Information Policy

• Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading(PDF:1,733KB)

Press Releases

• Meeting of Council on Development of Infrastructures for Digital Markets for Realization of Society 5.0 to be Held (October 15, 2020)
• October Campaign to Intensively Encourage Companies to Conduct Self-Diagnoses of Assessment Indices for Digital Management Reforms (“DX Promotion Indices”) (October 1, 2020)
• “Guidebook for Establishing Cybersecurity Systems and Securing Necessary Human Resources” Compiled (September 30, 2020)
• Granting Certificate of Approval to Research Institute as Approved Entity Certifying Security Measures of Companies to Prevent Technological Information from Being Compromised under Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness (September 16, 2020)
• “Guidebook on Corporate Governance for Privacy in Digital Transformation (DX) ver.1.0” Formulated (August 28, 2020)
• Cabinet Decisions on: the Cabinet Order for Stipulating the Enforcement Date of the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information and Communications Technologies; and the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information and Communications Technologies (August 25, 2020)
• “DX Stocks 2020” and “Noteworthy DX Companies 2020” Selected (August 25, 2020)
• Results of Call for Public Comments on Draft Guidelines and Final Guidelines compiled for Handling of Medical Information by Information Systems Providers (August 21, 2020)
• Call for Participants in FY2020 “AI Quest” Program Starts (August 17, 2020)
• Demonstration Plan under the Regulatory Sandbox Scheme Approved (August 6, 2020)
• Provision of gBizIDs to Systems for Administrative Procedures in Local Governments and Other Organizations to Start (August 5, 2020)
• Call Starts for Applicants to Lead the Project for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information Communication Systems/Pioneering Research (Initiative to be Commissioned) (August 7, 2020)
• METI State Minister Makihara Participates in G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting via Video Conference (July 23, 2020)
• Results of FY2019 E-Commerce Market Survey Compiled (July 22, 2020)
• Report “GOVERNANCE INNOVATION: Redesigning Law and Architecture for Society 5.0” Compiled (July 13, 2020)
• Successful Applicants Determined for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information Communication Systems (June 29, 2020)
• Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Founded (June 16, 2020)
• Report on the Recognition of Recent Circumstances Surrounding Industries in relation to Cybersecurity and Directions of Future Efforts Compiled (June 12, 2020)
• Super Creators Certified under Exploratory IT Human Resources Project(May 28, 2020)
• Partial Revision of Act on Facilitation of Information Processing (Act No. 67 of 2019) Comes into Force(May 15, 2020)
• METI State Minister Makihara Participates in Extraordinary G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting via Video Conference(May 1, 2020)
• Report on Discussion Results Concerning Streamlined Approaches to Identity Proofing for Online Services Compiled(April 17, 2020)
• Call to Open for Applicants to Lead the Project for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information Communication Systems (April 15, 2020)
• Invitation for Public Comments on the Draft of “IoT Security Safety Framework“(March 31, 2020)
• Report compiled by Like-minded Members of Working Group on Studying Model Terms and Conditions for Contracts on Data Sharing-type (Platform-type) Contracts as Effort Involving Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data(March 30, 2020)
• Call Opens for Applicants for Second Round of AI Frontier Program for Fostering Human Resources(March 11, 2020)
• Report Compiled on the Status of the Occurrence of Acts of Unauthorized Computer Access and the Progress of Research and Development on Technology Relating to Access Control Features (March 5, 2020)
• Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information Communication Technologies (February 18, 2020)
• Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act on Promotion of Developing/Supplying and Introducing Systems Making Use of Specified Advanced Information Communication Technologies (February 18, 2020)
