scholarly journals Digital Transformation vs COVID-19: the Case of Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junzo Iida
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Society ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Electronic Contracts ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Business Sectors

Whilst the DX policy of the Japanese government started in 2001, then called the E-Japan Strategy and being replaced a few years later by the i-Japan Strategy, in the 20 years since then IT has not been a success in Japan’s administrative system. On the other hand, the private sector, concerned about Japan’s lagging in its adoption of information technology, has been gradually moving forward to DX measures, such as electronic contracts. Then, this year, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. Japan is (as of July 2020) about to experience a second wave of this disease. The need for DX has become imperative in all aspects of Japanese society, especially the government and business sectors. In the first half of 2020, the government set up DX policy rapidly; for example, civil court proceedings, the traditional carve seals custom, and the submission of administrative documents to government agencies have also been forced to move forward to DX due to COVID-19. It might be said that the crisis has been the catalyst for Japan’s shift to DX. However, it will be at least a few years before it can be known whether Japan’s DX will succeed, looking at the past examples within the Japanese bureaucratic system and politicians’ attitudes towards DX.

Summary of Results

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Kuenzler
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Trademark Law ◽  
Intellectual Property Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Government ◽  
Networked Economy

The persuasive force of the accepted account’s property logic has driven antitrust and intellectual property law jurisprudence for at least the past three decades. It has been through the theory of trademark ownership and the commercial strategy of branding that these laws led the courts to comprehend markets as fundamentally bifurcated—as operating according to discrete types of interbrand and intrabrand competition—a division that had an effect far beyond the confines of trademark law and resonates today in the way government agencies and courts evaluate the emerging challenges of the networked economy along the previously introduced distinction between intertype and intratype competition. While the government in its appeal to the Supreme Court in ...

Financing UK Pensions

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hills
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Occupational Pension ◽  
Defined Benefit ◽  
Occupational Pensions ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Defined Benefit Pensions

A key feature of the pension challenges currently facing Britain is the decline of the system of occupational pensions, particularly the decline of defined-benefit pensions. Here, it is often argued that the villain has been the government (in fact a succession of governments). In this view, over the past decades successive governments have delivered a catalogue of regulation and legislation that, though often well intentioned, has ultimately worked to the detriment of occupational pension provision. Alternatively, one might argue that we could have seen it all coming. It is important that future policy should be set up in a way that is sustainable and robust enough to cope with the huge uncertainty around the increase in life expectancy which we are hoping for. This chapter examines why, and when, things began to go wrong with the financing of British pensions.

scholarly journals Impact of the Moral Recovery Program for Drug Surrenderees in Cavite

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 901-908
Author(s):  
Eunice M Carpizo ◽  
Ainee Grace S Sansano
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Police ◽  
Recovery Program ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Business Sectors ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

Introduction: The main objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of the moral-recovery program done by different religious organizations in cooperation with the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Local Governments Units, and Non-government Agencies and various business sectors.  Method: A total of 131 drug surenderees from Cavite, Philippines were purposively selected to participate in the study. One hundred fourteen (87%) respondents are male and 17 (13%) are female. Survey questionnaires and interviews were used to gather the data to find out how the program made an impact to the morality of the surrenderees. Frequency and percentages were used for statistical analysis. Result: Results showed that after attending the 3-month moral recovery program, 111 (85%) of the drug surenderees resolved to stop using drugs, 64 (49%) committed to attend church regularly, 98 (75%) have a better relationship with God, and 23 (18%) have a healthier perspective in life and became more responsible members of their own families. The respondents, who were influenced by their friends to use drugs, after attending the 12-session moral recovery program that lasted for three months, changed their lives dramatically from turning to drugs to turning to God in solving their problems. Discussion: This proved that the program helped the drug surenderees to improve their lives and relationship with God and with other people. Since this program is mandated by the government, it is recommended that further studies on the impact of the moral recovery program in other areas in the Philippines be done.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in Iran: A Deeper Look Into The Future

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahele Kafieh ◽  
Roya Arian ◽  
Narges Saeedizadeh ◽  
Shervin Minaee ◽  
Zahra Amini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Proper Action ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Second Wave

