March 31, 2026 Publication of the Report by Business Development–Oriented Global Standardization and Intellectual Property Strategy Task Force of the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center

　Business Development-Oriented Global Standardization and Intellectual Property Strategy Task Force, established within the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center, for which the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) serves as the secretariat, has compiled a report, which was published today on the Center’s website.

1 Overview

　In October 2025, the MIC established Business Development–Oriented Global Standardization and Intellectual Property Strategy Task Force within the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center (co-headed by Dr. MORIKAWA Hiroyuki, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo and Dr. YANAGAWA Noriyuki, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo), and considered approaches to global standardization and intellectual property strategies aimed at accelerating social implementation and overseas expansion in the ICT field.

　We announce that the Task Force has compiled its report.

2 Contents of the report

　Details of the report can be found at https://b5gnbsc.jp/taskforce20260331 .

3 Future plans

　Based on this report, the MIC will promote standardization and intellectual property activities with a focus on social implementation and overseas expansion, as well as initiatives to secure and develop human resources in standardization, through public–private collaboration.

[Related information]

• ○ Establishment of Business Development-Oriented Global Standardization and Intellectual Property Strategy Task Force (October 30, 2025):
  https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/eng/pressrelease/2025/10/30_1.html
• ○ Business Development-Oriented Global Standardization and Intellectual Property Strategy Task Force of the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center:
  https://b5gnbsc.jp/taskforce2025.html