July 9, 2019 Release of FY2019 Report on Current Status of Information and Communications (2019 WHITE PAPER Information and Communications in Japan)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has today released the Fiscal 2018 Report on Current Status of Information and Communications (2019 WHITE PAPER 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 47th report that has been issued since MIC released the first report in 1973. The White Paper features “Evolving Digital Economy towards ‘Society 5.0’” and prospects how ICT and the digital economy have evolved and the requirements for achieving the full benefits of “Society 5.0”.
(For details, please refer to the link.)

2019 White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan (outline) PDF

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