July 28, 2017 Announcement of 2017 Report on Current Status of Information and Communications (2017 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 (2017 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 45th report that has been issued since MIC released the first report in 1973. The 2017 White Paper features “Data-driven Economy and Social Change”. (For details, please refer to the link.)
2017 White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan PDF(Summary)
This page links to the Japanese version that can be downloaded.

The full text in English is planned to be released in late 2017.