July 29, 2016 Announcement of 2016 Report on Current Status of Information and Communications (2016 White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has today announced the release of a report on the current status of information and communications (2016 White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan).

MIC has been publishing a report on the current status of information and communications (White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan) annually for the purpose of deepening the understanding of people to the current status of information and communications along with the trends of information and communications policies in Japan. This is the 44th report that has been issued since MIC released the first report in 1973. 　The White Paper features “IoT, Big Data, and AI: New Values Created by Networks and Data” and prospects the progress of new ICT, including the IoT, Big Data, and AI, and changes in society that the new ICT will bring. (For details, please refer to the link.)

• 2016 White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan PDF
• This page links to the Japanese version that can be downloaded.