2024年5月26日日曜日

DX and the Digital Agency

■DX and the Digital AgencyWhen I first heard that the government was creating the Digital Agency, I felt it was 25 years too late for digital technology, but with the explosive power of implemented in one year by passing laws and budgeting and gathering people from the private section, I had hopes that this might work.I am an advocate for creating a Ministry of Culture to act as a lowest common denominator for handling communications, broadcasting, computers, and intellectual property in an integrated manner, with digital as its core.In that case,...

2024年5月19日日曜日

Why did Japan not go through DX

 ■Why did Japan not go through DXJapan is the only one in the G7 with a negative excess mortality rate during the coronavirus pandemic. We became healthy due to coronavirus.By simply “requesting” that people show restraint, there were even no riots. Overseas, they were littered with protests. We did well.However, what this revealed was Japan’s digital defeat.National procedures that can be done online make up 8%. Online teaching is 5%.The e-commerce rate is 18% worldwide and 8% in Japan.The delay of DX is directly connected to shrinkage in...