A Study on the Transfer to National Archives of Administrative Documents Concerning Government Measures Against COVID-19

Based on an Analysis of such Measures

Abstract

The Government of Japan has prepared and obtained a large amont of administrative documents through dealing with COVID-19. This study aims to dicover a basic principle on the standards which identify the historical records that should be transferred to National Archives of Japan among those documents. This study (1) analyzes the current standards for transfer and disposal of administrative documents concerning COVID-19, and reveals the major problems of those standards, (2) organizes the amount and content of such documents, and (3) determines the substance of measures against COVID-19 taken by each government organ, considering related legislation. At last, this study seeks to present a basic principle on the standards for transfer of such documents.