Promotion of data strategy

In order to resolve social issues and maintain and improve Japan's international competitiveness in cooperation with the rest of the world, it is necessary to create an environment where diverse, high-quality, and sufficient data can be used easily, safely, and reliably. To this end, the government as a whole will promote transparent and reliable data utilization.

Overview

Against the backdrop of the development of digitalisation, the increase in data volume due to the promotion of innovation, and the improvement of AI capabilities, countries around the world consider data to be the foundation of national affluence and international competitiveness in the digital society, and are developing the necessary systems and rules and strongly promoting initiatives. Japan has also been promoting initiatives toward the construction of a digital infrastructure suitable for a digital nation in the 21st century, by formulating Japan's first "Data Strategy" (Task Force on Data Strategy, First Report, December 2020) and "Comprehensive Data Strategy" (June 2021) as the direction of specific initiatives. Based on the progress, specific implementation of the Data Strategy and the direction of further focused initiatives are published in the Priority Plan approved by the Cabinet on June 9, 2023.

Related Materials

• (Reference) Comprehensive Data Strategy (PDF / 1,704 kb)

• Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society (Text) (PDF / 1,189 kb)

• Government Interoperability Framework (GIF)

• Implementation Guidance for Data Handling Rules in Platforms Version 1.0 (PDF / 3,194 kb)

• Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan Fifth Medium-Term Targets (PDF / 1,100 kb)

Related policy

• Open data

• Data Standards and Quality (Government CIO Portal)

• Base Registry

• Base registry for address

Meetings, etc.

Data Strategy Promotion Working Group

Report of DX Promotion Sub-Working Group with Trust

On July 29, 2022, the Sub-Working Group for the Promotion of Trust-Secured DX, which was established under the Working Group for the Promotion of Data Strategy and held from November 18, 2021 to June 29, 2022, published a report summarizing the needs and issues for securing trust in online transactions and procedures for the promotion of DX and the direction for building a future online trust platform.

• Japanese version of the report (PDF/4,957 kb)
• English version of the report (PDF/3,392 kb)