February 24, 2004

Ministry of Public Management,
Home Affairs,
Posts and Telecommunications


MPHPT to hold second Working Group on Telecommunications of Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative



The MPHPT has scheduled the second Working Group on Telecommunications of the Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative. This is one of the five working groups that were set up within the Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative, under The U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership for Growth that was decided on at the U.S.-Japan Summit held in June 2001. Requested topics concerning this matter were submitted by both sides on October 24, 2003, and the first working group meeting was held on November 4 and 5.

Date: March 2 (Tuesday), 2004 (local time)
Place: Washington DC, United States

For details refer to the Japanese web site
http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2004/040224_2.html

For further information about this press release, please contact:

International Policy Division, International Affairs Department
Telecommunications Bureau
Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs,
Posts and Telecommunications
Tel: (03) 5253-5920 Fax: (03) 5253-5924

Or visit
http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/contact.html to fill in the inquiry form.