In contrast to what you just said, support organizations can efficiently contact business operators with whom they have had no contact until now. We are currently publicizing this point as an appeal point.

Next is the progress.

Regarding this growth-accelerated matching service, we are planning to launch the matching service in March this year and are currently developing it. Prior to this, we are planning to open a pre-membership registration function for business operators from tomorrow, December 20.

In order to increase the effectiveness of matching, it is necessary for business operators to appropriately register information on their needs and support on the system, so we are now actively calling on business operators to register through each channel by the end of the fiscal year and the launch of the platform in March.

In addition, on the support side, we are promoting initiatives to deepen awareness and understanding of the Growth Acceleration Matching Service to financial institutions, investment institutions, various professional organizations, and others, and we are currently conducting PR activities to encourage users to use it.

Lastly, this is a reference material, but this fiscal year's basic policy also states, "We will operate this matching platform."

That's all for the explanation. Thank you very much.

Deputy Director-General Hasui: .

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments on this explanation. What do you think?

Thank you, Coordinator for Planning Komatsu.

Regarding the Mirasapo Connect initiative, as I mentioned earlier, we will encourage the ministries and agencies in charge of the project to PR and register. Since Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency are not the only agencies in charge of SMEs, I would like to hear from the ministries and agencies concerned that there are businesses in their respective industries that are particularly interested in working positively toward such growth. In addition, I would also like to hear from those who support the project, such as the civil servants, that the Government of Japan has launched a website that matches such support. Thank you.

Thank you, Coordinator for Planning Komatsu.

Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (Komatsu Coordinator for Planning): Thank you .

Deputy Director-General Hasui: Now, let's move on to the second item on the agenda, "Regarding the addition of new functions and efforts in jGrants to improve the online application ratio of subsidies."

Regarding jGrants, which has been utilized by various ministries and agencies, we have installed a new function. Please give us an overview of the new function and the measures being taken. My name is Director for Policy Planning Yoshida from Digital Agency. Nice to meet you.

Director for Policy Planning Yoshida: Thank you for I am Mr. Yoshida who was just introduced to you.

Regarding jGrants, I would like to share with you about our efforts to add and spread new functions.

Based on the administrative project review last fall, we have been promoting the computerization of subsidies for all business operators since fiscal 2025, but I believe that it has been very difficult to use e-mail, paper applications, and jGrants.

By utilizing the jGrants, basic information is automatically entered from the gBizID and can be completed electronically by setting up the form in advance. In the future, business operators will be able to make applications more user-friendly with functions that allow proxies such as administrative scriveners and social workers to apply. The secretariat is also working to improve the UI / UX of the setup, and I would like you to make use of these.

Regarding the specific functional improvements, we have already held a briefing in December, but we will hold it twice in January, and the actual release is scheduled for January 30.

What will be released here is the proxy application function that I mentioned earlier. It is a function that administrative scriveners and other professionals can support when it is difficult for business operators to apply on their own. In addition, there are some opinions that it is a bit difficult to use when the subsidy office sets up the form, so we are planning to release an improved version of it.

In addition, in Fiscal Year R7, in terms of confirming the existence of accounts, I think there will be a scene where you register a bank account when you actually apply for subsidies. We are thinking of adding a function that will allow you to confirm whether the account is really a live account. We are also thinking of making it possible to download API and CSV, including the analysis and submission of subsidy data. We will announce this when it is implemented.

Some applications for subsidies are filed by business operators, but I believe there are many cases where applications are actually filed with the assistance of administrative scriveners who support us. In order to enable jGrants to respond to such cases, we have held about 11 briefings, including online ones, so far at various locations on how to use administrative scriveners.

Through such initiatives, we aim to develop a system that will enable administrative scriveners to support business operators in, for example, obtaining gBizID or applying for subsidies in jGrants, in cooperation not only with the government but also with such professionals.

In addition, in fact, regarding the usability of the jGrants, we have created a mock subsidy menu, and we have also prepared something to practice how applications can be made.

As you often inquire, we also hold monthly online seminars on how to use jGrants. Also, as I mentioned earlier, you can rehearse the application flow. Subsidies for local governments can also be posted. I will explain this later.

There is also a proxy application function, so I would appreciate it if you could announce that "administrative scriveners can do such things".

