Chapter 2

Column 1

1. Changes in postal volume

(Source) Excerpt from Nakamura (1997)

2. Model cities of the Utopia Vision

(Source) Excerpt from 1989 Communications White Paper

3. Changes in the number of postal service facilities

(Source) NAKAMURA Yoshiaki (1997), "Transition of Postal Undertaking over 100 years -From Railroad Horse to Car &Airplane, from Manual Handling to Machine Processing" Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vol.100, No.939, pp.177-184.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsmemag/100/939/100_KJ00003054331/_pdf/-char/ja

4. Parcel tracking system

(Source) NAKAMURA Yoshiaki (1997), "Transition of Postal Undertaking over 100 years -From Railroad Horse to Car &Airplane, from Manual Handling to Machine Processing" Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vol.100, No.939, pp.177-184.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsmemag/100/939/100_KJ00003054331/_pdf/-char/ja

5. Automatic postal code reading and sorting machine

(Source) NAKAMURA Yoshiaki (1997), "Transition of Postal Undertaking over 100 years -From Railroad Horse to Car &Airplane, from Manual Handling to Machine Processing" Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vol.100, No.939, pp.177-184.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsmemag/100/939/100_KJ00003054331/_pdf/-char/ja

6. Process of digital postal service

(Source) MITSUYA Yuichi, "Digital Postal Service - New Postal Service of Internet Age" UNYSIS TECHNOLOGY REVIEW, No.73, May 2002.
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/8559771

7. Services provided in model cities of Yu-topia Vision (the first designated cities)

(Source) 1990 White Paper - Communications in Japan
https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/ja/h02/html/h02b0220.html

8. Affairs handled by postal service offices

(Source) 2002 White Paper - Information and Communications of Japan
https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/ja/h14/html/E3092000.html

10. Changes in the number of specified correspondence delivery service providers

(Source) 2011 White Paper - Information and Communications of Japan
https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/ja/h23/html/nc347210.html

11. Changes in the sales of correspondence delivery service providers

(Source) 2011 White Paper - Information and Communications of Japan
https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/ja/h23/html/nc347220.html

12. Subsidy/contribution system

(Source) MIC, "Commencement of a subsidy/contribution system to support the maintenance of the post office network" (April 11, 2019)
https://www.yuseimineika.go.jp/iinkai/dai201/siryou201-2.pdf

13. Post office revitalization project

(Source) MIC "Post office revitalization project (post offices, local governments and ICT)"
https://www.soumu.go.jp/yusei/kasseika.html

Chapter 3

Section 1

38. Percentage of corporate researchers by industry (as of March 31, 2021)

(Source) Prepared from MIC, "2021 Survey of Science and Technology Research"
https://www.stat.go.jp/data/kagaku/index.html

Section 3

31. Changes in and projections of total global advertisement expenses

(Source) Dentsu Group, "Global advertisement spend growth rate forecast (2021-2024)"
https://www.group.dentsu.com/jp/news/release/000643.html

32. Ratio of the types of broadcast programs produced (multiple answers)

(Source) MIC/METI "2021 Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry"
https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/statistics/statistics07.html

35. Changes in ratio of Japan's exports of broadcast content by entity

(Source) Prepared from MIC, annual "Analysis of Current Situation of Overseas Export of Broadcasting Content"
https://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_news/s-news/01ryutsu04_02000185.html

Section 4

3. Major geostationary satellites used for communication services in Japan (at the end of fiscal 2021)

4. Major non-geostationary satellites used for communication services in Japan (at the end of fiscal 2021)

Section 5

7. Changes in ICT exports of various countries

(Source) UNCTAD, "UNCTAD STAT"
https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html

8. Changes in ICT imports of various countries

(Source) UNCTAD, "UNCTAD STAT"
https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/Index.html

9. Changes in the global smartphone market share

(Source) Omdia

11. Changes in the global market share of routers for business

(Source) Omdia

12. Changes in the global semiconductor market share

(Source) Omdia

13. Changes in share of the Japanese smartphone market

(Source) Omdia

15. Changes in market share of routers for business in Japan

(Source) Omdia

16.Changes in share in the Japanese semiconductor market

(Source) Omdia

Section 6

6. Changes and forecasts for the global EC market sales

(Source) Statista (eMarketer)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/379046/worldwide-retail-e-commerce-sales/

7. Forecasts for the EC market sales by country (2022)

(Source) Statista, "Digital Market Outlook"
https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1283912/global-revenue-of-the-e-commerce-market-country

