open data developments in japan
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Internet Governance of Open Government Data Workshop 303 Internet Governance Forum 22 October 2013 Bali, Indonesia Tomoaki Watanabe Senior Research Fellow& Associate Professor at Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM) Advocate (volunteer): open licensing Creative Commons Japan; Executive director for its host organization CommonSphere) Open Knowledge Foundation (Co-founder)TRANSCRIPT
Open data developments in Japan
Tomoaki Watanabe
Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM)International U. of Japan/ Creative Commons Japan/
Open Knowledge Foundation Japan Initiative
Internet Governance ForumOctober 22-25, 2013, Bali
A bit about myself
- Academic (full time): ICT policies, information society issues
(Senior Research Fellow& Associate Prof. at GLOCOM)
- Advocate (volunteer): open licensing(Creative Commons Japan; executive director for its
host organization CommonSphere)Open Knowledge Foundation (Co-founder)
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Menu
OverviewI. National Policy DevelopmentII. Major ProjectsIII. Policy Performance
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An Overview
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Japan’s major developments- National strategy adopted (June 2012) - Decent support from the political leadership (Jan. ‘13) Emphasis on economic effects- Decent institution for the execution Newly created gov’t CIO close to the matter Pub-priv joint conference for implementation; Priv-led, pub-supported forum- Civic sector growing - National data portal soon to launch- Many pioneering projects- Discussion ongoing on: evaluation, standards, etc.
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Early Trials
-Ministries of… Internal Affairs &Communications Econ. Trade& Industry Environment-Other Agencies Reconstruction Agency Japan Meteorological Agency Geospatial Information Authority of Japan National Diet Library Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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What’s ahead/ Challenges
Expected- Gov’t-wide practice Revisit the licensing- Improved markingShort-term- Evaluation / measuring impact- Involving major companies & B2B playerLong-term- Gov’t operational reform- Comprehensive catalogue
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Recipe for Innovative First-mover
Strong support from political leadershipPublic official(s) who gets itInstitutional arrangement
Participatory policy-making
Vibrant civic& private sector
Collaboration in data release, licensing, reuse, promotion
Big Splash, High-awareness, Greater use, Extensive networking, Unexpected successes
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Recipe for Smart Second-mover
Careful cost-benefit analysis Identification of high-ROI areas
Efficient, low-risk, smaller-scale, less waste and less surprise successes
Japan may be shifting its approach from second-mover to first-mover model.
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National Policy Development
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A brief history I
<setting agenda>- 2010.5. “A New Strategy in Information and Communications
Technology” adopted by National IT Strategy Headquarters- (open-by-default + reusable)<discussing details>- 2011 - 2012.6 national open data policy discussed at
eGovernment TaskForce- (policy objectives, org. arrangement, roadmap)<adopting>- 2012.6. “Open Government Data Strategy“ draft- 2012.7. adopted by National IT Strategic Headquarters
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A brief history II<implementation>- 2012.12 - present E-government Open Data Conference of Working-Level
Personnel: technical standard, high-priority data area, legal and licensing issues discussed. working towards a trial version of national open data catalogue/ portal
<implementation documents>- 2013.6. A roadmap to move eGov open data forward- 2013.6. A guideline for government agencies on basic principles of how to publish
data to promote reuse.<political change>- 2012.12 Prime Minister Abe took office- 2013. the new Abe Administration quickly endorsed open data *- 2013.6. “Forging the World-Leading IT Nation” & “The Japan Revitalization
Strategy – JAPAN is BACK”*emphasis on economic effects; open data+ big data
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Sources available in English
- “A New Strategy in Information and Communications Technology” (May 2010) http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/policy/it/100511_full.pdf
- “Open Government Data Strategy” (July, 2012)http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/policy/it/20120704/
text.pdf- “Japan Revitalization Strategy - JAPAN is BACK” (June, 2013)http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/keizaisaisei/pdf/
en_saikou_jpn_hon.pdf
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IT Strategic Headquarters
A cabinet level entity Chaired by the Prime Minister Members include ministers and experts
Previous Administration by a then-new party 2009.9. new strategy 2010.5.
Current Administration by another new party2012.12 new strategy 2013.6.
