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Ⅰ Policies •03Apr. : Reorganization of Digital Channels Upon the End of Analog Broadcasting and the Update of the Channel Reorganization Agenda (MIC) •03Apr. : Accepting Opinions Concerning the Proposed Revisions of the Radio Law Notification and the Equipment Policies Regarding the Introduction of the Automatic Personal Identification System (MIC) •03Apr. : Establishment of the Media Literacy in Broadcasting Site and Release of the TV Reporter Sakai Maya, Search for the Story 2008 Development Course Material (MIC) •03Apr. : New Accepted Issues Decided for the FY2009 Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme (MIC) •06Apr. : Organization of a Study Group Concerning the Various Problems with the ICT Service Based on Users Viewpoints (MIC) •06Apr. : Decision Concerning the Area Participating in the End of Analog Broadcast Rehearsal (MIC)

- 1 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan •06Apr. : MIC Announces the Outline of Digital Japan Creation Project (ICT Hatoyama Plan) MIC Communications News Vol.20 No.1(MIC) •10Apr. : Results of the FY2008 1st Survey Regarding Telecommunication Service Monitors (MIC) •20Apr. : Mid-term Report from the Panel on ICT Made Public (MIC) •21Apr. : Theme of the Project for Global Expansion of Advanced ICT Business Decided (MIC) •22Apr. : NHK EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION TO HELP ESTABLISH EDUCATIONAL TV SERVICE IN BOTSWANA (NHK) •23Apr. : Announces Sixth Mid-term Environmental Plan with Roadmap to Achieve Environmental Vision 2021. (PDF: 40 KB) (Mitsubishi) •28Apr. : Public Comments Invited Concerning the State of Internet Policy in the 21st Century and Work towards the Introduction of a New Top-Level Domain (Proposal) (MIC)

Ⅱ Regulations •03Apr. : Public Comment Invited on Draft MIC Ordinance to Partially Amend the Regulations for Enforcement of the Telecommunications Business Law (MIC) •06Apr. : Results of Public Comments on Draft MIC Notice to Amend Part of MPT Notice for Specifying Details of Regulations for Telecommunications Numbers (MIC) •06Apr. : Results of Public Comments Invited on Technical Standards for Terminal Facilities of Next-Generation PHS Systems, Among Broadband Mobile Wireless Access Systems Using 2.5 GHz Band (MIC) •07Apr. : Results of Public Comments Invited on Partial Draft Amendment of MIC Notice to Specify Methods for Characteristics Testing (MIC) •08Apr. : Results Concerning the Radio Regulatory Council Consulted and Invited Comments on the Partial Draft Amendment to MIC Ordinances and Partial Draft Amendment to the Frequency Assignment Plan in Relation to the Introduction of the Automatic Personal Identification System (MIC) •08Apr. : Comments Invited Concerning the Partial Revision of Details on the Regulation of Telecommunication Numbers (MIC) •08Apr. : Report from the Radio Regulatory Council concerning Blanket Licenses for Specified Radio Stations of NTT DoCoMo (MIC) •17Apr. : Public Comment Invited on the Draft Revision to the Basic Broadcasting Plan and Development of Community Broadcasting Provisions (MIC) •22Apr. : Order for the Implementation of Measures against Specific Electronic Mail Act Violators (MIC) •30Apr. : Public Comment invited Concerning Technical Requirements for Advancement of the Ku-Band VSAT System (MIC) •30Apr. : Inquiry to the Telecommunications Council Considering the Technical Conditions for the Public Broadband Mobile Communications System (MIC) •Apr. : White Paper on Science and Technology 2008 (MEXT)

