The document outlines the first release of Japan's data strategy, initiated at a ministerial meeting on December 21, 2020, focusing on immediate actions and the need for international collaboration in a digital age impacted by COVID-19. It emphasizes the government's role as a key data holder and platform provider, aiming for a human-centric society that balances efficiency and trust through improved data management and collaboration. Future efforts will include developing infrastructure, rules, and frameworks to promote open data and enhance data quality across various sectors.

1. DATA STRATEGY 1ST RELEASE
2020-12-21 DIGITAL GOVERNMENT MINISTERIAL MEETING
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2. RELEASE NOTE
 This release aims to set matters that should be started
immediately and lead the future data strategy.
 We recognize that this release doesn't cover all aspect of
data issue.
 We will publish the 2nd release next summer.
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3. BACKGROUND.
 Data has become a source of wisdom, value, and competitiveness.
- Data has become essential elements for sustainable life, smooth business
operations and innovations.
 Technological changes and globalization
- We face the paradigm changes by the technological changes and globalization.
 The risk in the digital society
- Everyone focuses on the risks related to privacy and security.
 Needs for new rules for the digital society
- International collaboration is important.
- We promote the DFFT (Data Free Flow with Trust) initiative from 2019
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4. IMPACT OF COVID-19
 We faced the new life, working and business style by the covid-19. We
were forced to move to digital society. We should move fast and agile.
 Especially, data was the essential element for solving the difficulties.
- Data
‣ Primary social data was not available. Some data could not find and use technically or
institutionally.
‣ Some data could not be used because of quality.
- Tools
‣ Data related tools and platforms have not been provided.
- Rules
‣ The quality and standard of the data
‣ There was no mechanism to change the rules quickly.
‣ There was not enough mechanism to share data that include private and sensitive
information.
 It is necessary to re-engineer our society for a digital age. 4

5. THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN DATA STRATEGY
 Government is the largest data holder in Japan, and their
systems and actions will have a significant impact on
Japan’s society, economy and industries.
- The government will provide base registries and essential data.
- The government will reform the existing rules and establish new
rules
 Government plays a role as "a platform in platforms" in the
digital society and contributes to society's sophistication.
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6. VISION
 We aim to realize a sustainable human society. It is the
human-centric society that creates new value by achieving
both economic development and solving social issues. It is
achieved through a digital twin by using data.
 It is consistent with the vision of Society 5.0 that is the
future vision of Japan.
 Our society values trust and safety. It is essential to realize
high efficiency and hospitality services at the same time.
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7. FUTURE SOCIETY
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8. PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES
 Philosophy
- We will realize a society that balances efficiency and trust.
 Principle.
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Control your
data yourself
• controllability
• Privacy
Connect
• Interoperability
• Efficiency
Use Anytime,
anywhere
• Availability
• Quickness
• Cross-boarder
Safe
• Security
• Trust
• Quality
Create together
• Co-creation
• Creation of
new value

9. ARCHITECTURE
 Data strategies are base of all social activities and industries.
 The architecture is based on the Society 5.0 reference architecture.
9Infrastructure, Asset
Data
Tools
Service Platform
Rule
Administrations Private sectors
Priority Area
Create new value with data
- Broker
- Access control
- Data market
- PDS(Personal Data Store)
- Trust
- Data quality
- Data standard
- Once only
- Building block
- Trading data
- Harnessing data
- Healthcare, Education, Disaster risk management,
Agriculture, Infrastructure, Smartcity
Value
DataplatformExperience
Society5.0 Reference architecture Architecture for Data strategy
Strategy
Rule
Organization
Business
Harnessing
Data
Data
Connecting
Data
Asset
Security,ID
- Base registries
all social
activities
and
industries

10. PRIORITY AREA
Data
• We will realize the data framework centered on the base registries.
Platforms (Rules and Tools)
• We will develop rules and tools together. Citizens can launch services
easily on the platform.
Trust
• Trust is an essential part of society. Trust consists of various factors other
than the platform. We will develop a trust framework.
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11. DATA
 Base Registry (The detail is in the annex: Base Registry Roadmap)
- Define base registries.
- Start priority projects.
 Development of the entire administrative data
- Develop data standards, quality systems, and management systems.
 Promoting open data
- Promote highly reusable open data.
 Promotion of data management
- Realize data management throughout the lifecycle.
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12. PLATFORM
 Cross-sector platform
- Development of architecture
- Development of common rules
- Development of data standards and data quality specification
- Tool development
 Platforms for each domain
- Health and Medical Care, Education, Disaster Risk Management,
Agriculture, Infrastructure, Smart Cities
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Collaboration with relevant
government initiatives
- Innovation strategy
- AI strategy

13. TRUST
 Developing a Trust Framework
- Intention
‣ Proof of intention (proof that the person has made the statement of intention in
question, etc.)
- Certification
‣ Certificate of the issuer (proof of trust of the natural person, organization,
equipment, etc.)
- Existence
‣ Proof of existence (proof that some information exists at some point and has
not been tampered with since)
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14. NEXT STEP AREA
Data space and market
• Information banks, PDS, and data trading markets
• Treatment of private data
Data in the private sectors
• Development of rules for data that private sectors have
Digital infrastructure
• Network and Sensors
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15. HUMAN RESOURCE AND ORGANIZATION
 Human resources framework
- Human resource models (Roles and skills)
- Development of recruitment and evaluation rules
- Development of training courses
- Improving literacy of public servants
 Organizational development
- Name a CDO and the team
- Launch data authority
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The government will be one
of the leading players to
develop data professionals.

16. ROADMAP
Stage 01
•Infrastructure development
•(small & prototype projects)
•
•
•Start priority projects
•
•Expand data strategy
Stage 02
Infrastructure development
Data quality management
Base registries
Stage 03
(Agile processes)
Stage 04
Data-driven society
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2021-09 2025 2030
A sustainable society through Trust and Quality
Rule
Platform

17. ANNEX: BASE REGISTRIES ROADMAP
 Define and specify the base
registries
 Rule development
 System development
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 Data maintenance
 Data governance
- Master Data Management
- Data security
 Data model
- Data standards
- Metadata Management
 Mechanism for expanding
- Registry catalog, code
catalog
- Data quality control
- Human resource
development
 Training Courses
Action (2020-2021) Goals (2025, 2030)
2025
2030
Platform and rules
Data Society

18. DATA STRATEGIES ARE BASE
OF RELEVANT STRATEGIES
 Each architecture elements of
the data strategy support the
relevant strategy which
supports the digital society.
 The architecture makes the
overall consistency.
※This diagram is described by archimate®.
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government
strategy
Data
strategy
Example