Status Report on Year 2000 Problem Investigation Undertaken by Administrative Organizations

1. Outline of investigation

The objective of this investigation is to summarize the status results of the measures taken by each ministry/agency for their Government Information Systems (GIS), that they operate and manage and is deeply related to public life, to review whether the measures are appropriate in resolving the “Year 2000 Problem”.

A report was prepared on January 31, 1998 on systems that greatly affect the safety of the public, and affect civic and corporate activities of the computer systems in operation by the central administrative organizations (25 ministries/agencies).

2. Investigation results

Of the 395 investigation target systems, 149 systems, amounting to approximately 38% of the entire systems have already been updated with proper measures as of January 31, 1998. The remaining 246 systems are scheduled to be taken care of by December 1999.

Note:

Measures already taken:

Programs concerned have been revised and hardware have been replaced (this includes machines that don't require program debugging since they incorporated the 4-digit year calendar to start with).

Measures scheduled to be taken:

Programs that are being revised, programs that are being reviewed for the need of revision, and future investigative target items that may clearly require revisions in the future.

(2) Status of measures taken for major information systems

The status of the measures taken for the “Year 2000 Problem” of notable government information systems in operation are indicated on the below.

Ministry/Agency	System	Applicable operations	Period of Completed Measures (scheduled)
National Police Agency	Driver management system	Driver’s license	FY1998
Management and Coordination agency	General clerical system for pension management	Pension payment	FY1998
Environment Agency	Information Management System on Health Insurance and Compensation Against Pollution/Contaminants	Patient certification and update system	Measures completed.
National Land Agency	Earthquake, Disaster and Fire Prevention Information System	Anti-Disaster Measures	FY1999
Ministry of Justice	Registration Information System	Registration Information Management	FY1999
	Deposit System	Deposit Information Management	FY1998
	Immigration Control Information System	Immigration Control	FY1999
	Immigration Review General Control System	Immigration Control	FY1999
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Passport Issuance and Control System	Passport Issuance Control	FY1997
Ministry of Finance	Internal Revenue General Management System (KSK)	Internal Revenue Management	Measures completed.
Ministry of Education	National University Hospital Medical Affairs Systems (42 systems)	Medical Affairs	Measures completed (15 systems) FY1997 (8 systems) FY1998 (7 systems) FY1999 (12 systems)
	University Entrance Examination Center Testing System	Official Examination	Measures completed.
Ministry of Health and Welfare	National Hospital Medical Affairs System (227 Systems)	Medical Affairs	Measures completed (79 systems) FY1997 (8 systems) FY1998 (49 systems) FY1999 (91 systems)
	Social Security Payment System	Social Security Payment	Measures completed.
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery	Import Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine Computer Processing System	Import Animal and Plant Inspection	FY1999
	Food Agency Information Management System	Produce Distribution and Consumption Management	Measures completed.
Ministry of International Trade and Industry	Patent Office General Automated System	Review Processing	) FY1999
Ministry of Transport	Electronic Information Processing System for Automobile Registration and Inspection	Automobile Registration Inspection	Measures completed.
	Air Route Radar Information Processing System (RDP)	Air Traffic Control	Measures completed.
	Air Traffic Control System (ATFM)	Air Traffic Control	FY1999.
	Flight Route Information Indication System	Air Traffic Control	Measures completed.
	Search and Rescue System	Search and Rescue	FY1998
	Marine Information System	Maritime Safety	FY1999
	Meteorological Materials Transfer Network/Meteorological Observation System	Meteorological Observation and Forecast	FY1999
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications	Small Parcel Tracking System	Mail	Measures completed.
	General Automated System for Money	Postal Savings	Measures completed.
	Exchange and Savings General Automated System for Simple Insurance	Simple Insurance	Measures completed.
Ministry of Labour	Workmen's Accident Compensation Administrative Information Management System	Payment of Workmen's Accident Compensation	FY1998
	Total System of Employment Insurance	Employment Insurance Payment	FY1998
Ministry of Construction	New Civil Engineering Accumulation System	Civil Engineering Contracts	Measures completed.
Ministry of Home Affairs	Dangerous Item Database	Dangerous Item Judgment	Measures completed.

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