I have heard that there are still many business operators who apply in paper form even among those who actually use jGrants. We will of course make efforts to make it easier to apply in electronic form, but I also think it would be good for each subsidy bureau to consider providing incentives to online application, for example.

Also, in terms of the administrative burden on the secretariat, I think it would be easier to manage if we moved to the electronic side, so I would appreciate it very much if you could devise something like that.

In addition, as for the know-how, we will set up Slack channels and exchange meetings, so I hope you will make use of them.

In the Priority Plan document entitled "Digital Agency for the Realization of a Digital Society," in principle, we aim to make subsidies available online for business operators from FY 2025. As I stated at the last meeting, based on the premise mentioned here, each ministry and agency will be subject to the number of subsidies listed here. The actual budget will not be passed until next year, but I believe that preparations and subsidy applications will probably begin at the beginning of the new year, and at that timing, we would like to ask you to consider using jGrants for this kind of digitalization.

In addition, at the Decentralization Reform Conference, local governments have requested that issue Fund, which can be used by local governments, be published in jGrants. In this regard, I would like to see issue Fund and subsidies for each ministry and local government as much as possible.

In particular, the Council for Decentralization Reform is requesting subsidies such as those listed here, and I believe that each ministry and agency is aware of this, but I would like you to confirm it again.

First, that's all for this explanation.

Deputy Director-General Hasui: .

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about the current explanation.

There was a presentation by Mr. Director for Policy Planning Yoshida, and I also visited the site. In terms of decentralization reform, I received high expectations for the search function for subsidies related to jGrants and jGrants. Without a list, when local governments search for subsidies, they do not know where they are listed. In fact, they pointed out the use of AI. First of all, issue money or indirect subsidies to jGrants, and subsidies that are ultimately disbursed by local governments to business operators in issue to local governments are basically covered, so I hope you will consider the use of jGrants.

Do you have any questions? I would appreciate it if you could ask me separately. Thank you very much.

Next, I would like to move on to the third item on the agenda. I would like to move on to "Current Status of Comprehensive Investigation of Administrative Procedures and Phase 2 Investigation."

We have just started the Phase 2 Investigation of Administrative Procedures, and I would like to ask the person in charge to explain the details.

Director for Policy Planning Yoshida: Thank you for .

In the past, we have used DXS to investigate the application for subsidies as well, and after that, we would like to thank you very much for your cooperation in the investigation of the administrative procedures this time.

If I were to reiterate the purpose of this investigation, it would be to precisely confirm the extent to which administrative procedures have been computerized, and in addition, I believe that Digital Agency's common functions, such as jGrants and e-Gov, can provide support, so I am conducting this investigation in order to utilize it in such areas.

This time, in the Phase 1 Survey, we investigated what kind of administrative procedures are actually in each ministry and agency, and today, in the Phase 2 Survey, we will investigate to what extent each ministry and agency is going online.

As for the Phase 1 survey, input has progressed to 96% thanks to the efforts of all ministries and agencies. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

As you can see in this pie chart, there were originally over 60000 administrative procedures, but when I actually looked into it, I found that there are now just under 85000 administrative procedures. I would like to thank you very much for advancing the investigation status of each ministry and agency that responded to it to this point. I believe there are still some that have not been completed, so I would appreciate your cooperation in that regard.

In the Phase 2 survey, as I mentioned earlier, we will investigate the status of implementation of online procedures. We are also investigating whether procedures are actually conducted online, how many procedures are conducted online, where the procedures are actually conducted, and what type of industry the procedures are in.

In addition, with regard to the identity verification method, we are also confirming how the identity verification is actually conducted online and what kind of documents are required as attachments.

We would like to use this to investigate what kind of certification will be replaced, such as certification by My Number Card and certification by gBizID.

In addition, we will also investigate whether there are actual fees and how long it actually takes, and we will see how much the processing period will be shortened by going online.

We would also like to conduct a survey on the current situation in Priority Plan, particularly with regard to the direction of computerization of administrative procedures, and through this survey, we would like to confirm such matters.

In addition, regarding the information that was actually investigated through this inventory survey, we in Digital Agency are currently considering building a separate portal for administrative procedures for business operators next fiscal year. In this situation, we are considering utilizing part of the information that we investigated this time as a database so that we can search for, for example, what kind of administrative procedures are necessary, what kind of industry, and what kind of business operator.

