{"id":36,"date":"2023-12-25T08:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T08:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mahanacorp.co.jp\/insight\/?p=36"},"modified":"2024-02-03T06:44:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T06:44:22","slug":"japans-slide-in-global-digital-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mahanacorp.co.jp\/insight\/japans-slide-in-global-digital-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Slide in Global Digital Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the 2023 edition of the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, which was evaluated based on &#8220;knowledge,&#8221; &#8220;technology,&#8221; and &#8220;preparation for the future,&#8221; announced by IMD (a famous business school in Switzerland), Japan fell in the ranking for the second consecutive year, ranked at 32nd.<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 200 countries in the world, and if the top 10% are considered \u201cdeveloped countries\u201d just like the G20, then Japan, which ranks 32nd, is out of the developed ones. Japan\u2019s self-proclaimed &#8220;digital superpower&#8221; is in decline year by year.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, various surveys have shown that not only the government, which always calls out &#8220;DX&#8221; while demanding large amounts of paper but also the private sector, has a very low level of awareness. According to the &#8220;Awareness Survey on DX Business&#8221; conducted by IGS in 2021, approximately 30% of people working at large companies said, &#8220;If possible, I would not like to be involved in DX project,&#8221; and 44% of people had a negative attitude towards DX.<\/p>\n<p>What on earth are the people who spend their entire time from morning till night using their state-of-the-art smartphones doing?<\/p>\n<p>If this trend continues, we will inevitably fall far behind other countries.<\/p>\n<p>We as a country inevitably undergo a major change in our mindset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the 2023 edition of the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, which was evaluated based on &#8220;knowledge,&#8221; &#8220;technology,&#8221; and &#8220;preparation for the future,&#8221; announced by IMD (a famous business school in Switzerland), Japan fell in the ranking for the second consecutive year, ranked at 32nd. 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