Revising analog regulations status dashboard

At the Digital Provisional Administrative Investigation Committee held in from 2021 (2021) to 2023 (2023), a decision was made to review approximately 10,000 articles of the analog regulations that require visual inspection by a human being, full-time or permanent assignment, etc., among the existing laws and ordinances.

We have published a dashboard to confirm the list of analog regulations and the status of their review.

Reference: Economic Effects of Digital Principles and Acceleration of Efforts (PDF / 1,257 kb)

Notice

• On August 22nd 2025, the data was corrected.
  *The data will be updated whenever the follow-up is conducted in the future.

Table of

• Revising analog regulations situation
• Estimated Economic Effects (Interim Report)
• Points to consider

1. revising analog regulations Operations

This is a dashboard for confirming the status of the review of approximately 10,000 articles that were subject to the review of analog regulations. In addition to the "7 items of analog regulations" such as visual observation and written notices, the revising analog regulations status of "provisions specifying recording media such as floppy disks" can be confirmed.

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2. Estimated Economic Impact (Interim Report)

The revision of analog regulations is expected to have a cost reduction effect due to the efficiency of administrative work and a market expansion effect due to the adoption of digital technology. The interim report was published as of September 2023 (2023).

Impact on GDP

The direct effect of increased demand associated with revising analog regulations is expected to be approximately 0.6 trillion yen, and the indirect effect of improved operational efficiency is expected to be approximately 3 trillion yen. The total economic effect is estimated to be approximately 3.6 trillion yen.
* The figures are subject to change as a result of further examination.

Reference: Economic Effects of and revising analog regulations (Interim Report) (PDF / 1,604 kb)

Cost reduction effect

The revising analog regulations is expected to save about 530 million hours of work (equivalent to about 250,000 people), and is expected to reduce costs by about 3.8 trillion yen. The cost of introducing the technology through the review is expected to be about 0.9 trillion yen, and the cost effectiveness (value obtained by subtracting the technology introduction cost from the reduction cost) is estimated to be about 2.9 trillion yen.
* The figures are subject to change as a result of further examination.

Reference: Economic Effects of and revising analog regulations (Interim Report) (PDF / 1,604 kb)

3. Important Points

Defining Data

The various date used in the dashboard are the same as those published by the of in response to the revision of the analog regulations. The definitions of the date, figures, and timetables also conform to those published by the of in response to the revision of the analog regulations.

• About Defining Data and Numbers

Source of each data set

• 7 analog regulations (Excel / 777 kb)
• Regulations that specify recording media such as floppy disks (Excel / 167 kb)
• Other Schedules (Requests from the Business Community, etc.) (Excel / 5.7 mb)
• Follow-up Results of the revising analog regulations Roadmap Based on the Digital Principles (as of May 30, 2025) (Excel / 1,454 kb)

True or false information

For true-or-false information on data published by Digital Agency, please refer to True-or-False Information: Dashboard on the Status of Review of Analog Regulations.

Method of estimating economic effects

The method of estimating economic benefits can be found in Economic Benefits by and revising analog regulations (Interim Report) (PDF / 1,604 kb) .

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