8. Changes and forecasts for transaction values of global mobile payment

(Source) Statista, "Digital Payments report 2021"
https://www.statista.com/study/41122/fintech-report-digital-payments/

9. Transaction values of mobile payment in each country (2020)

* Data of Japan Website of Payments Japan
https://paymentsjapan.or.jp/code-payments/20220418/
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/2106/02/news082.html

(Source) Statista, "Digital Payments report 2021"
https://www.statista.com/study/41122/fintech-report-digital-payments/

10. Changes in the global share of search engines

(Source) Statista (StatCounter)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-share-of-search-engines/

11. Search engine share in Japan (by terminal used)

(Source) Statista (StatCounter)
Personal computers https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270637/japan-leading-desktop-search-engines/
Smartphones https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270599/japan-leading-mobile-search-engines/

14. Changes in the music distribution market in Japan

(Source) Prepared from The Recording Industry Association of Japan, "The Recording Industry in Japan 2022"
https://www.riaj.or.jp/news/id=306

15. Changes in the e-book market in Japan

(Source) The All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association/The Research Institute for Publications (2022), "Monthly Report of Publications"
https://shuppankagaku.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B92201.pdf

20. Market shares of the global public cloud service

(Source) Omdia

21. Changes and forecasts for the market size (sales) of public cloud service in Japan

(Source) IDC Japan
https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prJPJ48986422

27. Major AI-related enterprises in the world

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Study on the Trends in the Market Environment Surrounding ICT"

28. Forecasts for the AI market in China (in terms of spending)

(Source) IDC's Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide Taxonomy, 2022: Release V1, 2022
https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US48479322

Section 7

4. Targets of cyber-attack-related communications detected by NICTER

(Source) Prepared from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, "NICTER Observation Report 2021"

13. State of introduction of sender domain authentication technologies to IP domains

Section 8

4. Type of terminals for using the internet (individuals)

* Ratio of people who used the internet with the terminal in the past one year.
* "Mobile phone (excluding smartphone)" of 2020 includes PHS.

(Source) MIC, "Communications Usage Trend Survey"
https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/statistics/statistics05.html

27. Effect of digitalization aimed at creation of new businesses (by country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

28. Effect of digitalization aimed at productivity improvement (by country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

29. Effect of digitalization aimed at data analysis/utilization (by country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

30. Effect of digitalization aimed at product/service differentiation (by country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

35. Shortage in digital human resources (CIO, CDO and other leaders of digitalization. By country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

36. Shortage in digital human resources (AI/data analysis experts. By country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

37. Reasons for shortage in digital human resources (CIO, CDO and other leaders of digitalization. By country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

38. Reasons for shortage in digital human resources (AI, data analysis experts. By country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

39. Efforts to secure digital human resources (CIO, CDO and other leaders of digitalization. By country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

40. Efforts to secure digital human resources (AI/data analysis experts. By country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

43. Questionnaire survey on reasons of difficulty to use telework (by country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

44. Telework usage status

(Source) Prepared from MIC "Fiscal 2021 Result of Survey on Actual Condition of Telework Security"

45. Challenges for introducing telework (multiple answers)

(Source) Prepared from MIC "Fiscal 2021 Result of Survey on Actual Condition of Telework Security"

48. Usage situation of electronic administrative services (by country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

49. Reasons for difficulty to use electronic administrative services (by country)

(Source) MIC (2022), "Survey Research on R&D on the Latest Information and Communications Technologies and the Trends of Use of Digital Technologies in Japan and Abroad"

Section 9

3. Balance of postal service

* Balance of the postal service of Japan Post Co., Ltd.

(Source) Prepared from Japan Post Co., Ltd., "Status of postal service balance"

5. Breakdown of the number of post offices (end of fiscal 2021)

* "Simple post office" refers to post offices operating based on a contract.
* "Currently closed post office" refers to post offices temporarily closed and suspending counter services.
*30 of the 95 "directly managed post offices" of "currently closed post offices" are temporarily closed due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
*10 of the 463 "simple post offices" of "currently closed post offices" are temporarily closed due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

(Source) Prepared from Japan Post Co., Ltd. Website, "Information on the number of postal offices (open data)"
https://www.post.japanpost.jp/notification/storeinformation/index02.html

9. Changes in the number of business operators by type of service (specified correspondence delivery service)

* The numbers do not agree with the number of the businesses who entered the market because some of them provide more than two types of services.

