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Organisation of the Commission and the Secretariat

The Telecommunications Dispute Settlement Commission was established on November 30, 2001 as a specialized organization dedicated to settling disputes between telecommunications carriers promptly and fairly.


Telecommunications Dispute Settlement Commission 
5 Commissioners (part-time/3-year term) 
Appointed by the minister with the consent of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors of the Diet, Japan 

8 Members  (part-time/2-year term) 
Appointed by the minister 

*In securing its expertise and neutrality in dispute settlement, the secretariat is independent of the Telecommunications Bureau and the Information and Communications Bureau, which supervise the telecommunications business and broadcasting business respectively.

Commissioners

Name present occupation
Kohichi Sakaniwa
(Chairperson)
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Reiko Fuchigami
(Acting Chairperson)
Registered lawyer
Kaoru Arakawa Professor, Meiji University, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Dept. of Frontier Media Science
Hiroshi Obata Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management
Kazuhiko Yamamoto Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Law
(As of April 2013)

Members

Name present occupation
Takemi Ono Professor, Tokyo Keizai University, Faculty of Accounting
Nei Kato Professor, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Sciences
Souichirou Kozuka Professor, Gakusyuin University, Faculty of Law
Natsu Kondo Registered lawyer
Hiroshi Shirai Professor, Chuo University, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Yumiko Mori Professor, Kanto-Gakuen University, Faculty of Economics
Arisa Wakabayashi Professor, Komazawa University, Graduate School of Law
Kazuko Wakabayashi Certified public accountant
(As of April 2013)