For Jun Mukoyama's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
In order to create an asset management system that meets global standards, Japan must drastically change its employment practices.
In order to breathe life into the agency, it is necessary to break away from longstanding bureaucratic practices.
Involving think tanks and holding 10-year evaluations, the country will be better equipped to face disasters and pandemics in the future.
Japan must take action to ensure its future digital agency doesn't get lost under the rest of the government's apparatus.
The country's new digital agency must take a lead in forming Japan’s data infrastructure and global data rule-making, while benefiting the people.
In a country of fax machines and fragmented central administration, Suga's vision of a digital agency looks hard to achieve.
Governments that have worked effectively to roll out apps and artificial intelligence for the social good are set to come out on top.
