The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry will set up new sections to individually oversee and support advanced technologies such as semiconductors and flying cars as early as before the end of July, it has been learned.
By creating such specialized sections, the ministry is revealing its stance to take up the issue as matter of key policy.
An envisaged next-generation sky mobility policy section, to be set up in the Manufacturing Industries Bureau, will oversee flying cars, drones and other similar technologies. It will handle the setting of laws and rules concerning corporate and other use of these technologies, and provide policy support to develop them as an industry.
In addition, within the Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, the ministry will create a devise and semiconductor strategy section to oversee semiconductor-related technologies, and a sophisticated information communications technology industry strategy section to supervise next-generation telecommunications networks, or 5G, featuring ultra-high speed and multiple connections.
When it comes to highly advanced technologies such as semiconductors, 5G and drones, Chinese and other overseas companies have secured a large share of the market, making these technologies increasingly important in terms of national security.
The ministry plans to boost support for Japanese companies that lag behind in terms of technological capacity and manufacturing capability, with an eye on pressing forward on technology for the Internet of Things, which connects things and services to the internet.
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