[open-government] Japan’s Administration Urges Ministries to Promote Open Data

[Christian Villum]

>From the Open Knowledge Foundation blog:

Japan’s Administration Urges Ministries to Promote Open Data
July 2, 2013 in OKF Japan<http://blog.okfn.org/category/okfnlocal/okf-japan/>
, OKFN Local <http://blog.okfn.org/category/okfnlocal/>, Open Government
Data <http://blog.okfn.org/category/open-government-data/>

*A few days ago the 4th e-Government Open Data Expert Committee was held in
Tokyo. At the committee the specific measures to implement Japan’s new IT
strategy, which was launched mid-June, were discussed – highlighting open
data as a central means to achieve among other economic vitalization.*

During the discussions, Mr. Ichita Yamamoto, the Minister in charge of
Information Technology Policy, stressed how Open
Data<http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/02/japans-administration-urges-ministries-to-promote-open-data/>
has
become a global trend, and that it was positioned as one of the main topics
at the recent G8 Summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. He stated: *“I
believe that it is quite urgent to cooperate with relevant ministries in
order to promote open data which is one of the significant policies of
the Shinzo
Abe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe> Administration.”* The
administration will release the government data catalog in beta version
this fall and hope to launch an open data portal soon thereafter, as announced
earlier in the year<http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2013/mar/01/japan-launch-national-open-data-portal/>
.

Mr. Koichi Endo, the Government CIO followed this thread: *“While specific
measures to promote open data were discussed at the G8 summit, I believe
that it is quite important for the government of Japan to release open
data, and thereby contribute to the global open data movement. Especially,
we need to consider how to realize economic vitalization in according with
the new IT strategy of Japan and its open data strategy.”* At the same time
he also emphasized the significance to examine what kind of data in Japan
is demanded from foreign countries: *“We would like to continue to work for
opening data and making a rule of publishing data so that the open data
system works in a sustainable way.”*

If you’re interested in knowing more about the current state of open data
in Japan, feel free to get in touch with our Open Knowledge Foundation
Japan Initiative Group <http://jp.okfn.org/>.
Written by: Christian Villum <http://okfn.org/members/christianvillum/>
Christian is the Open Knowledge Foundation community manager for Open
Government Data – and is also part of the community coordination team for
the global network of Local Groups. He lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, and
has a background in media and culture entrepreneurship, co-working
facilitation, community creation, hacktivism – and is a dedicated
open-everything advocate.
*Original blog post:
http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/02/japans-administration-urges-ministries-to-promote-open-data/
*

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