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eGov Task Force
Under IT Strategic HeadquartersMembers: Experts
Decision chain: eGov TF -> Plan Committee -> HQ
Drafted National Open Data Strategy, which was subsequently adopted by the IT Strategic HQ
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eGov Open Data Conference of Working-Level Personnel
under IT Strategic Headquartershas two working groups – 1) technical standards
and 2) legal issues and promotion of use
Decision chain: the Conference -> IT Strategic HQ (after a reorg. - the plan committee is gone)
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Gov’t CIO
- Newly created post (May 2013), first of its kind*- Responsibility includes: eGov related strategy – formulation, execution evaluation of IT investments others
*CIO posts have existed at individual agencies, but not for the whole of the national government
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Other Policy/ Gov’t Developments
- Yokohama Open Data Solution Development Committee (Dec. 2012)
- Conference for Promoting the Use of Big Data& Open Data - Cities of Takeo, Chiba, Nara, Fukuoka (Apr. 2013)
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Some of the relevant web sites
- IT Strategic Headquartershttp://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/policy/it/index_e.html - Gov’t CIO (new!)http://cio.go.jp/ (not much English yet)- Prime Minister/ Cabinet’s major decisionshttp://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/96_abe/documents/
index.htmlhttp://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/96_abe/decisions/
index.html
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Major Projects
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MIC’s early works1. Open data sharing /reuse experiments in real time
transportation data, geological data, disaster data and other areas, leading to API standards (2012-)
2. Open Data Promotion Consortium – backed by MIC http://www.opendata.gr.jp/ (2012-)
- Committees on technical and legal issues; promotional events – hackathon with Japan Meteorological Agency’s data; a symposium; awarding notable efforts and achievements
3. Making its ICT White Paper and statistics of ICT open data (2013)
- the permission for free secondary use is indicated as a general rule
- numeric data does not bear any copyright - provided in csv format (in addition to Excel) 21
METI’s pioneering programs
- Post 3.11 Earthquake actions: 1. Awards for power saving-related apps
(summer of 2011)- Others:2. A website for sharing infographics3. OpenData METI – a trial version of an open
data catalogue/ portal (Jan. 2012) - http://datameti.go.jp
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Other Programs
<data reuse>- Reuse of geospatial information (a cabinet level
entity) *- Reuse of govt-administered statistics through a
consortium (MIC) *- Hackathon on database of recovery assistance
programs (open API)- JST hackathon* (not necessarily “open” data, but preceding open
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Other Programs
<local level>- Pioneer in data catalogue and app dev. City of Sabae (Fukui prefecture) and a local engineer- data catalogues/ portals launched by: Pref. Shizuoka, Cities of Chiba, Muroran, & Aizu-
Wakamatsu- International Open Data Day : 8-city participation in
Japan- Open Spending/ Where Does My Money Go spreading;
other similar visualization tools developed
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Other Programs
<civic sector>- Open Linked Data Challenge- Urban Data Challenge; International Space App
Challenge- Many hackathons & other collaborative events- Open Spending, Where Does My Money Go , C-
KAN localization efforts- Many groups& orgs formed or worked on open
data space
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Active Civic Sector Players<NPOs and others>OKF JapanOpen Street Map Foundation JapanLOD InitiativeCode for JapanCreative Commons JapanJIPDEC (part industry assoc. in nature?)
<Academic> U. Tokyo Keio U. (esp. SFC) NII Mitsubishi Research Institute GLOCOM
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Policy Performance
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Policy Objectives
- Improving Transparency, Trust - Participation & Collaboration- Improving Economy & Government
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How to provide data
- machine-readable- allow commercial use- easily publishable data first
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Other notable policies
2014-15 – period for intensive efforts in open data space
2013. trial version of the national open data portal/ catalogue to be launched
2015. To be on par with other top level countries in terms of amount of data published (10K data sets).
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Tasks aheadBetter understanding of…- Existing needs for data, format, licenses- Potential legal barriers for reuse - Reasons for not opening (cultural, procedural, others) - License pros and cons- Impact measurement/ EvaluationCoordination- Technical formats- License- Search- International/ InterlingualPromotion/ Outreach- Involving major companies and B2B players- Domain specific experts& practitioners- Incentive for gov’t agencies
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Tasks ahead
Mid- to Long-term- Comprehensive catalogue- Gov’t operational reform- Strategic use in int’l relations
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earlier challenges
- Political support: weak- Government resistance: the same as other countries, or
more risk of too little data- Public awareness: weak- Relevant civic sector/ tech communities: limited risk of too little reuse
difficult choice between “big splash” to give impetus or “small start” to avoid wasting efforts
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Increasingly important questions
- Measure economic benefits - How? - Measure cost?- Cost-benefit analysis (how precise?)- Or just some anecdotes of success?
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Thank You!
Email: watanabe at glocom dot ac dot jp
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