Toward the Asia Broadband Society

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Toward the Asia Broadband Society

• Mr. Hideyuki OKU
• Director
• International Cooperation Division
• International Affairs Department
• Ministry of Public Management, Home Affaires
• Posts and Telecommunications
• MPHPT / Japan

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• e-Japan Strategy
• Major Achievement of e-Japan Strategy
• e-Japan Strategy II
• Asia Broadband Program
• Toward the realization of
• Asia Broadband Program

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• e-Japan Strategy

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2001 IT Policy Targets and the Current Status
Drawing up an IT state strategy e-Japan
Strategy (January 2001)
Main objective To make Japan the world's most
advanced IT nation by 2005 ? 5-year urgent
concentrated implementation by 2005 ?
Four priority policy areas
-Infrastructure Principle of private-sector
initiatives, Creation of the worlds most
advanced environment for the Internet -e-commerce
Ex-post-facto check rule, Building confidence in
participants, International harmonization -e-gover
nments Reform of administrative work, Social
infrastructures for use of IT -Human resources
Improvement in IT literacy, Recruiting of IT
instructors, Fostering of IT engineers/experts
Targets
Constant access environment by 2005
High-speed 30 million households
Ultra-high-speed 10 million households
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2. Major Achievement of e-Japan
Strategy
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Achieved Targets for e-Japan Strategy
(Establishment of Infrastructure)
Targets
Actual Results
Constant access environment by
2005 High-speed 30 million
households Ultra-high-speed 10 million
households
Constant access environment by 2003
Versus
High-speed (DSL) 35 million
households High-speed (cable TV) 23 million
households Ultra-high-speed (FTTH)17.7 million
households
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Improved Broadband Environment with Increased Use
and More Diversity ? Broadband fees are the
lowest in the world. ? The number of subscribers
has broken through the 13 million subscriber
mark, and is fast approaching Koreas
second-place world ranking. (as of the end of
2002 US-18.7M, Korea 9.86M, Japan 7.81M) ?
Apace with DSL, we are also seeing a rapid
increase in the use of fiber optics.

Transition in the number of broadband subscribers
(subscribers)
Broadband Total
International comparison of broadband fees
(charge per 100Kbps)
13.15 million
(Dollars)
820,000
Broadband charges are the worlds lowest
Fiber Optics
DSL
Nov.2003
2000
2001
2002
9.91 million
Fiber Optics
0.82 million
Nov.2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
(Note) Comparison calculating fees per 100kbps,
based on speed provided and fees charged for DSL
or Cable Internet in each country and region.
(Note) Total broadband refers to the total number
of subscribers for DSL, Cable Internet
and Fiber Optics.
Survey by MPHPT
(Source Created from ITU documentation)
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Development of Mobile Phone Services
Voice telephony
1G (1979)
2G (1993)
Internet
3G (2001)
Multimedia (pictures, moving images)
Systems Beyond IMT-2000 (Around 2010)
Growing demand for multimedia
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Changes in the number of mobile phone subscribers
December 2003Number of subscribers-Mobile
phones Approx. 79,790,000 units-Mobile IP
connection service Approx. 67,810,000
units-IMT-2000 Approx. 13,760,000
units(cf.)-Mobile phones with cameras
Approx. 42,980,000 units
2000First mobile phones with cameras
million
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Number of mobile phone subscribers
1999Start of i-mode, EZ-web and J-Sky service
Can connect with Internet
53.9
2001Start of IMT-2000 service
Mobile Phone with Camera
17.2
IMT-2000
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003.12
(F.Y.)
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Promoting online filing of administrative
procedures

• Promoting online filing of procedures handled by
  national administrative organs
• Establishing conditions for online filing of
  procedures handled by local authorities,
• independent administrative institutions, etc.

