October 29, 2024 Announcement of Telework Top Runner 2024: Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award and More

 The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) actively collects and recognizes pioneering examples to further promote telework—a flexible work style that capitalizes on time and location using ICT. MIC is pleased to announce that it has selected the participants for the Telework Top Runner 2024 and the recipients of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award for Telework Top Runner 2024.

1. Overview

 To spread and promote telework, MIC has been selecting and announcing enterprises and organizations that have introduced and used telework, have a sufficient track record of telework, and are making outstanding efforts.
 This year, enterprises and organizations that have engaged in distinctive and outstanding efforts in the demonstration of effectiveness in management through the use of telework and in the use of telework and business reform in business categories that are considered to be incompatible with the introduction of telework will be selected and announced as “Telework Top Runners 2024”. Particularly outstanding efforts will be awarded the “Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award for Telework Top Runner 2024”.

2. Results of Telework Top Runner 2024 Review

 Based on the screening results by external experts, 13 organizations were selected as “Telework Top Runners 2024”. The following three organizations were selected to receive the “Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award for Telework Top Runner 2024” for their outstanding efforts that should serve as models for other organizations.

 - Caster Co. Ltd.
 - YAMAGISHI Inc.
 - Triport Co., Ltd.
     (In the order of the Japanese syllabary)

3. Awards ceremony

 The award ceremony will be held on Monday, November 25, 2024, as part of Telework Month, during the “Telework Event – ‘Changing How We Work’” at Ochanomizu Sola City (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), in conjunction with the award ceremony for the Minister of State for the Promotion of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan Award and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Award. The award-winning enterprises will also introduce their efforts.
 For more information, see the events page on the Telework Month website.
 URL:https://teleworkgekkan.go.jp/events/debrief2024.html

4. Reference material

 - Telework Top Runner 2024 Overview of Measures (Attachment PDFAttachment PDF)