This policy direction is pursued to achieve 3 (three) key milestones at once, namely (i) efficiency in the printing and circulation of banknotes and coins, (ii) centralizing currency distribution and circulation from central to remote areas, including 3T territories (Terdepan, Terluar dan Terpencil - Frontier, Outermost, and Isolated), and (iii) digitalization based on harmony with the ongoing economic and financial digitalization.
First is the difficult situation the economy currently faces, as you are already familiar with. Looking back at Japan's past trends, the economy often would enter a recession when the sluggishness of the global economy held back exports, leading to a decline in business fixed investment and consumption.