- 2 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan

Ⅲ Services •01Apr. : NTT America Announces Release 09.1 Enhancements to the Enterprise Hosting Product Portfolio (NTT America) (NTT Com ) •08Apr. : Results of Authorization Applications for New Program-Supplying Broadcasting Services Starting in 2011 and Onward to Be Accepted (MIC) •13Apr. : MVNO Service to Offer Flat-rate Plans & Greater Connectivity (NTT Com) •15Apr. : Nikkei BP Starts Free Service to Provide Ad Contact Rate Survey Results of 7 Major Magazines in April (Nikkei) •17Apr. : Radio Wave Usage Fees to be Accepted at Convenience Stores (MIC) •20Apr. : Launches Network Services for Cloud Computing Era (Fujitsu) •20Apr. : NHK WORLD TV Launch on Freesat (NHK) •20Apr. : Launching Joint Study and Development of Office Process Consolidation ASP Service for Financial Institutions - Building a Shared service to support optimization of office IT costs - (NTT Data) •27Apr. : Fujitsu Launches Cloud Services (Fujitsu) •28Apr. : DOCOMO Announces New Customer Satisfaction and CSR Initiatives (DOCOMO )

Ⅳ Products •02Apr. : Commercialization of Quartz Crystal Unit "Hybrid Crystal Resonator" Jointly Developed with Tokyo Denpa Co., Ltd. (SEI) •06Apr. : Fujitsu Releases New PRIMERGY Servers (Fujitsu) •07Apr. : KDDI Announces the Introduction of the New au Brand 'iida' and New Products (KDDI) •08Apr. : Fujitsu Establishes PLEMIA Product-Data Management Solution on M3 (Fujitsu) •08Apr. : Mitsubishi Electric Announces New Photovoltaic Modules for Stand-alone Systems. (PDF: 30 KB) (Mitsubishi) •09Apr. : Mitsubishi Electric Announces Sale of 9.0-inch Color TFT-LCD Modules for Industrial Use. (PDF: 29 KB) (Mitsubishi) •09Apr. : Toppan and N-CRYPT launch sales of Dynamic OATH Premier, a real-time continuous authentication system with extremely high security (Toppan) •13Apr. : Fujitsu Releases High-performance, Energy-saving 48-port Ethernet Switch (Fujitsu) •13Apr. : TDK Develops, Begins Mass Production of Three New Gigaspira Multilayer Bead Products (TDK) •14Apr. : Fujitsu Expands Lineup of Low Pin Count 8-bit Microcontrollers for Consumer Appliances (Fujitsu) •14Apr. : Fujitsu Updates Business PC Lineups (Fujitsu) •15Apr. : Fujitsu Releases New Global Server GS21 (Fujitsu) •15Apr. : LAUNCHES GAZOPA FOR IPHONE APPLICATION (Hitachi) •17Apr. : Fujitsu Develops Secure USB Memory Device Featuring Automatic Data-Erase Function (Fujitsu) •17Apr. : Commercialization of GRU Series¸ the World's Lowest Profile Built-in Capacitor for

- 3 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan Substrates (SEI) •20Apr. : It's Crystal Clear: , Magic and Monsters - Oh My! () •20Apr. : Take a Drive on the Wild Side with Excitebots: Trick Racing for (Nintendo) •20Apr. : 's High Definition Equipment to Be Used As Video Shooting and Recording System For 2010 Olympic Winter Games (Panasonic) •21Apr. : Fujitsu Releases Japan's First Notebook PC with Green Power Certificate (Fujitsu) •21Apr. : Sharp Releases Notebook PC with Optical Sensor LCD Pad (Sharp) •21Apr. : TDK Launches GBDriver RS2 Series of Serial ATA II Compatible NAND Flash Memory Controllers (TDK) •22Apr. : Fujitsu Enhances IPCOM EX Series of Network Servers (Fujitsu) •23Apr. : Fujitsu Releases Heat-sealable UHF-Band RFID Tags for Garment Management (Fujitsu) •24Apr. : Fujitsu to Release Compact ATM with Japan's Fastest Banknote Handling (Fujitsu) •24Apr. : Fujitsu Releases New Electronic Medical Record Solution (Fujitsu) •27Apr. : Poker, Planes and Platform Games Fuel Players' Ambition (Nintendo) •27Apr. : to bring wide range of lighting products to LIGHTFAIR® International 2009 (Toshiba) •27Apr. : Toshiba to launch world's first 32nm process NAND flash memory (Toshiba)