In addition, for subsidy applications, we will establish this business portal as an interface to search for what kind of subsidies are available in each ministry and agency, and we are thinking of utilizing part of the information investigated by DXS this time. By doing this, we aim to create an environment where business operators can easily find out what kind of procedures are necessary.

As for the Phase 2 survey, it is currently scheduled to begin on December 19, but I believe that the survey on how far the online system has progressed will be extremely troublesome, so I would like to conduct such a survey until the end of February. Based on that, I would like to think about how we will announce it and how we will present it, and I would appreciate your cooperation on such a schedule.

That's all from my side.

Deputy Director-General Hasui: .

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about the current explanation.

Regarding this matter, I believe it is on page 6, and we are considering a business operator portal. We would like to set up a separate opportunity to explain this matter here and elsewhere.

I would like to ask a question about the proxy application function. I understand that the proxy application function is also possible in gBizID, but is it correct to say that the function will be provided separately in jGrants?

Deputy Director HATAKEYAMA: This is Hatakeyama.

According to the gBizID system, Mr. A can grant permission to Mr. B to operate on behalf of him using this system. However, even if Mr. A said so, he could not actually apply on behalf of Mr. B unless the application system was compatible with proxy applications. In jGrants, it is finally possible to apply electronically on behalf of Mr. B. In the procedures of some ministries and agencies, about 95% of applications are made on behalf of Mr. B, and I believe that the fact that proxy applications are now possible has led to another major blue ocean strategy.

That's all.

Deputy Director-General Hasui: .

By the way, regarding this new feature, we held an online briefing yesterday, and about 70 people attended. Thank you very much. We are planning to hold an online briefing on the new feature in January as well, so I hope you will attend. We would appreciate it very much if you could consider making a proposal to further improve the online application coverage ratio. Thank you very much.

In addition, regarding the Thorough Investigation of Administrative Procedures that Mr. Director for Policy Planning Yoshida explained earlier, thank you very much for your cooperation and for your very speedy response. Looking ahead to the publication of administrative procedure information in the future, I would like to ask all ministries and agencies to continue to cooperate with Phase 2 of the Thorough Investigation of Administrative Procedures, although I would like to ask all ministries and agencies to bear the burden. Thank you in advance.

The fourth agenda item is "Utilization of the function to check the status of use of government websites."

In order to improve the usability of the website, we plan to provide a function that allows you to check the usage of the site. Let me explain this initiative. Thank you, Digital Agency and Director Ohtsuka.

Ohtsuka Director: This is Ohtsuka in Director, Digital Agency, .

I believe that ministries and agencies are currently considering updating their websites with a view to updating the infrastructure for the 2026 budget request. In Digital Agency, against this backdrop, we are developing and deploying a function to check the usage status of websites that contributes to improving the technical infrastructure and UI / UX of government websites. I would like to announce an overview of such functions and future plans.

In order to improve the UI / UX so that the website becomes user-friendly not only for the public but also for business operators, it is important to understand the issues faced by users, such as operation screens that are difficult to use, and to make continuous improvements. It is difficult to understand the issues if we do not know the usage status of users, and even if we improve the design, it will not lead to an improvement in the user-friendly UI / UX. In order to improve such issues, Digital Agency has introduced site statistics and user feedback here into the website, and is working to understand and improve user issues.

Site statistics is a function that allows you to check site usage statistics such as the number of accesses on each screen and operation, the time spent on the site, and the withdrawal rate. User feedback is a function that allows you to statistically check the necessity of achieving the user's purpose, which was directly fed back by the user, and what the problem was, etc.

These functions can also be provided as a common service from Digital Agency to each ministry, agency, and service. I hope that each ministry, agency, and agency will consider using this service of Digital Agency Development.

In addition, in developing the common CMS, as a mechanism for building websites, we have been using open source software (OSS), but we are also planning to develop it as a software as a service (SaaS). The necessary standard functions are provided in this common CMS. Specifically, it is equipped with basic and standard functions such as "scheduled release," "multilingual," and "search," as well as the common services I mentioned earlier, site statistics, and user feedback as standard features. Based on this mechanism, with minimal customization, each government agency and website can be introduced, which will lead to cost reduction and reduction of the burden on the person in charge, etc.

As for the cost of the system, by using the common CMS, the technical infrastructure system part was developed in Digital Agency, so the cost of this infrastructure part will be reduced. Therefore, by allocating the reduced cost as the cost of information transmission, etc., we believe that we can improve the understandability compared to the past.