• Questionnaire Survey toward New Program “Digital Transformation Stock Selection (DX Stock) 2020” to be Conducted (February 4, 2020)
• New System for Filing Requests for Subsidies Called “jGrants” Developed (December 24, 2019)
• Explanatory Meeting on Digital Transformation Stock Selection (Tentative Name) to be Held (January 6, 2020)
• Call for Information on R&D Involving Technologies for Computer-Access Control Functions (December 9, 2019)
• Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data Version 1.1 Formulated (December 9, 2019)
• Joint Commendation Ceremony Held for Winners of the FY2019 Awards Program for Promoting Informatization and the U-22 Programming Contest 2019 (October 23, 2019)
• Tenth U.S.-Japan Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy Held (October 18, 2019)
• The Cabinet Approves the Bill for the Act on Partial Division of the Act on Facilitation of Information Processing (October 15, 2019)
• Winners of FY2019 Awards Program Promoting Informatization (October 11, 2019)
• Release of: Results of Call for Public Comments for the Draft Report on Discussion Results of the Study Group for Ideal Approaches to a Certification Scheme Concerning Verification of the Proper Management of Organizations which Handle Personal Data (hereafter “Scheme Ensuring Trustworthiness of Data-handling Organizations”); and Guidelines for those Certification Schemes. ver. 2.0 (October 8, 2019)
• Subsidy Project for Supporting Businesses in Providing Services Utilizing Networked Household Appliances, Equipment and Other Devices to Start (September 24, 2019)
• Japan - US Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training for Indo-Pacific Region Held (September 12, 2019)
• METI and the IPA Determine Eight Regions as Winners in the Fifth Selection under the Local IoT Acceleration Labs Project (September 6, 2019)
• Assessment Indices for Digital Management Reforms (“DX Promotion Indices”) Compiled (July 31, 2019)
• Report Titled “How to Design ‘Public’ in a digital age” Compiled (August 6, 2019)
• Symposium Titled “Next Generation Computer Creates New Business” Held (July 4, 2019)
• Super Creators Certified under Exploratory IT Human Resources Project (May 24, 2019)
• Results of FY2018 E-Commerce Market Survey Compiled (May 16, 2019)
• Guidelines Formulated for Water Utilities’ Introduction of the System for Utilization of Water Information (May 10, 2019)
• First Partnership Concluded with the Internationale Funkausstellung, Germany (May 7, 2019)
• METI to Hold “Symposium to discuss cyber security measures across the supply chain; Think about cyber security for DFFT (Data Free Flow with Trust) toward G20” (April 26, 2019)
• Cyber/Physical Security Framework (CPSF) Formulated (April 18, 2019)
• List of Services that Meet Information Security Service Standards Updated (April 17, 2019)
• METI and TSE to Hold an Event to Announce the 2019 Selected Competitive IT Strategy Companies and the Selected Noteworthy IT Strategy Companies (March 25, 2019)
• Report on Unauthorized Computer Access and Progress of Access Control Feature Technology (March 22, 2019)
• METI to Hold a Symposium on “Innovative Business Realized by Next-Generation Computing”(March 18, 2019)
• Invitation for Public Comments on the Guidelines for Cyber-Physical Security Measures for Building Systems, First Edition (Draft) (March 11, 2019)
• The Sixth IoT Lab Selection Event Held (March 1, 2019)
• METI to Hold a Symposium on Quantum Computing Technologies (February 18, 2019)
• Third Round of Certification Issued for the Courses on IT-Skill Training to Meet the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (January 17, 2019)
• Invitation for Public Comments on the Draft Cyber/Physical Security Framework (January 9, 2019)
• Guidelines for Promotion of Digital Transformations Formulated (December 12, 2018)
• METI to hold Events Titled “DX Days 2019” (December 12, 2018)
• Call for Information on Technologies for Computer-Access Control Functions (December 7, 2018)
• The IoT Acceleration Lab Will Hold the “Eighth IoT Lab Connection” (December 3, 2018)
• IoT Acceleration Lab Calls for New Projects for the Sixth IoT Lab Selection (November 5, 2018)
• The 11th ASEAN-Japan Information Security Policy Meeting Held (October 26, 2018)
• METI to Launch Cross-Sectoral Sub Working Group under Working Group 1 (Systems, Technologies and Standardization) of the Study Group for Industrial Cybersecurity (October 3, 2018)
