Policies and Challenges of the Broadband Ecosystem in Japan (eBook)

This book shows how telecom, broadcast, and Internet researchers as well as experts from Japan's leading mobile operators interpret, analyze, and evaluate the emerging phenomenon of the Japanese broadband ecosystem. The broadband ecosystem, as it rapidly changes against the backdrop of swift technological progress, is forcing major changes in the existing socioeconomic framework and generating many policy issues that require discussion.

The book aims to provide a theoretical and practical framework for policymakers to address these issues from a broader perspective than has been available in the past. The topics addressed in this book cover sharing of 5G infrastructure, online platform regulation, diffusion of autonomous driving, content industry, trends and use cases of 5G, capacity development for AI, ride-hailing service, smartphone games, the right to be forgotten, and the economic value of personal information.

Although this book cannot provide definitive answers to all these recently emerging and rapidly changing issues, it does provide important guidance for evidence-based discussion involving policymakers and researchers working on these issues. It is also recommended for graduate students who want to enter this challenging field of policy discussion.

Toshiya Jitsuzumi is Professor of Telecom Policy at the Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University, Japan. He is Director of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research. His research focuses on network neutrality, platform regulation, and rulemaking for artificial intelligence (AI). He has been a member of various committees on internet policy and AI strategy at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. From 2018 to 2019, he served as a vice chair of the Committee on Digital Economy Policy at OECD. He is currently a member of the Responsible AI working group of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence.

Hitoshi Mitomo is Professor of Telecommunications Economics and Policy at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS) and Director of Digital Society (IDS) at Waseda University, Japan. He is President of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research. He is Vice Chair of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS). His research spans a wide range of socioeconomic and regulatory issues related to ICT and media. While serving as a member of the Telecommunications Council of Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, he has been involved in various ICT and media policy development.

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This book shows how telecom, broadcast, and Internet researchers as well as experts from Japan's leading mobile operators interpret, analyze, and evaluate the emerging phenomenon of the Japanese broadband ecosystem. The broadband ecosystem, as it rapidly changes against the backdrop of swift technological progress, is forcing major changes in the existing socioeconomic framework and generating many policy issues that require discussion.The book aims to provide a theoretical and practical framework for policymakers to address these issues from a broader perspective than has been available in the past. The topics addressed in this book cover sharing of 5G infrastructure, online platform regulation, diffusion of autonomous driving, content industry, trends and use cases of 5G, capacity development for AI, ride-hailing service, smartphone games, the right to be forgotten, and the economic value of personal information.Although this book cannot provide definitive answers toall these recently emerging and rapidly changing issues, it does provide important guidance for evidence-based discussion involving policymakers and researchers working on these issues. It is also recommended for graduate students who want to enter this challenging field of policy discussion.