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On July 25, 2011, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) received an interim report from the Information and Communications Council (Chairman: Takuma Otoshi, Chairman of IBM Japan) concerning “ICT Policy for Realizing the Networked Knowledge and Information Society” (2011 Inquiry No. 17). An outline of this report can be found below.
1. Background to deliberation
The exchange of knowledge information in all socio-economic settings is active through communications/broadcasting networks that have been converted to broadband/digital, and the construction of a “Knowledge and Information Society” producing new value through distribution, sharing, application and accumulation is progressing on a global scale. Now more than ever before, citizens of Japan want to be able to feel actual improvement in life and society and see initiatives taken by user standards aimed at resolving problems such as Japan's low birth rate and aging society through the beneficial use of ICT.
In view of these circumstances, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) submitted an inquiry to the Information and Communications Council concerning “ICT Policy for Realizing the Networked Knowledge and Information Society” (2011 Inquiry No. 17) in relation to directions to be taken in the Government's main information and communication policy initiatives between now and approximately the year 2020. Accordingly, surveys and studies have progressed at the “New Business Creation Strategy Committee” (Chief Examiner: Ikufumi Niimi, Professor at Meiji University Law Department) and the “Research and Development Strategy Committee” (Chief Examiner: Hiroshi Yasuda, Professor at School of Science and Technology for Future Life, Tokyo Denki University), which were established under the Information and Communications Council Policy Section Meeting.
The interim report received on July 25, 2011 proposes comprehensive ICT strategy aimed at the implementation of a knowledge information society as well as reconstruction in Eastern Japan and regeneration of Japan as a whole based on experiences gained from the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster.
Please see the attachments for an outline of the interim report.
3. Schedule
Based on this interim report, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will continue to promote initiatives for the implementation of a knowledge information society.
Related reports and documents
○ “Inquiry Submitted to Information and Communications Council concerning 'Information and Communications Policy for Implementation of Knowledge Information Society'” (published February 10, 2011)
○ Appeal for Opinions on Study Agenda concerning “Information and Communications Policy for Implementation of Knowledge Information Society” (report published February 23, 2011)
○ Submission Deadline Extended in Appeal for Opinions on Study Agenda concerning “State of Information and Communications Policy for Implementation of Knowledge Information Society” (published March 24, 2011)
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