Government ministerial coordination to promote digitalization Full-scale policy October 2, 5:50
The Minister for Administrative Reform Kono and the Minister for Digital Reform Hirai will meet regularly to focus on regulatory reforms as necessary for the government to work together toward digitalization. The policy is to make full-scale adjustments by listening to the opinions of the ministers who have jurisdiction over the regulations.
The Minister for Administrative Reform Kono and the Minister for Digital Reform Hirai will meet about once a week in order to promote digitalization, which the Kan Cabinet places as a top priority.
Regarding this meeting, Minister Hirai said, "I think it will be a way for politicians to have enough opportunities to discuss, target and lock on."
At the meeting, Minister Kono will focus on regulatory reform first, saying that digitization is an urgent issue, but it is necessary to remove the regulations that are hindering it.
The two ministers have a policy of making full-scale adjustments by listening to the opinions of the ministers who have jurisdiction over the regulations as necessary, and today they will exchange opinions with the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagita over the ideal form of online education.