Governments & Industry groups (Public Policy)

Activities Related to Public Policy

Fujitsu participates in government and industry group councils and committees and promotes activities relating to the investigation of concrete proposals and measures to resolve social issues as well as the creation and revision of legal systems. In FY 2010, Fujitsu worked with about 1,300 partners such as industry groups, research organizations, and NGOs on activities including the following.

Studying Ways to Protect the Country Against Natural Disasters

A Fujitsu board member served as the chairperson of a dedicated investigatory committee concerned with countermeasures for largescale fl ooding established by the Japanese government's Central Disaster Prevention Council. Given that largescale fl ooding with the potential of severe damage to urban areas now occurs worldwide, this committee completed a report in April 2010 following three years and half of study and investigation. This report provides specific estimates of the damage that could be sustained were large-scale fl ooding to occur in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The report made specific proposals on measures the government should take to ensure timely and appropriate evacuation, and to strengthen emergency preparedness in public agencies, and other issues.

Studying Regulations Appropriate for the Times

While there are regulations under the legal system whose purpose is to protect the nation's citizens or support smooth and active economic activity, regulations need to be reviewed in light of technological progress and changes in society.

The Japanese government reviews regulations that may have become anachronistic under a subcommittee on regulatory and systematic reform established by the Government Revitalization Unit. Fujitsu executives serve on a working group of this subcommittee. In FY 2010, this subcommittee looked into procedural simplification for wind and solar power generation and establishing rapid charging stations for electric cars, diversifying the system of charges for electric power among other issues, and made recommendations for regulatory reform to achieve a low-carbon society.