• METI Compiles Results of the Call for Public Comments on the Draft Cyber/Physical Security Framework (October 1, 2018)
• IoT Acceleration Lab to Hold the Fourth Big Data Analysis Contest (September 26, 2018)
• Winners of FY2018 Awards Program for Individual and Other Contributors to Promotion of Informatization Determined (September 20, 2018)
• US-Japan Cybersecurity Joint Training with ASEAN Member States Held (September 14, 2018)
• METI Releases a Report on Digital Transformation: Overcoming of '2025 Digital Cliff' Involving IT Systems and Full-fledged Development of Efforts for Digital Transformation (September 07, 2018)
• METI and the IoT Acceleration Labs Determine 19 Regions as Winners for the Fourth Selection under the Local IoT Acceleration Labs Project (September 7, 2018)
• Guidelines for Cyber-Physical Security Measures for Building Systems (β Version) Compiled (September 3, 2018)
• IT Passport Examination Updated to “iPass 4.0” in Response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (August 6, 2018)
• METI Releases Revision of the Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading (July 27, 2018)
• Second Round of Certification Issued for the Courses on IT-Skill Training to Meet the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (July 25, 2018)
• The IoT Acceleration Lab Will Hold the “Seventh IoT Lab Connection” and a Commendation Ceremony for Winners of the Fourth IoT Lab Selection (July 2, 2018)
• Release of the Guidelines of Certification Schemes Concerning Functions of Information Trust ver. 1.0 (June 26, 2018)
• METI Formulates “Contract Guidance on Utilization of AI and Data” (June 15, 2018)
• Meeting of the IoT Security Working Group under the IoT Acceleration Consortium to be Held (June 13, 2018)
• Announcement of Selected Competitive IT Strategy Companies and Noteworthy IT Strategy Companies for 2018 (May 30, 2018)
• METI Establishes Study Group for Digital Transformation (May 11, 2018)
• METI-MIC Joint Team Compiles Report on Discussion Results in FY2017 (May 2, 2018)
• Invitation for Public Comments on the Draft of “the Cyber/Physical Security Framework“ (May 2, 2018)
• Announcement Event to be Held - Selected Companies under the 2018 Competitive IT Strategy Company Stock Selection and the 2018 Noteworthy IT Strategy Companies Programs (April 25, 2018)
• Internet Buying Boom: METI Releases Results of FY2017 E-Commerce Market Survey (April 25, 2018)
• METI to Hold Second Meeting of the Sub-working Group for Buildings (April 13, 2018)
• METI to Hold the First Meeting of Working Group 3 - Starting-up Cybersecurity Business (April 2, 2018)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ogushi Attends G7 Innovation Ministerial Meeting (March 29, 2018)
• METI to Hold Second Meeting of Working Group 1 - Systems, Technologies and Standardization (March 23, 2018)
• Reports of Status of the Occurrence of Acts of Unauthorized Computer Access, and Progress of Research and Development on Technology relating to Access Control Features Are Compiled (March 22, 2018)
• METI to Hold First Meeting of Working Group 2 - Management, Personnel and International Strategies (March 13, 2018)
• The Fifth IoT Lab Selection Held (March 7, 2018)
• Two Cybersecurity-related Standards Formulated (February 28, 2018)
• METI and the IoT Acceleration Lab to Hold a Joint Event (February 16, 2018)
• Working Group 1（Systems, Technologies and Standardization）under the Study Group on Industrial Cybersecurity to Hold Its First Meeting (February 16, 2018)
• First Round of Certification Issued to the Courses on IT-Skill Training to Meet the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (January 12, 2018)
• Study Group for Industrial Cybersecurity to Hold Its First Meeting (December 26, 2017)
• Meeting of the IoT Security Working Group under the IoT Acceleration Consortium to be Held (December 6, 2017)
• The IoT Acceleration Lab to Hold Event Titled the "Sixth IoT Lab Connection" (December 1, 2017)
• Establishment of Study Group for Data Portability (November 20, 2017)
• Cybersecurity Management Guidelines Revised (November 16, 2017)
• IoT Acceleration Lab Starts Calling for New Projects for Fifth IoT Lab Selection (November 9, 2017)
• Establishment of the Study Group for Ideal Approaches to a Certification Scheme Concerning Functions of Information Trust (November 6, 2017)