Ⅴ Technologies •01Apr. : NEC Secures a Leading Position with WiMAX (TM) 3.5GHz Certification from the WiMAX Forum(R) (NEC) •02Apr. : JAXA Supercomputer from Fujitsu Begins Operations (Fujitsu) •02Apr. : NEC Express5800/A1160 Scalable HA Server Achieves Another World Record Performance in OLTP Benchmark (NEC) •06Apr. : An efficient browsing system for multi-media meeting recordings (AIST) •06Apr. : NEC Develops Technologies that Assess an Author's Feelings from Text in order to Create Audio and Visual Blogs --- Entertaining audio and visual blogs easily created by mobile phone --- (NEC) •14Apr. : Fujitsu Develops Chip- Environment for Mobile Phones (Fujitsu) •14Apr. : NEC LCD Technologies Introduces New 3.5-Inch LCD Module with Significant Reflection Improvement (NEC) •14Apr. : NEC Develops Technology that Extracts Opinions from Text Data (NEC) •14Apr. : Nintendo to Set Summer '09 Ablaze with Wii Motionplus and Resort (Nintendo) •15Apr. : NICT Development of a Floating Touch Display for Interfacing with Floating Images — With your finger, you can move images appearing in the air, that seem real, although nothing is there — (NICT) •16Apr. : NEC Fingerprint Matching Technology Ranked No. 1 by the NIST - Automatic processing returns 97.2% accuracy from latent prints – (NEC) •17Apr. : Fujitsu Develops High-Speed Image-Capture Technology for Palm Vein Biometric Authentication (Fujitsu) •17Apr. : OKI Develops Highly Precise Technology to Suppress Polarization-Mode Dispersion, the Main Cause of Interference for 100Gbps Ultra High-speed Optical Communication (Oki)

- 4 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan •17Apr. : Toshiba and IBM Showcase MXF Flash Memory Video Server Integrated with MediaHub (Toshiba) •20Apr. : Panasonic to Start Development of New Professional 3D Production System (Panasonic) •21Apr. : Toppan Printing Completes 32nm and 28nm Production Photomask Process through Toppan-IBM Joint Development (Toppan) •22Apr. : Fujitsu Launches World’s First 1394 Automotive IC for HD Video (Fujitsu) •28Apr. : Fujitsu Microelectronics and TSMC to Collaborate on Leading-edge Process Technology (Fujitsu)

Ⅵ Business •01Apr. : Fujitsu Optical Components Established (Fujitsu) •01Apr. : Continues Global Integration of Wireless Business, Forms KYOCERA Communications Inc. in San Diego (Kyocera) •01Apr. : Toshiba and Panasonic Agree on LCD Joint Venture Transfer (Panasonic) •01Apr. : Toshiba Enforce Promotion of CDM Project in Vietnam (Toshiba) •01Apr. : Toshiba and Panasonic Agree on LCD Joint Venture Transfer (Toshiba) •02Apr. : NEC's Ultra Compact Microwave Communications System, PASOLINK, Selected by Vietnam's GTEL-Mobile to Support the Growth of Mobile Backhaul Solutions (NEC) •03Apr. : participates in Eco-Patent Commons (Ricoh) •06Apr. : Sharp Sets Up Test Site for Germany’s Blue Angel Certification (Sharp) •08Apr. : HITACHI CONSULTING ACQUIRES UK IT CONSULTING FIRM, EDENBROOK LTD. (Hitachi) •08Apr. : Notice of Revision of Financial Results Forecast (Sharp) •08Apr. : New LCD Panel Plant under Construction in Sakai City to Start Operations in October 2009 (Sharp) •09Apr. : Sharp and Pioneer Sign Partnership Agreement to Establish Joint Venture for Optical Disk Business (Sharp) •10Apr. : Establishment of a new subsidiary company in Italy (Casio) •14Apr. : Gakushuin Adopts CoreBoot(R) in 1,700-Seat Student Computer System - Largest-scale network-booting thin client system in Japan - (NTT Data ) •16Apr. : Fujitsu and Cisco Expand Strategic Alliance to Deliver Unified Communications Solutions in Japan (Fujitsu) •16Apr. : Nintendo Systems Account for 58.4% of Hardware Sold in March (Nintendo) •16Apr. : Toshiba to Launch New Lighting Systems Business in Europe (Toshiba) •17Apr. : Ericsson reports 2009 first quarter results (PDF) (Sony) •17Apr. : Notice of Revised Business Forecasts (Toshiba) •21Apr. : NEC Targets 15% Growth in Eastern Europe --- Establishment of NEC Eastern Europe to accelerate Enterprise business in the region --- (NEC) •24Apr. : Peru has adopted Japanese-Brazilian Terrestrial Digital TV Standard, ISDB-T (MIC) •24Apr. : Flash Report for the year ended March 31, 2009 (Ricoh) •24Apr. : Toshiba to Continue Adjust Production of in First Quarter of

