Japan launches agency to speed up digitalization

Japan's Digital Agency was launched Wednesday as the country seeks to accelerate digitalization of local and central government services after the novel coronavirus pandemic further exposed the need for reform.Digitalization minister Takuya Hirai is in charge of the new agency, which is headed by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, while Yoko Ishikura, honorary professor of Hitotsubashi University, assumed the top bureaucrat post of digital supervisor.Of the roughly 600 members of the agency, more than 30 percent joined from the private sector while the remainder includes officials from the indu…READ FULL ARTICLE