The document outlines a data strategy aimed at fostering a human-centric society through effective data management and governance, highlighting the role of government as a key player in data initiatives. It discusses the challenges posed by technological changes and the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the need for improved data standards and platforms to ensure the secure and efficient use of data. The strategy envisions a sustainable society by establishing trust, quality, and collaboration in data practices and sets a roadmap for future developments leading to a data-driven society.

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.
 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
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strategy
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