At the Cabinet meeting on the 21st, the government decided on a revised version of the "Comprehensive Strategy" that indicates the direction of future regional revitalization, and in light of the spread of the new coronavirus infection, further promote telework and recruit specialists in the digital field. It is supposed to be dispatched to support municipalities.

The government revise the "Comprehensive Strategy" that indicates the direction of regional revitalization measures every December, and the Cabinet meeting on the 21st decided on a revised version of this year.



According to this, in light of the spread of the new coronavirus infection, in addition to further promoting telework, it will support municipalities by dispatching specialists in the digital field.



In addition, by adding corporate initiatives such as dispatching employees to local governments nationwide other than Tokyo, in addition to the corporate version of the "Furusato Tax Payment System," the ties between companies and local governments will be strengthened, and people and funds will be raised. It is said that the flow will be activated.



Furthermore, in order to develop and retain human resources who can play an active role in the region, we are considering increasing the capacity of local national universities from April next year.