- 5 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan FY2009 (April to June, 2009) (Toshiba) •27Apr. : Hitachi to Merge Subsidiary to Strengthen Networking Business (Hitachi) •27Apr. : Financial Results for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2009 (Kyocera) •27Apr. : NEC Electronics and Renesas to Integrate Business Operations. (PDF: 55 KB) (Mitsubishi) •27Apr. : NEC Electronics and Renesas to Integrate Business Operations Establishment of the World's Third Largest Company (NEC) •27Apr. : NTT Com Expanding its Presence in Europe and India (NTT Com ) •27Apr. : NEC Electronics and Renesas to Integrate Business Operations (Hitachi) •27Apr. : Partial Amendment to and Continuation of Plan Regarding Large-Scale Purchases of Shares (Takeover Defense Plan) (Sharp) •28Apr. : Financial results for FY2008 (DOCOMO) •28Apr. : Progress Regarding Preparation for Tender Offer by Panasonic for Shares (Update) (Panasonic) •28Apr. : Progress Regarding Preparation for Tender Offer by Panasonic for SANYO Shares (Update) (Sanyo) •28Apr. : TDK Delists American Depositary Shares (ADSs) From NYSE (TDK) •28Apr. : Victor Creative Media Co., Ltd. and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. will establish a capital and business alliance. To reinforce their CD/DVD manufacturing businesses and expand their BD businesses (Toppan) •28Apr. : Toshiba, Nakaya and Amkor Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Forming a Joint Venture for System LSI Assembly and Test Service (Toshiba) •29Apr. : Toshiba to Establish Nuclear Engineering Center in Charlotte, North Carolina (Toshiba) •30Apr. : Canon releases results for 1Q 2009 (Canon) •30Apr. : Toshiba and Fujitsu Conclude Definitive Agreement on HDD Business Transfer (Fujitsu) •30Apr. : Fujitsu Revises Earnings Projections for Full-Year Fiscal 2008 (Fujitsu) •30Apr. : Mitsubishi Electric Announces Consolidated and Non-consolidated Financial Results for Fiscal 2009. (PDF: 223 KB) (Mitsubishi) •30Apr. : Revision of Financial Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2009 (NTV) •30Apr. : Flash Report (Year ended March 31, 2009) (SEI) •30Apr. : Toshiba and Fujitsu Conclude Definitive Agreement on HDD Business Transfer (Toshiba)

Ⅶ Others •06Apr. : NHK R&D No.114 (NHKSTRL) •07Apr. : Exports of Electronics from Japan(February 2009) (JEITA) •07Apr. : Imports of Electronics into Japan(January 2009) (JEITA) •07Apr. : Communications Usage Trend Survey for 2008 Compiled (MIC) •08Apr. : The number of subscribers of Mobile Telephone, PHS(Personal Handy-phone System), Internet Provider Services and Radio Paging (as of Mar 31, 2009) (TCA) •09Apr. : Ricoh’s ―GR DIGITAL II‖ stars in Hungary (Ricoh) •13Apr. : Computer Virus / Unauthorized Computer Access Incident Reports: March,2009