• The IoT Lab Selection Event Was Held and Winners Were Selected and Recognized (October 11, 2017)
• IoT Acceleration Lab to Hold the Third Big Data Analysis Contest (October 2, 2017)
• US-Japan ICS (Industrial Control System) Cybersecurity Joint Training First time in Japan (September 27, 2017)
• Winners Determined for the FY2017 Awards Program for Individual and Other Contributors to Promotion of Informatization (September 20, 2017)
• IoT Acceleration Lab will Hold its Events at the Site of the CEATEC JAPAN 2017 as Japan's Largest IoT Exhibition (September 19, 2017)
• METI begins Accepting Applications for Certification as Fourth Industrial Revolution Skills Courses (September 15, 2017)
• Results of the Survey on Wages in the IT-related Industry Compiled (August 21, 2017)
• METI to Establish a New Program for Certifying Courses on IT-Skill Training to Meet the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (August 7, 2017)
• METI and the IoT Acceleration Labs Determine 21 Regions as Winners for the Third Selection under the Local IoT Acceleration Labs Project (August 7, 2017)
• The IoT Acceleration Lab Determines the Grand Prix Winner of the HR-Solution Contest (July 25, 2017)
• METI and the IoT Acceleration Lab to Hold a Joint Event Titled "Connected Industries Symposium" (July 18, 2017)
• The IoT Acceleration Lab to Hold a Joint Event (July 13, 2017)
• The IoT Acceleration Lab Determines the Finalists of the HR-Solution Contest (July 13, 2017)
• Revision of the Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading (June 14, 2017)
• Announcement of Selected Companies in the Competitive IT Strategy SME Selection 100 Program (May 31, 2017)
• Announcement of Selected Companies in the 2017 Competitive IT Strategy Company Stock Selection Program (May 31, 2017)
• Super Creators Certified under the MITOU Program！-Certifying outstanding young IT human resources that create new value added- (May 30, 2017)
• The IoT Acceleration Lab Will Hold Events Titled the “Fifth IoT Lab Connection” and “HR-Solution Contest” (May 10, 2017)
• METI and MIC to Establish a Joint Director-General-Level Team (March 28, 2017)
• Document Titled “Evaluation Forms for Blockchain-based Systems ver. 1.0” Released (March 29, 2017)
• The IoT Lab Selection and Local IoT Acceleration Labs Events Were Held and Winners Were Selected and Honored (March 14, 2017)
• IoT Acceleration Lab to Hold a Joint Event (February 28, 2017)
• MITOU KAIGI 2017 to be Held (March 3, 2017)
• Memorandum of Understanding for IoT Cooperation between Japan and India Concluded (February 24, 2017)
• Learning Consortium for the Future to be Established (February 9, 2017)
• METI Developed and Released Rules for Information Utilization and Collaboration and Held a Matching Event among Communities and Businesses under the Framework of the Omotenashi Platform Project (December 26, 2016)
• Japan’s First Certification of a Business under the APEC CBPR System (December 20, 2016)
• IoT Acceleration Lab Will Hold an Event Titled the “Fourth IoT Lab Connection” for Theme-Based Project Organization and Business Collaboration among Companies (December 12, 2016)
• IoT Acceleration Lab Started Calling for New Projects for the Third IoT Lab Selection (November 1, 2016)
• The Ninth ASEAN-Japan Information Security Policy Meeting Held (October 24, 2016)
• The IT Security Support Provider System Inaugurated (October 21, 2016)
• Cabinet Approved Two Cabinet Orders: the Cabinet Order for Stipulating the Effective Date of the Act for Partial Revision of the Basic Act on Cybersecurity and Partial Revision of the Act on Facilitation of Information Processing, and the Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Facilitation of Information Processing (October 14, 2016)
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for IoT Cooperation between Japan and the United States Concluded (October 11, 2016)
• The Ninth ASEAN-Japan Information Security Policy Meeting to be Held (October 7, 2016)
• Events to be Held Including an Opening Reception for CEATEC JAPAN 2016, Japan’s Largest Exhibition in the Field of IoT, and International Collaboration and Japan-Germany Collaboration in the Field (October 3, 2016)
• Seminar to be Held: Movements Involving Personal Information Protection in Cross Border Transfers - APEC/CBPR system as a framework for promoting the cross-border transfers of personal information - (October 4, 2016)
