Considering the current condition of information industry business and increasing global competition, METI plans to actualize “IT New Reform Strategy” and develop the basis for global competition through focusing on 3 themes: (1) enhancing the competitiveness of information industry and IT users, (2) improvement of safety of information economy society, (3) creating more trustworthy information economy society. Especially, through utilizing the support measures on budget and taxation system, the following will be emphasized: (1) development of strategic IT investment to improve productivity and competition, (2) networking of home information appliance and establishment of its common platform, (3) strengthening of information security countermeasures. |