The new IT strategy launched by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is garnering much attention as of late.
The strategy¡¯s main feature is the establishment of a government entity in charge of all things digital ¡ª a digital agency. Suga has appointed Takuya Hirai, the Liberal Democratic Party¡¯s top IT expert, as minister of digital reform, and plans to launch the new agency next year. The Suga administration will aim to erase the government¡¯s lag in digitization. This deficit was recently highlighted during the COVID-19 crisis with troubles such as those relating to the electronic application for special fixed benefits.
¡°We need to take responsibility for all digital-related policies in one agency. The agency¡¯s institutional design is forthcoming, but I want to give it top priority,¡± Suga said concerning the creation of a so-called ¡°control tower¡± to guide the new IT policy. ¡°We are also considering necessary revisions to the IT related law. We want to consolidate all fields, including My Number system.¡±
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