• Reference Manual Titled “Manual for Creating De-identified Information” Compiled to Help Businesses Consider Specific Preparations for Creating Such Information (August 8, 2016)
• The IoT Lab Selection and Local IoT Acceleration Labs Were Held and Winners Were Selected and Recognized (August 01, 2016)
• METI and IoT Acceleration Lab Will Hold Business Matching Events Targeting Companies Inside and Outside Japan at CEATEC JAPAN, a Comprehensive IT and Electronics Exhibition (August 1, 2016)
• Events titled “IoT Lab Selection” and “IoT Lab Connection” to be Held (July 12, 2016)
• METI will Launch a Demonstration Project to Improve Diabetes Management through the Utilization of IoT and Health Information and will also Establish a Healthcare Data Community (July 8, 2016)
• State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Suzuki Attended the 2016 Ministerial Meeting of Digital Economy: Innovation, Growth and Social Prosperity (June 27, 2016)
• IoT Acceleration Lab to Hold the Second Big Data Analysis Contest (July 11, 2016)
• IoT Security Guidelines ver. 1.0 Formulated (July 5, 2016)
• METI Started to Receive Proposals on Local IoT Acceleration Labs (June 10, 2016)
• Results Compiled of the E-Commerce Market Survey (June 14, 2016)
• Findings of METI’s Study of Recent Trends and Future Estimates Concerning IT Human Resources Released (June 10, 2016)
• Announcement of the 2016 Competitive IT Strategy Company Stock Selection (June 9, 2016)
• Release of Companies Selected for the “Competitive IT Strategy SME Selection 100” (June 9, 2016)
• Revision of the Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading (June 3, 2016)
• Super Creators Certified under the MITOU Program! (June 2, 2016)
• IoT Acceleration Lab will hold an event titled the “Second IoT Lab Connection” for Theme-Based Project Organization and Business Collaboration among Companies (May 25, 2016)
• The Results of a Survey on Blockchain Technologies and Related Services were Compiled (May 31, 2016)
• Results of the Meetings of the Examination Working Group of the Information Economy Subcommittee were Compiled (April 27, 2016)
• METI Minister Hayashi Attends the G7 ICT Ministers’ Meeting in Takamatsu, Kagawa (May 2, 2016)
• IoT Acceleration Lab Started Calling for New Projects for the Second IoT Lab Selection (April 15, 2016)
• Status of the Occurrence of Acts of Unauthorized Computer Access and Progress of Research and Development on Technology relating to Access Control Features Are Compiled (March 24, 2016)
• METI Formulates the Information Security Management Standards (2016 Revised Version) (March 1, 2016)
• METI Is to Hold the MITOH Meeting 2016 for the Promotion of the Active Participation of IT Human Resources with Outstanding Abilities! (February 12, 2016)
• It Will Become Possible to Certify the Personal Information Protection in Cross-Border Transfer in the APEC Region (January 25, 2016)
• METI and the MIC to Hold Meetings of the Data Distribution Promotion Working Group under the IoT Acceleration Consortium (January 21, 2016)
• METI and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) to Hold Meetings of the IoT Security Working Group (January 20, 2016)
• METI Formulates the Cybersecurity Management Guidelines (December 28, 2015)
• Announcement of Typical Cases regarding the Status of Residence of Foreign IT Human Resources and the Points-based System for Highly Skilled Foreign Professionals (December 25, 2015)
• Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry (Preliminary Report) (November 19, 2015)
• Release of Companies Selected for the “Competitive IT Strategy SME Selection 100” (October 27, 2015)
• Announcement of the Characteristics of High ROE (Return on Equity) Enterprises Revealed through “Competitive IT Strategy Company Stock Selection” (July 15, 2015)
• Super Creators were Certified under the MITOH Program (June 18, 2015)
• Results of the 2014 Survey on IT Use (June 4, 2015)
• Results of the E-Commerce Market Survey Compiled (May 29, 2015)
• Revision of the Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading (April 27, 2015)
• METI to Hold Training Programs to Support Enhancement of Information Security in the ASEAN Region (February 16, 2015)

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Information Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau