E-first

Citation

(2001), "E-first", Work Study, Vol. 50 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2001.07950dab.006

E-first

E-first

The Japanese Government has adopted an "e-Japan Strategy" as the national IT strategy to be pursued by both the public sector and private sector. The strategy aims to make Japan the world's most advanced IT nation within five years via:

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  Establishment of ultra high-speed network infrastructure and competition policies. This aims to provide ultra high-speed access networks to ten million households and high-speed access to 30 million households at low rates by fiscal 2005.

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  Introduction of asymmetrical regulations.

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  Shift of the government's administrative attitude from prior regulations-oriented to ex-post-facto check approach.

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  Establishment of a process of fast response to such issues as complaints from users and conflicts among carriers.

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  Reinforcement of the function of the Fair Trade Commission to eliminate acts that hinder fair competition.

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  Establishment of clear rules to promote just and fair use of telecommunications resources such as optical fibres.

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  Examination and implementation of fair and transparent ways of allocation of radio frequency spectrum, including an auction system.

E-commerce

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  Facilitate e-commerce aggressively by 2002 through constructing the framework and market rules by which everyone can safely participate in it.

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  Revision of regulations that hinder e-commerce.

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  Clarification of the interpretation of existing rules.

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  Legislation for the new rules concerning electronic contracts and for the protection of consumers.

E-government

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  Realisation of electronic government. Realise an e-government, which handles electronic information in the same manner as paper-based information, by fiscal 2003, and expedite digitisation of citizens and businesses widely.

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  Digitisation of public administration within central and local governments.

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  Digitisation of public services to the private sector.

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  Publication and promotion of the use of administrative information via the Internet.

Facilitation

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  Improvement of information literacy by making the Internet access available to schools and public sites.

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  Fostering of IT instructors, technical experts and researchers (exceed the level of those IT-related human resources in the US by 2003).

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  Fostering of digital content creators.

For further information, see: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/it_e.html