10. Changes in the amount of accepted correspondence mail

Related data

1. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global video distribution markets and the number of contracts

* Regarding the number of contracts for subscription video streaming services (right axis), the figures of 2020 have been revised downward from the figures in the 2021 White Paper on Information and Communications, due to the change in the aggregation target to continuous use contracts.

(Source) Omdia

2. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global music distribution market

(Source) Omdia

3. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global mobile application market

* Due to adding advertising revenue to aggregation targets, each figure from 2017 to 2020 has been revised downward from the figures in the 2021 White Paper on Information and Communications.

(Source) Omdia

4. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global Web conference market

(Source) Omdia

5. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global router/switch market (by category)

(Source) Omdia

6. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global router/switch market (by region)

(Source) Omdia

7. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global optical transmission equipment market

(Source) Omdia

8. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global FTTH equipment market

* It targets FTTH CPE (Consumer Premise Equipment) including Broadband Gateway, ONT and PON.

(Source) Omdia

9. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global macrocell base station market

(Source) Omdia

10. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global indoor small cell market

(Source) Omdia

11. Changes and forecasts for the number of global shipments of IC for LPWA module

(Source) Omdia

12.Changes and forecasts for the number of global LPWA connection lines

(Source) Omdia

13. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global smartphone market and the number of shipments

(Source) Omdia

14. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global tablet market and the number of shipments

* Regarding the number of shipments, the figures of 2018 have been revised downward from the ones in the 2021 White Paper on Information and Communications, due to the change in the aggregation of part of the aggregation target to the personal computer item.
* Regarding the market size, the figures from 2017 to 2020 have been revised upward from the ones in the 2021 White Paper on Information and Communications, due to tablet terminals in addition to the existing tablet PCs. The number of shipments has already included tablets.

(Source) Omdia

15. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global wearable terminal market

(Source) Omdia

16. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global domestic/consumer robot market and the number of shipments

(Source) Omdia

17. Changes and forecasts for the number of global AI speaker (smart speaker) shipments

(Source) Omdia

18. Changes and forecasts for the size of the global AR/VR market and the number of shipments

* Both figures of AR/VR software/service sales and AR/VR hardware shipments (right axis) for 2017 to 2020 have been revised downward from the ones the 2021 White Paper on Information and Communications, due to the elimination of duplication between regions.

(Source) Omdia

19. Changes and forecasts for the number of global IoT devices

* According to Omdia's definition, an IoT device is a device that has a unique IP address and can connect to the Internet, or a terminal that is used as the end of a sensor network.

* Definition for categorization
"Telecommunications": Fixed-communication infrastructure network equipment, 2G, 3G and 4G band cellular communication, Wi-Fi WIMAX and other wireless communication infrastructure and terminals
"Consumer": Home appliances (white goods, digital devices), printer and other computer peripherals, portable audio devices, smart toys, sports/fitness, etc.
"Computer": Laptop personal computers, desktop personal computers, servers, workstations, mainframe super computers and other computing equipment
"Industrial use": Automation (IA/BA), lighting, energy-related use, security, inspection/measurement equipment and other equipment for industrial use other than automation
"Medical care": Diagnostic imaging apparatus and other medical equipment, consumer healthcare equipment, other test equipment (blood glucose meter, electrocardiograph and other wearable examination equipment). Other test equipment is subject to aggregation from 2021 figures.
"Automobile, Military, Aerospace": Equipment connectable to the internet for the control system and for information system, Military/aerospace equipment: (ex. monitoring system for military use, electric/instrumentation equipment for aircraft cockpit, equipment for passenger system)

(Source) Omdia

20. Global number and growth-rate forecasts for IoT devices by sector/industry

(Source) Omdia

Chapter 4

Section 7

2. Science, Technology, and Innovation Basic Plan (Cabinet Decision in March 2021) for the entire government

(Source) Prepared by MIC from Cabinet Office materials

6. Functions required for Beyond 5G

*1 Abbreviation for Cyber Physical System that refers to a system to collect and observe data of real (physical) space with sensors, process and analyze the data in the cyber space and feed back the results to the real space for creation of new values.
*2 Abbreviation for High Altitude Platform Station, which refers to unmanned aircraft, etc. that is mounted with mobile phone base station and flies at high altitude including stratosphere.

7. Schema of the Beyond 5G R&D Promotion Project (Fund)

8. Image of global quantum cryptography network

9. Multilingual translation technology

10. Efforts to further advance the multilingual translation technology

11. Influence of solar flares on the earth