Information Transparency Score

Composite indicator that evaluates the publication status of minutes, member profiles, and voting records on 3 axes.

Category: Operational transparency·License: CC BY 4.0

Formula

Exact computation for Information Transparency Score.

Average of three 0–100 sub-scores (minutes publication, member-information publication, voting-record publication).

Coverage

The scope over which this indicator is measured.

All 1,788 municipalities (1,741 cities/towns/villages + 47 prefectures). Evaluates publication status only, independently of whether the data is indexed by Machikarte.

What this indicator does not capture

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Evaluates whether information is published, not the quality of its contents (that is covered by separate indicators).
Minutes published in PDF form are penalized for machine-readability.
Update frequency is evaluated by a separate indicator (Minutes Publication Cadence).

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