ABSTRACTThe novel corona-virus (COVID-19) has led to a pandemic, affecting almost all countries and regions in a few weeks, and therefore a global plan is needed to overcome this battle. Iran has been among the first few countries that has been affected severely, after China, which forced the government to put some restriction and enforce social distancing in majority of the country. In less than 2 months, Iran has more than 80,000 confirmed cases, and more than 5,000 death. Based on the official statistics from Iran’s government, the number of daily cases has started to go down recently, but many people believe if the lockdown is lifted without proper social distancing enforcement, there is a possibility for a second wave of COVID-19 cases. In this work, we analyze at the data for the number cases in Iran in the past few weeks, and train a predictive model to estimate the possible future trends for the number of cases in Iran, depending on the government policy in the coming weeks and months. Our analysis may help political leaders and health officials to take proper action toward handling COVID-19 in the coming months.

scholarly journals Digital Transformation: An Overview of the Current State of the Art of Research

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110475
Author(s):  
Sascha Kraus ◽  
Paul Jones ◽  
Norbert Kailer ◽  
Alexandra Weinmann ◽  
Nuria Chaparro-Banegas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Node Network ◽  
The Government ◽  
Negative Impacts

The increasing digitalization of economies has highlighted the importance of digital transformation and how it can help businesses stay competitive in the market. However, disruptive changes not only occur at the company level; they also have environmental, societal, and institutional implications. This is the reason why during the past two decades the research on digital transformation has received growing attention, with a wide range of topics investigated in the literature. The following aims to provide insight regarding the current state of the literature on digital transformation (DT) by conducting a systematic literature review. An analysis of co-occurrence using the software VOSviewer was conducted to graphically visualize the literature’s node network. Approached this way, the systematic literature review displays major research avenues of digital transformation that consider technology as the main driver of these changes. This paper qualitatively classifies the literature on digital business transformation into three different clusters based on technological, business, and societal impacts. Several research gaps identified in the literature on DT are proposed as futures lines of research which could provide useful insights to the government and private sectors in order to adapt to the disruptive changes found in business as a result of this phenomenon, as well as to reduce its negative impacts on society and the environment.

scholarly journals NASKAH BETAWI: SKRIPTORIUM DAN DEKORASI NASKAH

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Mu'jizah Mu'jizah
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 19Th Century

Betawi pada abad ke-19 menjadi tempat penyalinan naskah atau skriptorium. Naskah disalin di lembaga pemerintah dan di beberapa kampung oleh masyarakat. Banyaknya naskah tersebut membuktikan bahwa intelektualitas masyarakat Betawi sudah tinggi. Naskah-naskah yang disalin masyarakat memiliki keunikan, terutama banyaknya dekorasi naskah berupa iluminasi, ilustrasi, dan kaligrafi. Dekorasi atau hiasan tersebut disesuaikan dengan jenis cerita. Dalam makalah ini dibahas skriptorium naskah Betawi dengan kekayaan naskahnya, pengarang dan penyalin, serta keberagaman dekorasi dalam bentuk iluminasi dan ilustrasi yang menjadi keunikan naskah Betawi. Metode kodikologi digunakan untuk membahas skriptorium dan dekorasi naskah Betawi. Dari pembahasan ini ditemukan bahwa pada abad ke-19 di Betawi banyak diproduksi naskah. Naskah yang disalin bukan hanya oleh Pemerintah Hindia-Belanda yang digunakan sebagai bahan pelajaran bagi para pejabat yang akan ditugasi ke Hindia-Belanda, melainkan oleh masyarakat yang naskahnya disewakan. Dekorasi berupa iluminasi dan ilustrasi  berfungsi sebagai hiasan untuk menarik minat pembaca. Kesimpulannya bahwa Betawi sebagai skriptorium naskah pada masa lalu memperlihatkan dinamika intelektualitas masyarakatnya yang banyak memproduksi naskah untuk bahan bacaan masyarakat. In the 19th century, Betawi became a scriptorium, place of writing manuscripts. The manuscripts copied in government agencies and in some vilages by community. The manuscripts consists of many genres. The large numbers of the manuscript prove that the community in Betawi was already high intellect. The manuscript from Betawi which was copied by scribes and has uniqueness. There are the large numbers of manuscripts was decorated by illumination, illustration, and calligraphy. An ornament is depends on a kind of story. In this paper we want to discussed, Betawi as a place of copied or scriptorium with riches of manuscripts, author and scribes, and the diversity of decorations like ilumination, illustration, and challigraphy as a uniquenessof of Betawi manuscript. Codicologi methods used to discuss of scriptorium, illumination, and illustration of the manuscripts. From discussion we found that Betawi has many scribes. In the government of Holland-Indies manuscript copied by scribes, they paid for writing manuscripts which was used as a lesson to officials will be assigned to Holland-Indies. Manucripts belong to the community was leased for many reader. The manuscripts decorated by illumination and illustration. It serves to attract the readers. The conclusion is scriptorium of Batawi manuscript in the past showed the intellectuality of Betawi people many producing manuscripts for materials reading.