Feb. 2003
June 2003
End of FY2003

• Enforcement of the Online Administrative
  Procedures Law

Legislation
Applications notifications handled by the
government (ca. 13,000 procedures)

• 44 (ca. 6,000 procedures) available online
• Electronic filing and certification systems in
  operation in all ministries

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• Online implementation measures proposed for 57
  (ca. 3,000 procedures)

Applications notifications handled by local
authorities (ca. 6,000 procedures)
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(Examples)

• Online filing of patent applications, corporate
  financial statements, import-export declaration
  procedures, etc.
• Start of electronic bidding and bid opening
  system (operation in all ministries starts by the
  end of FY2003)
• ? Non-public works Operation started in the
  Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs,
  Posts and
• Telecommunications in October
  2002
• ? Public works Operation started in the
  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in
  October 2001 and the
• Ministry of Agriculture,
  Forestry and Fisheries in July 2003
• Start of electronic tax returns and payments
  (to start in the Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau
  area in February 2004, spreading nationwide from
  June 2004)

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Provision of administrative information over the
Internet
Administrative information portal site
(http//www.e-gov.go.jp/)
The public, companies
Information provided comprehensively, laterally

• Administrative document
• management information
• search

• Homepage search

• Administrative procedure search

Guide to published databases
Guide to homepage information
Searches administrative procedure information by
free key word.
Searches information published on individual
ministry agency sites.
Links to databases shared among ministries and
agencies (legal data, procurement information).
Links to databases for individual
administrative fields.
Links to ministry and agency homepages.
Links by category fields common to ministries
and agencies.

• Administrative procedure menu
• category search

Searches published administrative document
information.

• Government report
• location search

Searches information on location of reports,
etc., and means of obtaining them.
Searches administrative procedure information by
menu category.
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3. e-Japan Strategy II
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Transition to New IT Strategy
The first phase was successful but.
Actual use is still low (Able to connect but do
not)
Actual use 28.3 9.991M?
Actual use 10.6 2.428M
Actual use 4.6 815,000
Advancement of IT strategy to the second phase
is urgently required (expansion in actual use)
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(Source) MPHPT (as of end of November
2003) (Note) Percentages refer to the share of
actual users compared with the number of
potential users.
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e-Japan Strategy II (Decided by the IT Strategy
Headquarters July 2nd 2003)
e-Japan Priority Policy Program-2003 (Decided
by the IT Strategy Headquarters August 8th 2003)
In addition to making Japan the world's most
advanced IT nation by 2005, we must aim to
continue leading the world after 2006.
Priority Policies
IT Strategy Phase I To positively tackle the
establishment of IT foundational infrastructure?
significant level of progress. IT Strategy
Phase II To realize a vigorous, safe,
impressive and convenient society through the
practical use of Information Technology
Leading 7 fields making practical use of
IT Medical / Foods / Life / Finance for SMEs /
Intellectual / Employment and Labor /
Governmental Services
Develop results in these 7 fields to other fields.
Construction of New Society
1. Construction of next generation IT
environment 2. Safe and secure use
environment 3. RD to promote the intellectual
resources of the next generation 4. Develop IT-HR
and promote learning 5. New international
relationships focusing on IT
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e-Japan Strategy II
7 leading approaches taken by private enterprise
Establish 5 new IT society foundations

• Promote ubiquitous network
• Further promote high-speed and ultra-high speed
  Internet services
• Promote the worlds leading wireless network

Establish next-generation telecommunications
foundations
Medicine
Food
Establish a safe and stable usage environment

• Establish an information security structure
• Promote improvements in the safety and
  reliability of software

Lifestyle

• Development of an Internet technology that will
  link to anything, via IPv6.
• Promote research and development into electronic
  tagging technology (electronic tags)
• Development of a high quality test bed network

Research and development to give birth to the
knowledge of the next generation
Small and medium- sized company finances
Knowledge
Nurturing of IT human resources and educational
activities

• Nurture advanced IT human resources that can
  compete internationally

Work and employment

• Promote a multifaceted cooperative relationship
  with other Asian countries through IT
• Establish an information infrastructure with
  other Asian countries

Development of new international relationships
Administrative services
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Features of e-Japan Strategy II
IT usage-oriented strategy Efforts to address
leading fields, such as medicine, education,
etc. Addition of new strategic viewpoints
Security measures, international
strategy Setting forth numerical targets for
both public and private sectors in each
field Clarifying roles of both public and
private sectors, to make the new IT Strategy a
common strategy for both public and private
sectors. Implementation of policy evaluation
and proposals Establish a specialist research
group in the IT Strategic Headquarters This new
IT Strategy will make Japan the worlds most
advanced IT nation in CY2005 and beyond.
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Major activities in leading 7 fields of practical
use of ICT
1. Medical
Patient-oriented comprehensive medical
service By CY2005 Establishment of a
Certification System, and Approval of the
transfer of electronic
patient-care information over the network and
storage of information by external
organizations. Management efficiency
improvement of medical institution and enhanced
medical services Disclosure of information
on medical institutions (annual number of medical
care etc) by third-party organizations .
2. Foods
Realization of a prosperous and safe dietary
life by constructing Tracability System. By
CY2005 Implementation of a system by which
consumers can check the producer records of
all domestically-produced beef .
Computerization of food trade By FY2005
Introduction of e-Commerce by half of the food
distributors .
3. Life
Realization of warm and secured life. By
CY2008 Implementation of a remote video
conversation system to single senior citizens who
request the system. By
CY2005 Implementation of remote reading of
gas/water/electricity meter.
(Introduction of the system to those who request
it by 2008.)
Improvement of fundraising environment for
SMEs. By CY2005 Establishment of on-line
procedures for using credit guarantee.
Introduction of an e-Draft system.
4. Finance for SMEs
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5. Intellectual
Improved global competitiveness of domestic
human resources. By FY2005 Triple the number
of department/graduate courses offering IT
remote programs.
Enhancement of global competitiveness of the
content industry and promotion of
understanding of the Japanese culture in foreign
countries. By CY2008 Development of a scheme
that enables distribution of all broadcasting
content.
6. Employment and Labor
Realization of a society in which the right
person is placed in the right job. By CY2005
A1,000,000 people a year who gain employment
through electronic means. Realization of the
society in which people can choose a broad range
of work arrangements and yield the best
creativity and efficiency. By CY2010
Achievement of 20 teleworkers among all employed
workers.
7. Governmental Services
Provision of 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year Non-stop, One-stop public services
and improved operational efficiency in the
administrative sector. By the end of FY2005
Construction of One-stop, user-oriented
governmental portal site. By the end of FY2005
(as early as possible) Establishment a plan to
optimize each operation
and
system.
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4. Asia Broadband Program
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Formulation of Asia Broadband Program
The International Conference for Asia Broadband
Strategy (July and December 2002)
e-Japan Priority Policy Program-2002 (June
18.2002)
Hosted by MPHPT Minister
Asia Broadband Program (MPHPT and the relevant
offices and ministries) In order to set up an
environment in Asia suitable for broadband
introduction, an action plan for constructing the
next-generation Internet access networks is to be
formulated. To this end, within FY2002, MPHPT
and the relevant offices and ministries shall i)
clarify the long- and short-term goals of the
action plan through deliberations by opinion
leaders and experts then, ii) establish a
domestic set up, such as a collaborative
scheme among the relevant offices and
ministries, iii) establish a cooperative scheme
among Asian economies, and iv) study
desirable collaboration among relevant
governments and decide what roles the public and
private sectors should play.
Opinion leaders, heads of industries and
experts from Japan and other Asian countries
To propose basic concepts in formulating the
Asia Broadband Program
The Study Group for Asia Broadband Program (July
through December 2002)
Hosted by Vice-Minister for Policy
Coordination,MPHPT
Opinion leaders, telecommunications carriers,
manufacturers and content providers To propose
specifics for the Asia Broadband Program,
including an Action Plan to ensure that the
Program is successfully implemented
Proposals (December 16, 2002)
Establishment of the Asia Broadband Program
(March 28, 2003)
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Outline of Asia Broadband Program 1
Target (the year of 2010)

• 1) Ensure all people in Asia have access to
  broadband
• (including access from various public
  facilities).
• 2) (a) Construct international networks with
  sufficient
• bandwidths to directly link Asian
  countries.
• (b) Balance volumes of information flows.
• (Asia-North America _at_ Asia-Europe _at_ North
  America-Europe)
• 3) (a) Facilitate transition of networks to
  IPv6-ready ones.
• (b) Make Asia the leading ICT region.
• 4) Prepare an environment where people can use
  ICT securely
• and easily.
• 5) Digitize and archive major Asian cultural
  assets.
• 6) Develop machine translation technologies
  between major
• Asian languages.
• 7) Dramatically increase the number of ICT
  engineers
• and researchers.