As a mechanism that aims to maximize cost-effectiveness in this way, I am considering the common CMS and common services I just mentioned, and I would like each ministry and agency to consider introducing them.

As I mentioned at the beginning, we are planning to launch common services and a common CMS in fiscal 2025, with a view to updating our infrastructure.

The common CMS has already been introduced on the Digital Agency website and the Children and Families Agency website. The Children and Families Agency website was launched in three months, and the cost is about half that of the Digital Agency website. We have already received consultations from several ministries and agencies, and we would like to gradually expand this initiative to all ministries and agencies.

Lastly, as a reference, I would like to introduce the efforts of the Government Website Community. I believe that most of the ministries and agencies do not have specialists in website technology or information dissemination assigned to their website staff. In Digital Agency, we will provide support to the staff of each ministry and agency in this regard. As an effort to that end, we have established a community for practitioners, and we hold a meet-up about once a month on the theme of improving convenience and reducing the burden on practitioners. We also hold a liaison meeting for division heads to discuss and report on issues in the community and the direction of reference development.

We are organizing the common issues of each ministry and agency, and in the efforts of this community and liaison committee, we are working to improve the websites of each ministry and agency by preparing references for solving issues such as the common services I mentioned earlier. I hope that you will actively support the participation of practitioners in the community.

That's all.

Deputy Director-General Hasui: .

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about the current explanation.

As explained above, in anticipation of the renewal of this infrastructure, we are planning to provide a function to check the status of use of the site in 2025 and a platform for the renewal of the site in fiscal 2026 and beyond. It may be difficult for each ministry and agency to allocate resources from now on, but I would like to ask them to consider introducing this part as well, so I would appreciate it.

With regard to the last item on the agenda, "Expansion of On-line Inquiries on Deposits and Savings," I would like to briefly introduce the "Discussions on Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform."

This is 6 in the handout.

With regard to the shift to online deposits and savings, inquiries from administrative agencies to financial institutions about deposits and savings have been conducted in writing, and financial institutions that respond to such inquiries have established a paper-based business flow, which has placed a burden on both administrative agencies and financial institutions. As you can see below on the left, the IT Office of Digital Agency's predecessor has also considered this, and as a result, we are now moving forward with this initiative. I received an explanation from Mr. National Tax Agency at a previous meeting.

As you can see on the bottom right, regarding the introduction of online inquiries about deposits and savings, in addition to the two major vendors, Kitanihon Computer Service Co., Ltd. has also entered the market. Regarding this, as you can see on the next page, the Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform Council has been discussing the creation of a common digital infrastructure between the central and local governments, and a council has been held for that purpose. Therefore, in fiscal 2024, 12 items were selected for consideration for standardization, and one of them was the expansion of online inquiries about deposits and savings.

In relation to this, the local government side pointed out that the number of financial institutions that have introduced this service is limited to a few, and as I mentioned earlier, there are two major vendors, and financial institutions are registered in each of them, but it may be difficult to see them if they are registered in one and not in the other, and when using the inquiry service, some of the formats are not in place. By making efforts to standardize and align these points as much as possible, the total cost may be further minimized, and this is a candidate for standardization.

With the cooperation of the relevant ministries and agencies, the Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform Council has requested that by the end of March next year, a draft promotion policy on the future schedule for the expansion of online services will be compiled.

I believe that there will be various consultations mainly with the relevant ministries and agencies in the future. Today, I would like to introduce this to you first, and I may consult with you individually in the future, but I would appreciate your cooperation.

That's all my explanation, but do you have any special questions about this matter?

In any case, including this matter, I would like to consult with you individually.

This concludes today's scheduled meeting. Do you have any questions or comments, including those on the five issues I have discussed so far?

We will continue to work on DX-related initiatives in the areas under our jurisdiction, and if there is any information that we would like to notify local businesses or any projects that we would like to work on in cooperation with relevant ministries and agencies, please share it at this Liaison Meeting, and Digital Agency will also be accompanying and supporting them.

We would like to promote DX of public procedures and DX of business operators by further deepening cooperation and collaboration with related ministries and agencies, so we would appreciate your kind cooperation.

The Secretariat will contact you at a later date regarding the schedule of the next meeting.

Now, I would like to conclude the 6th Inter-Ministerial Meeting on Business digitalisation. Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to attend today.