The Digital Agency Dashboard Series won the Good Design Best 100
At the 2026 Good Design Awards, the Digital Agency Dashboard Series was awarded the Good Design Best 100.
The Good Design Award is sponsored by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion. Launched in 1957, this is the only comprehensive design evaluation and recommendation system in Japan, in which products and services from all industries are examined and selected.
Digital Agency What is Dashboard Series?
The Digital Agency Dashboard Series is an initiative to publish policy-related data that is difficult to use in the past as a dashboard, so that people involved in policymaking at the national and local governments and in semi-public sector can make appropriate decisions and actions. The main data is the progress of DX (digital transformation) in administration, medicine, education, etc., as well as the financial and management indicators of the operating entity. It is visualized in a way that is easy for anyone to understand and use.
In order for the national government to promote policies, it is necessary to have the understanding and cooperation of various stakeholders, including the parliament, local governments, companies, and citizens. However, the majority of policy-related data possessed and disclosed by the government to date has been in a variety of data formats, and it has been time-consuming to aggregate and compare data at the necessary granularity. As a result, it has been difficult to use it as a consensus building tool, and it has been an obstacle to the smooth implementation of policies.
To address this challenge, Digital Agency is working on data visualization through a series of dashboard series. By enabling policy-makers across the country (such as employees of the national government, local governments, and semi-public sector) to access the latest data on policies with little effort, it will be easier for them to grasp the situation, decide on the next efforts, and reach a consensus with various stakeholders. We aim to make this a foundation for evidence-based administrative management.
Please check the Digital Agency Dashboard Series from the following.
Evaluation Comments from the Judging Panel
Below is a quote from the "Awards Gallery":
This is a dashboard that visualizes data related to national and local government policies. It centrally manages data across nine ministries and twelve policy areas, and by utilizing design guidebooks and templates, it is possible to check the latest data from various perspectives with a consistent design and operability. I hope that it will be further developed and utilized in the future as a tool for national and local governments to make policy decisions based on data and to fulfill their accountability related to the results of policy implementation.