### 2. Promotion of computerization in the fire safety and disaster preparedness field

There is work on development of fire safety and disaster preparedness communication networks which are resilient against disasters, development of a national early warning system (J-ALERT), etc.

## Section 5 Improving the Quality of Citizen's Lives and the Natural Environment through ICT utilization

### 1. Promotion of ICT in the fields of education, medicine, etc

## (1) Promotion of ICT utilization in the education field

In order to promote ICT utilization in the education field, and derive and analyze issues focused on information and communications technology aspects, the MIC has been working on its “Future School Promotion Project” since FY2010. Its demonstration research results in FY2012 were put together and published in April 2013, as the “2013 Guidelines (Guidebook) concerning Information Communication Technology to Promote Use and Utilization of ICT in the Field of Education.” In FY2013, the MIC is scheduled to conduct survey research to study measures to deal with technical issues identified through demonstration research in light of cutting edge technologies in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

## (2) Promotion of ICT utilization in health and medical fields

The MIC is working on a medical information coordination network that enables safe and smooth recording, storage and viewing of medical and health information concerning patients and residents held by medical institutions, etc. by using cloud technology.

In addition, in FY2011 and 2012, in order to establish a wide-area joint-use-type medical information coordination network, the MIC has carried out demonstration projects, and it has been implementing measures to establish a medical information coordination network in medical zones in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake since FY2011.

Moreover, the MIC will conduct activities to disseminate and promote remote medicine.

## (3) Promotion of telework

In FY2012, the MIC formulated the “Telework Security Guideline (Version 3)” that contributes to the promotion of the introduction of Telework as the “Telework National Development Project” in order to promote the full-scale dissemination of telework, and it is conducting activities to support the introduction of telework, mainly in the three major metropolitan areas, by selecting model companies from among small and medium-size companies and by dispatching experts.

### 2. Regional development utilizing information and communications Infrastructure

The MIC is conducting activities to reinforce local economies and communities based on ICT by dispatching experts who have knowledge and knowhow concerning regional computerization as “Regional Comput-

### 3. Promotion of Content Distribution

In light of a report provided in July 2012 by the Information and Communications Council, the MIC is making efforts to strengthen production and distribution of content based on the basic principles of expanding legitimate businesses that enable easy use of content at appropriate prices and promote sustainable enlarged reproduction of content in both quality and quantity by developing a mechanism that gives appropriate rewards to creators. Moreover, in addition to implementing a variety of measures in light of urgent tasks such as “faster and more efficient rights processing,” “promotion of overseas deployment of content,” “promotion of smart TV,” etc., the MIC is implementing such various measures as “promotion of centralization of rights processing of broadcast content,” “measures against unauthorization Advisors” and “ICT Regional Managers” to regions which are eagerly trying to achieve regional revitalization using ICT.

ized distribution of content," "proper manufacturing transactions of broadcast content."

In addition, regarding smart TV, which is expected to be disseminated rapidly due to full digitalization of broadcasting, the MIC has been implementing demonstration experiments on standardization of smart TV since FY2012 in order to establish a content display method that takes account of the public nature of broadcasting and convenience for viewers.