Biotechnology in India: Public–private partnerships

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viren Konde
Keyword(s):  
Biotechnology Industry ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Private Industry ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economic Production ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Biotechnology Sector

As the purpose of this study was a survey of public sector–private industry collaborations of the biotechnology sector in India, an organisational and functional overview of this sector was needed. Therefore, rather than studying a hypothetical biotech sector in India, the focus of this work was to study the public–private partnerships (PPP) that are occurring in India in the area of modern biotechnology. The Indian Government has been playing an important role in the development of the Biotech sector from the very beginning and there are large numbers of R&D institutions (Scientific, Medical, Industrial and Agricultural) that have been set up by the Government during the past 2–3 decades. The Indian Biotechnology industry is advancing towards new heights in alignment with the growth and progression observed globally. The past performance of the industry indicates that it has surpassed the growth rate of many other industries. This paper also highlights the favourable national policies undertaken to strengthen the Indian biotechnology industry. It is in this context that the paper shows that these collaborations are an expression of more general trends towards a changing role of the country in economic production.

Anglicanism in a Japanese Context

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hiromichi Kato
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
Small Church ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
The Government

ABSTRACTThe standpoint adopted here is that of a diocesan bishop serving in the Nippon SeiKoKai (NSKK, Anglican Church). The NSKK is a small church and has a long history in Japan. Its public stance has been relatively moderate and approaches Japanese society and other Christian churches in a modest way. Government agencies have tended to regard Christianity as peculiar and even dangerous. The moderate approach of the NSKK has meant that it has tended to yield its social work to the government. Liturgy and in particular the Eucharist has been the sustaining focus of the life of the NSKK. Monotheistic religions are regarded as not as suitable for peace as Buddhism and this creates special concerns for witness in a pseudo-religious and pseudo-communal society. The NSKK faces real challenges of enculturation and needs to find resources in the networks of the Anglican Communion for different experiences to be shared.

scholarly journals A Case Study of the Management of the Private Shelter for Unmarried Pregnant Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Fuziah Shaffie ◽  
Mohamad Shahbani Sekh Bidin ◽  
Md Zawawi Abu Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Pregnant Adolescents ◽  
Academic Teaching ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

In Malaysia, one of the most worrying issues for the community, especially parents is the case of unmarried pregnant among adolescents.  However, few parents and members of the community are truly sensitive to the threat of this social problem. Various efforts are being made by the government and non-government agencies to help these adolescents to reduce the problem. One of them is to create temporary shelters to guide and help the adolescents to move forward with their lives towards a more positive path. Nevertheless, these efforts can either have a positive or negative impact on the adolescents involved if the shelters are not properly managed. This qualitative study was conducted to explore aspects of management in a shelter set up specifically for unmarried pregnant adolescents. The results of the interviews with the shelter operator were transcribed fully before being analyzed thematically. The results of the study found that the nature of wanting to help and high perseverance had prompted the operator to set up a shelter specifically for unmarried pregnant adolescents. The shelter was found to gain strong social support. Among the support provided is from individuals or groups which include free academic teaching, food supply, daily necessities, finance for utilities, in addition to the creation of a comfortable physical environment. The operator also used social networks such as close friends to help manage the residents at the shelter. In addition, social media was also utilized by the operator so that many individuals provide assistance to maintain the management of the shelter. This study contributes to the management of shelter for adolescent girls especially unmarried pregnant adolescents.  

Congress and the Future

1945 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-141
Author(s):  
Jerry Voorhis
Keyword(s):  
American Revolution ◽  
Revolutionary War ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Continental Congress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Legislative Body ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
American Nation

The American nation was born of the struggle between colonial legislatures elected by the people as their direct representatives and the executive power of the English king. It was to the colonial legislatures that the people of the Colonies looked for the defense of their liberties, and it was from their membership that most of the outstanding leaders of the American Revolution came. The Declaration of Independence was the work of the Continental Congress, an essentially legislative body, and until the formation of the Constitution the government of the American Republic consisted of that legislative body and of it alone. The deepest concern of the majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, as well as of the people whom they represented, was that the Constitution might set up toe strong an executive. They feared that such an executive might, as executives had done so frequently in the past, rob the people of their liberties and take unto himself powers inconsistent with the ideals for which the Revolutionary War had been fought.

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