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Promotion of Data Utilization in digitalisation and laws and ordinances

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In Digital Agency, efforts are being made to increase the efficiency of legal affairs (such as the creation of a laws and ordinances by national government officer) through digitalisation, to develop a base registry for laws and ordinances information (development and provision of laws and ordinances information and APIs), to provide it to the public, and to promote the development of services utilizing laws and ordinances information.

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"laws and ordinances" and "Digital" Initiatives

In the field of "laws and ordinances" x "digital", Digital Agency has been working on policies to promote data utilization in the legal affairs digitalisation and laws and ordinances, etc., with the aim of achieving the following results.

  • Further streamlining of national government officer's legislative drafting and examination work
  • Improved the Base Registry to provide accurate and easy-to-understand information on laws and ordinances
  • Promoting the Development of Industry and Technology and the Creation of New Services through the Utilization of laws and ordinances Data-related Activities

Outline of Initiatives

You can get a full picture of the policy from the following materials.

Featured Article

In addition to the above-mentioned Handout , the state of the initiative is also introduced in easy-to-understand media such as Digital Agency News and Digital Agency Official Note.

A group photo of Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation,, three judges, and the hackathon participants. Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, and three judges are seated in the front row, with Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, and Mr. Yagita, the judge, holding a board marked
Innovation in Public-Private Partnership! "laws and ordinances" x "Digital" Hackathon (Digital Agency News) More than 130 diverse participants, including engineers, lawyers, public officer and students, took on the challenge of development using laws and ordinances and AI and other technologies.
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"laws and ordinances" x "Digital" initiatives to create new legal services and policy-making processes (Digital Agency News) This section introduces Digital Agency's two "laws and ordinances" x "Digital" initiatives.
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Making life convenient for everyone with "laws and ordinances x Digital". Mission of Digital Agency Legal Specialist (Digital Agency official note) We spoke with current employees working on the digitalisation of the legal system about the specific work content of "legal specialists" and the rewarding and interesting work unique to Digital Agency.
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Laws and ordinances APIs and laws and ordinances × Digital initiatives in Digital Agency (Digital Agency official note) Laws and ordinances APIs and laws and ordinances × Digital initiatives in Digital Agency are introduced.

Survey, demonstration and technical verification

As part of the "laws and ordinances × Digital" initiative, we are conducting research, analyses, and prototype development on matters related to administrative work called the "Legal Affairs" . At the same time, we are investigating needs for the development of the laws and ordinances Database (e-Gov laws and ordinances Retrieval) and the expansion of the laws and ordinances APIs , which are currently provided by Digital Agency, and are providing updates to the database and functions as needed.

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Event

In order to further develop the "laws and ordinances" x "Digital" initiative, the following events were held.

Hackathon

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"laws and ordinances" x "Digital" Hackathons The "laws and ordinances × Digital" Hackathon was held from Wednesday, February 5 to Thursday, March 6, 2025, with the aim of further developing the "laws and ordinances × Digital" initiative, increasing the efficiency of legal affairs, providing citizens with easy-to-understand laws and ordinances information, and creating new businesses using laws and ordinances information.
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Laws and ordinances Hackathon With the aim of developing industries, technologies, and policy planning through the use of laws and ordinances APIs, we are working to enhance laws and ordinances APIs. As part of this effort, we held the laws and ordinances APIs Hackathon from Friday, November 10 to Friday, November 17, 2023, using laws and ordinances APIs prototypes to promote service development using laws and ordinances APIs.

Laws and ordinances × Digital Workshop

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Laws and ordinances × Digital Workshop On Friday, March 8, 2024, we held the "laws and ordinances × Digital Workshop" to explain the mechanism of laws and ordinances and the basics of laws and ordinances APIs so that even those unfamiliar with laws and ordinances can start developing services and tools that utilize laws and ordinances.

Laws and ordinances APIs Prototype Public Test

As part of the upgrading of the laws and ordinances APIs , which provides information on laws and government and ministerial ordinances, we have developed a prototype for extending the functions of the laws and ordinances APIs (laws and ordinances APIs prototype). Using this prototype, we are conducting a public test of the laws and ordinances APIs prototype to solicit the opinions of people who use the laws and ordinances APIs and promote the creation of new services.

Conference

From the perspective of ensuring compliance with the Digital Principles, the following meetings were held to examine the establishment of a more efficient and autonomous confirmation process and system for the laws and ordinances, including the new laws and ordinances.