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The “Second Director General Level-Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy” was held over two days on June 9/10, 2011, facilitating an exchange of opinions concerning various broad policy issues related to the Internet Economy in response to the rapid expansion of the Internet's use for economic activities.
1. Dates: June 9/10, 2011
2. Venue: Conference Room, U.S. Department of State (Washington D.C.)
3. Attendees:
Japanese delegation: Hajime Tonegawa, Director-General, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC); Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), etc.
U.S. delegation: Philip L. Verveer, U.S. Department of State Ambassador; Julius Genachowski, Chairman of Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Lawrence E. Strickling, Administrator of National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), etc.
4. Topics of discussion
(1) Communications in dealing with disasters
(2) Cloud computing technology
(3) Enhancing the security of commercial network
(4) Openness of internet and Freedom of communication
(5) Internet governance
(6) IPv6 deployment
(7) Cooperation for R&D of new generation networks
5. Outcome
A joint press statement was compiled as per the enclosed document.
6. Future plans:
The next Director General Level Meeting will be held in Autumn 2011.
Attachments:
Joint Press Statement (Japanese)
Joint Press Statement (English)
Related reports and documents
Japan-U.S. Cooperation on Internet Economy Policy (June 16, 2010)
Outcome of First Director General Level Meeting concerning Japan-U.S. Policy Cooperation on the Internet Economy (November 1, 2011)
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