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Japan legislates wide-range digitalization bills in move to bring government online

By Toko Sekiguchi ( May 12, 2021, 08:03 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s parliament approved a digital package today that includes the consolidation of Japan’s privacy laws, expands the use of a national registry system, and legally backs the creation of a national agency designed to oversee the belated digitalization of Japan’s administrative government. The enactment is pegged as a big step forward for the Japanese government whose failure to update its digital policies and go paperless, resulted in serious administrative delays as Covid-19 shut down physical offices.Japan’s parliament approved a digital package today that includes the consolidation of Japan’s privacy laws, expands the use of a national registry system, and legally backs the creation of a national agency designed to oversee the belated digitalization of Japan’s administrative government....

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