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Outline of Asia Broadband Program 2
1. Measures for prepare network infrastructures
related to broadband platforms

• 1) Support for network infrastructure building in
  developing countries
• 2) Promotion of international network
  construction in Asia
• 3) Development of network technologies
• 4) RD and standardization
• 5) Human capacity building, Exchange of human
  resources
• 1) Preparation of common key infrastructures
• - Assurance of network security,
  preparation of rules on IPRs within Asia and
  appropriate application thereof, cooperation on
  diffusion of IPv6, etc
• 2) Promotion of broadband applications
• 3) Promotion of digital content distribution
• - Development of multilingual translation
  technologies, support for access to cultural
  assets, etc. through digital archives, etc.
• 4) Support for developing national strategies and
  policies, etc.
• 5) Support for developing countries

2. Measures to introduce and diffuse broadband
platforms
To be implemented with higher priority by 2005
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5. Toward the realization of Asia Broadband
Program
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Realization of Asia Broadband Program
1. Collaboration with other countries
2. Relevant Projects

• Collaboration among Japan, China, Korea
• ASEAN 1
• Bilateral agreements with
• -Thailand, Malaysia(Jan.2003),
• -Indonesia, Vietnam(Sep.2003)
• Bilateral Policy dialogue with
• Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam,
• Malaysia, etc.

• RD of Asia Broadband Satellite Key
• Technologies
• Ultra high speed Internet Satellite WINDS
• International Joint IT Experiment
• -China Japan Advanced IT Collaboration
• -Singapore Japan Advanced IT Collaboration

4. ODA
3. Strengthening of HRD

• Grant Aid
• The Project for Improvement of International
  Telephone Switching System (Laos) (2003.6.27)
• The Project for Improvement of Broadcasting
  Equipment for TVRI Makassar Station
  (Indonesia)(2003.11.5)
• Loan Assistance
• North-South Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Link
  Project
• (Vietnam) (2003.3.31)

• Holding ICT seminar in Indonesia
• (Feb.2004)
• Holding e-Government seminar in Japan
• (Mar.2004)
• Organizing training courses

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RD of Asia Broadband Satellite Key Technologies
JSAT
Contractor - RD in collaboration with
universities/research institutes in Japan and
Asian countries - Develop technologies proposed
for international standards - Encourage
widespread use of IPv6 technologies (1)
IPv6-ready large-scale multicasting
technology (2) IPv6-ready dynamic band
assignment/control technology
The Philippines ASTI (Advanced Science and
Technology Institute)
Vietnam IOIT (Institute of Information
Technology)
Keio University
Thailand AIT (Asian Institute of Technology)
Internet
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Malaysia USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Singapore TP (Tamasek Polytechnic)
- Evaluate the key technologies - Carry out
research on application technologies, such as
transmission/synchronization of high-quality
sound/movies, distance learning
Indonesia ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung)
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WINDS Project
Overview of Wideband Internetworking Engineering
Test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS)
Key technologies of the communications payload of
WINDS are (1) Ka-band multi-beam antenna (MBA) /
High power multi-port amplifier (MPA) (2) Ka-band
active phased array antenna (APAA) (3) On-board,
high-speed switching router (ABS ATM Baseband
Switch) (4) Ultra high speed fixed satellite
communication network
Please see Request for proposals concerning
application experiments using Wideband
InterNetworking engineering test and
Demonstration Satellite (WINDS)
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China-Japan collaboration
China
academia
academia
Japanese industry
End user
IPv6
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Singapore-Japan collaboration
Joint experiments of Intl digital contents
E-commerce platform
Aiming at the realization of secure, smooth
digital contents e-commerce, experimentally
construct an environment, empirical experiments
are carried out by Singapore and Japan. And Pave
the way for standardization of digital contents
e-commerce on a global scale.
Singapore
Japan
Confirming usage of end-user
?
Usage data
Contents distributor
Flow of EC transaction
Mounting Meta-data
giving receiving digital contents
Registration of business condition
?
?
Confirming contractual coverage, contract
conclusion
distribution of digital contents
?
Entrants to PJ
?
Confirming distribution of conterparty
Business dealing data
Safe and smooth environment for international
digital contents E-commerce
Contents distributor (counterparty)
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Joint Projects by Asia Broadband Platforms
List of test bed
Japan -- Korea e-education e-health IPv6
transmission
APII test bed (Satellite)(Ku
Philippines,Vietnam,ThailandMalaysia, Singapore,
Indonesia)(Cltunder examinationgt Sri Lanka, Hong
Kong)
Japan -- China Cross cultural collaboration
(Real time and non-real time communication
tools) Digital contents Mobile transmitting
experiments, Beyond3G, etc.
KOR
APII test bed(Optical Fiver)(Japan Korea)
CHN
Advanced IT Collaboration (Optical Fiver)(Japan
China, Singapore)
VTN
Japan -- Vietnam e-education IPv6
transmission
LAO
Japan -- Philippines e-education IPv6
PHL
THA
Japan -- Laos e-education
Japan Singapore e-commerce e-education
IPv6 transmission etc.
MLA
SNG
Japan -- Indonesia e-education IPv6
transmission
Japan -- Thailand e-education IPv6
transmission
INS
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Number of Invited Trainees In Japan
Number of Invited Trainees in Japan
-FY2002,FY2003-
1. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
JICA conduct training courses covering an
extensive field (an electric communication field
is included) as one of the "cultivation-of-men's-a
bility", 2. Japan Telecommunications and
Engineering Consulting Service (JTEC) In
response to the strong request from a developing
country, JTEC conduct training courses using the
subsidy from MPHPT (Since 1779). 3. Asia Pacific
Telecommunity (APT) MPHPT pays extra budgetary
contribution to APT to conduct training courses
especially for the development telecommunications
in Asia Pacific region (Since 1992).The total
number of training participants is over 1,000
persons.
Number of Trainees
As for the training courses conducted by JICA
and JTEC, the number of trainees who are from
outside of Asia Pacific countries is not
counted. FY2003(Depth)It includes the expected
number of trainees to attend the left 16 training
courses to be conducted during the 4th quarter of
term of 2003.
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MPHPTs Cooperation to APT Activities
Japan pays Extra Budgetary Contribution to APT in
addition to the annual contribution. Japan
dispatch expert to the APT secretariat for the
activity of HRD
40unit (US317,900)
Annual Contribution
US1,400,000
Extra Budgetary Contribution
A P T
Expert Mission
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Extra Budgetary Contribution from Japan
APT - HRD Activities
EBC-J II
EBC-J I

