1. WITSA Public Policy Meeting March 9, 2001, Adelaide IT Industry Developments in Japan Mamoru Mitsugi JISA Chairman

2. 2 Index zBackground z“e-Japan” - Objectives and Priority Policies zIndustry Trends yIT Services Market, Number of Employees yInternet Access from Mobile Phones zKey Issues in Japan yWorkforce yPrivacy

3. 3 Background zHuge Japanese Economy GDP... US $4,200 B ( \ 500,000 B) zIT Market in Japan... US $305 B (\ 36,000 B) zCentral Government’s role in Japan Needs “Grand Design” to promote a revolution → “e-Japan”

4. 4 “e-Japan” zObjectives: Create a “knowledge-emergent society” zPriority Policy Area: 1)Establishment of the ultra high-speed network infrastructure and competition policies 2)Facilitation of e-commerce 3)Promotion of e-government 4)Nurturing high-quality human resources

5. 5 Annual Sales of IT Service Industry in Japan

6. 6 Number of Employees in IT Service Industry in Japan

7. 7 Internet from Mobile Phone 1 zIncrease of i-Mode subscribers i-Mode...18.57M, Ezweb/J-sky…10.67M Total: nearly 30M subscribers (Jan. 2001) zAccess to the Internet Email & web site z“Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime”

8. 8 Internet from Mobile Phone 2 zAir ticket / hotel reservation zBanking, stock trades, shopping zVarious useful information Weather, map, shop, dictionary, news, recipe, etc. zEntertainment Game, horoscope, karaoke, music download, etc.

9. 9 Key Issues in Japan - Workforce zShortage of software engineers in Japan zMutual recognition of IT engineer certificates by exams among Asian countries yPromotion of Japanese examination system into other Asian countries zGlobal cooperation for IT workforce development

10. 10 Key Issues in Japan - Privacy P-Mark System - by JIPDEC since Apr. 1998 (http://www.jipdec.or.jp/security/privacy/index-e.html) yMost advanced system for privacy protection in Japan yJISA is a designated organization for granting this mark... 88 companies have granted by JISA yMutual recognition system with BBB Online (US)

11. 11 Toward Cross Cultural Society, Global Cooperation is Critical. Thank You