The next economic growth with digital technology Keidanren Nov. 6 13:02

Keidanren held its first meeting to discuss the use of digital technology, which is spreading rapidly around the world, and put together recommendations to link to the next economic growth in Japan.

The first meeting was held at the “Digital Transformation Conference”, which was established by Keidanren in response to the rapid changes in digital technology and the changes in business and people's lives.

At the beginning of the meeting, Chairman Nakanishi said, “A variety of issues related to digitalization should be taken positively, and the viewpoint of how to link to the next economic growth is important.”

After that, it was introduced that businesses using big data were widely deployed in the United States and China, and data should be used more actively in Japan. This means that it was necessary to work on it.

The future in the conference, and a series of discussions, summarizes the recommendations to prospect the summer next year, it is to be submitted to the government.

Professor Hiroaki Miyata of Keio University who participated in the conference said, “The flow of digital transformation cannot be stopped. It was.