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Legal affairs Promotion of data utilization in digitalization, laws and regulations, etc.

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In Digital Agency, we are working to improve the efficiency of legal work (such as the work of national government officer to create laws and regulations) by digitalization, maintain the base registry of laws and regulations (maintain and provide laws and regulations Date and APIs) and provide it to citizens, and promote the development of services that utilize laws and regulations Date.

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"laws and regulations" and "Digital" Initiatives

As an area of "laws and regulations" x "digital", Digital Agency is working on policies to promote the use of data in legal affairs digitalization, laws and regulations, etc., with the aim of achieving the following results.

  • Further streamlining of legislative drafting and examination work by the national government officer
  • Create a base registry that provides accurate and easy-to-understand information on laws and regulations
  • Promoting the Development of Industries and Technologies and the Creation of New Services by Utilizing Data-related to laws and regulations

Overview of Activities

You can get an overall picture of the policy from the materials below.

Articles

In addition to the above Data , the status of the efforts is also introduced in an easy-to-understand manner through media such as Digital Agency News and Digital Agency Official Note.

A group photo of Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, the three judges, and the hackathon participants. Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation and the three judges are seated in the front row. Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation and Mr. Yagita, the judge, are holding a board labeled
Innovation in Public-Private Partnership! "laws and regulations" 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 regulations Date and technologies such as AI.
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"laws and regulations" x "Digital" initiatives to create new legal services and policy-making processes (Digital Agency News) We introduce two "laws and regulations" x "digital" initiatives implemented by Digital Agency.
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"laws and regulations x Digital" makes everyone's life convenient. Mission of Digital Agency Legal Specialist (Digital Agency official note) We spoke with current staff working on the digitalization of the legal system about the specific duties of "legal specialists" and the rewarding and interesting work that is unique to Digital Agency.
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Laws and regulations APIs in Digital Agency, About laws and regulations x Digital Initiatives (Digital Agency Official Note) Introducing laws and regulations APIs and laws and regulations x Digital initiatives in Digital Agency.

Survey, demonstration, and technical verification

As part of our "laws and regulations" x "digital" initiatives, we are conducting surveys, analyses, and prototype development on matters related to administrative work called the "Legal Affairs" . At the same time, we are investigating the needs of the laws and regulations (e-Gov laws and regulations Search) , which is currently provided by Digital Agency, and expanding the functions of the laws and regulations APIs .

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Events

The following events were held to further develop the "laws and regulations" x "digital" initiative.

Hackathon

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"laws and regulations" x "Digital" Hackathon The "laws and regulations" x "Digital" Hackathon was held from Wednesday, February 5 to Thursday, March 6, 2025, with the aim of further developing the "laws and regulations" x "Digital" initiative, improving the efficiency of legal affairs, providing easy-to-understand laws and regulations date to citizens, and creating new businesses utilizing laws and regulations date.
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Laws and regulations API Hackathon As part of this effort, from Friday, November 10, to Friday, November 17, 2023, we held the laws and regulations API Hackathon, which used a laws and regulations API prototype to promote the development of services using laws and regulations APIs. We are working to upgrade laws and regulations APIs, which provide information on laws, government ordinances, and other information, with the aim of developing industries, technologies, and policy making. laws and regulations

Laws and regulations x Digital Workshop

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Laws and regulations x Digital Workshop On Friday, March 8, 2024, the "laws and regulations x Digital Workshop" was held to explain laws and regulations's mechanisms and the basics of laws and regulations APIs so that even people who are not familiar with the laws and regulations field can start developing services and tools that utilize laws and regulations.

Laws and regulations API Prototype Public Test

As part of upgrading the laws and regulations APIs , which provides information on laws, government ordinances, etc., we have developed a prototype for expanding the functionality of laws and regulations APIs (laws and regulations APIs Prototype). Using this prototype, we are conducting public tests of the laws and regulations APIs Prototype in order to solicit opinions from users of laws and regulations APIs and promote the creation of new services.

Meeting

From the perspective of ensuring compliance with the Digital Principles, the following meetings were held to consider building a more efficient and autonomous verification process and system for laws and regulations, including new laws and regulations.