• Training courses
• Meetings
• Seminars
• Workshops etc.

• Exchange of Advanced ICT Researchers and
  Engineers etc.

US900,000
US500,000
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Cooperation through APT/HRD activities
Exchange of ICT Researchers and Engineers
Funded by Japanese extra budgetary contribution
to APT since 2001.
To promote the development of advanced ICT
researchers/engineers in the Asia-Pacific region
by the exchange of such personnel through
international collaborative research projects on
advanced ICT.
ltltList of Indonesia - Japan projects for FY 2003gtgt
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Workshops on ICT Policies for Development in
Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Japan held workshops in collaboration with Laos,
Myanmar, Vietnam in June 2003 as APT HRD
activities funded by Japanese extra budgetary
contribution.

• Objectives
• Understanding ICT and its related policies for
  economic development
• Realization of advantages and benefits of
  Broadband usage
• Promoting Japans ODA for ICT development

• Myanmar
• Ministry of Constructions, Posts and Telegraph
  (MCT)
• 13 June
• 63 participants

• Vietnam
• Ministry of Post and Telematics (MPT)
• 9 June
• 60 participants

• Laos
• Ministry of Communications, Transport, Posts and
• Construction (MCTPC)
• 11 June
• 73 participants

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Regional Forum for ICT experts in Indonesia

• ? Title The APT Regional Forum for ICT Experts
  in South-
• East Asia Meeting the Challenges on
  Digital Gaps
• approaching e-Government
• ? Date 4-5 February, 2004
• ? Organized by APT
• ? Hosted by KOMINFO,
• ? Supported by Extra Budgetary Contribution
  from Japan

Recommendation would be adopted aiming at
enhancing the awareness of further collaboration
within South-East Asian counties
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Invitation to training course in Japan
Funded by Japanese extra budgetary contribution
to APT
We hope that you will participate to these
training courses!
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Reference
Internet website
?Asia Broadband Pragram
http//www.asia-bb.net/ ?
Digital Opportunity Site DOSite
http//www.dosite.jp
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http//www.soumu. go.jp
Thank you