The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism strengthened the promotion system for DX in the infrastructure field on April 1. On the same day, Hiroyuki Morishita, Counselor for Innovation, was appointed to the post of general manager newly established. On the 3rd, Chief Technical Officer Mikio Yoshioka gave an instruction and handed the room plate to Counselor Morishita. While playing the role of coordinating measures related to infrastructure DX that have been promoted by each department within the ministry, we will work on technology development and implementation in which fields such as construction machinery and information communication are closely linked.
Technical Director Yoshioka
In his lecture, Deputy Chief Engineer Yoshioka pointed out the importance of tackling infrastructure DX "cross-organizationally" and "comprehensively across fields." In addition, I would like to see him demonstrate leadership in cooperation with related ministries and agencies and the industry." Counselor Morishita said, "The new group of counselors will play a role in advancing infrastructure DX initiatives by strongly supporting each department as a group with cross-sectoral expertise in civil engineering, machinery, and information communication." said aspirations.
A Construction Planning Office will be set up in the new Counselor's Group, and the work in the field of construction machinery that was previously handled by the Policy Bureau will be transferred. We will strengthen the system of cooperation with the Telecommunications Office, which has long been in charge of the information and communications sector in the Secretariat.