- 6 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan (IPA) •16Apr. : RICOH Among 2009 ―WORLD’S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES‖ (Ricoh) •17Apr. : VIP Gala Awards Ceremony of the Sony World Photography Awards 2009 (Sony) •17Apr. : Super CCD EXR, FinePix F200EXR, and Photobook Brilliant Win the TIPA Awards 2009. (Fujifilm) •23Apr. : Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment (March 2009) (JEITA) •23Apr. : Production by the Japanese (February 2009) (JEITA) •28Apr. : Results of December 2008 Basic Survey on the Communications Industry (MIC)

List of entities reviewed Abbreviat Press release Home ion Institute of Advanced

AIST www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html Industrial science and Technology

Alps Co., Ltd. www.alps.com/index.html

Canon Canon Inc. www.canon.com/index.html

CAO Cabinet Office, Government of Japan www.cao.go.jp

Casio Casio Computer Co., Ltd. world.casio.com Communications and Information

CIAJ www.ciaj.or.jp/e.htm network Association of Japan

DNP Co., Ltd. www.dnp.co.jp/index_e.html

DOCOMO NTT DOCOMO INC. www.nttdocomo.com/

Fuji TV Fuji Television Network Inc. wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/en/index.html

Fujifilm Fujifilm Corporation www..com/index.html

Fujitsu Fujitsu Limited www.fujitsu.com/global

Hitachi Hitachi Ltd. www.hitachi.com/index.html Information - Technology Promotion

IPA www.ipa.go.jp/index-e.html Agency, Japan Japan Electronics and Information

JEITA www.jeita.or.jp/english/index.html Technology Industories Association

KDDI KDDI Corporation www..com/english/index.html KDDI

KDDI R&D Laboratories www.kddilabs.jp/english/index.html Lab

Kyocera Kyocera Corporation global.kyocera.com Ministry of Economy, Trade and

METI www.meti.go.jp/english/index.html Industry

- 7 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,

MEXT www.mext.go.jp/english/index.html Science and Technology - Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and www.soumu.go.jp/english/index.htm MIC

Communications (MIC) l global.mitsubishielectric.com/index. Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

html Ministry of Land, Infrastrucure,

MLIT www.mlit.go.jp/index_e.html Transport and tourism

Murata Co., Ltd. www.murata.com/index.html

NEC NEC Corporation www..com New Energy and Industrial Technology

NEDO www.nedo.go.jp/english/index.html Development Organization (NEDO) NHK (Japan Broadcasting

NHK www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld Corporation) NHK www.nhk.or.jp/strl/english/index.ht NHK STRL

STRL ml National Institute of Information and

NICT www.nict.go.jp/index.html Communications Technology （NICT)

Nikkei Nikkei BP www.nikkeibp.com

Nintendo Nintendo Co., Ltd. www.nintendo.com/countryselector NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND

NTT www.ntt.co.jp/index_e.html TELEPHONE CORPORATION

NTT Com NTT Communications Corporation www.ntt.com/index

NTT Data NTT DATA CORPORATION www.nttdata.co.jp/ NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND

NTT East www.ntt-east.co.jp/ TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION NTT NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND

www.ntt-west.co.jp/ West TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION

NTV Nippon Television Network Corporation www.ntv.co.jp/english/index.html

Oki Co, Ltd. www.oki.com/en/

Panasonic Panasonic Corporation panasonic.net

Ricoh Ricoh Co., Ltd. www.ricoh.com

Sanyo Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. www.sanyo.com

SEI Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. www.sei.co.jp/index.en.html

Sharp Sharp Corporation sharp-world.com/index.html

Softbank SOFTBANK Group www.softbank.co.jp/en/index.html

Sony Sony Corporation www.sony.net Telecommunications Carriers

TCA www.tca.or.jp/index-e.html Association

TDK TDK Corporation www..co.jp/tetop01/index.htm

Toppan Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. www.toppan.co.jp/english/

Toshiba TOSHIBA Corporation www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm TTC Telecommunication Technology Committee www.ttc.or.jp/e/index.html

- 8 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan TV Tokyo TV Tokyo Corporation www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/corporation

- 9 - Japan’s ICT News Apr. 2009 The ITU Association of Japan