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Priority Plan for the Advancement of a Digital Society

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On June 13, 2025, the Cabinet approved the "Priority Plan for the Advancement of a Digital Society." For materials approved by the Cabinet, please refer to the Documents at the bottom of the page.

Overview

The headings of each initiative in the Priority Plan are outlined below. For detailed information, please refer to the “Priority Plan 2025” linked below.
(Note: Part 2 is available only in the original Japanese text attached.)

Part I: Vision of the society we aim to achieve, direction of initiatives, and our Priority Plans

    1. Digitalization initiatives based on our Priority Plan
    • (1) Strength of digitalization in Japan
      • ① Development of digital infrastructure
      • ② Revision of “analog” regulations
      • ③ Promotion of Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT)
    • (2) User-centric Initiatives
      • ① Promotion and utilization of My Number Card and enhancement of usability of Mynaportal
      • ② Development of infrastructure to improve the user experience in government services for businesses
      • ③ Promotion of digitalization in the semi-public sector
    • (3) Reinforcement of medium- to long-term government functions
      • ① Integration and standardization of the local government’s information systems
      • ② Migration of information systems of the national and local governments, etc. to Government Cloud
      • ③ Migration to Government Solution Services (GSS)
    1. Issues we face and the evolving landscape
    • (1) Issues we face
      • ① Population declines and labor shortage (human resource shortage)
      • ② Necessity of enhancing digital competitiveness
      • ③ Response to natural disasters and threats to the sustainability of public infrastructure, etc.
      • ④ Increasing threats in cyberspace in both quality and quantity
      • ⑤ Shortage of digital human resources
      • ⑥ People’s concerns and hesitation toward “Digitalization”
    • (2) Evolving landscape
      • ① Advancement of social implementation of AI including generative AI
      • ② Changes in global landscape surrounding digitalization
    1. Vision of the society we aim to achieve
    1. Direction and initiatives of the Priority Plan
    • (1) Promoting digitalization across society through the comprehensive use of AI and digital technologies
      • ① Development of an environment for AI use and promoting its implementation
      • ② Regional Revitalization 2.0 (comprehensive use of digital and new technologies in regions)
      • ③ Promotion of digital completion of administrative procedures through the use of AI, digital technologies, etc.
    • (2) Development of AI-friendly environment (regulations, data, infrastructure)
      • ① Promotion of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
      • ② Review of regulations hindering comprehensive use of AI, and digital technologies
      • ③ Development and operation of base registries (public basic information databases)
      • ④ Promotion of open data
      • ⑤ Ensure data interoperability between national and local government systems
      • ⑥ Development of digital usage environments and infrastructures
      • ⑦ Acceleration of AI-oriented computing resources and data center development
    • (3) Collaboration for competitiveness and growth
      • ① Promotion of data linkage and utilization
      • ② Digitalization in semi-public sectors such as disaster prevention, healthcare, childcare, education, etc.
      • ③ Optimization of national information systems
      • ④ Integration and standardization of local government information systems
      • ⑤ Promotion of standardization based on the “Basic Policy on the Development and Operation of Common Digital Platforms for the national and local governments”
      • ⑥ Establishment of networks to support government services and to realize flexible information linkages
      • ⑦ Driving comprehensive modernization of the industrial sector
    • (4) Initiatives to create a safe and secure digital society
      • ① Improve digital literacy by promoting the accurate understanding and effective use of digital technologies
      • ② Ensure accessibility by creating inclusive environments where everyone can access and benefit from digital products and services
      • ③ Measures to address fake news and misinformation
      • ④ Countermeasures against cybercrimes
      • ⑤ Ensuring cybersecurity
    • (5) Enhance the effectiveness of DX promotion by securing and developing digital human resources and strengthening organizational growth
      • ① Securing and developing digital human resources across society
      • ② Enhancement of the DX promotion system in the government
      • ③ Enhancement of the command center function for digitalization across society
        (strengthening the organization structure of the Digital Agency)
  • 5 Principles and vision for the realization of a digital society
    • (1) Basic principles for the formation of a digital society
    • (2) Necessity of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
    • (3) Digital Principles for Structural Reforms
    • (4) Cloud First principle (Cloud-by-Default principle)
    • (5) Ensure proper management and effective use of personal information

Documents

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