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Japan’s ICT News April 2009 The ITU Association of Japan Inc. (ITU-AJ) Kanda KS Bldg. 3F, 1-8-6, Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0044, Japan About this site : The purpose of this website is to convey the latest information about Japan’s information and communication technology (ICT) accurately and speedily to people outside of Japan. The website consists of English language press releases published by governmental organs, public research bodies, private companies etc. on their own websites which are reviewed and categorized by the ITU Association of Japan (ITU-AJ). The title of every English language press release is linked to the URL of the original one. The organizations and groups reviewed are not restricted to the supporting members of the ITU-AJ. Any organization who may be interested in having their information reviewed on this website should kindly contact us. 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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 Vision 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. : Mitsubishi Electric 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. : Fujitsu 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 Mobile Phone 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 Printing 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. : HITACHI 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: Mario, Magic and Monsters - Oh My! (Nintendo) •20Apr. : Take a Drive on the Wild Side with Excitebots: Trick Racing for Wii (Nintendo) •20Apr. : Panasonic's High Definition Equipment to Be Used As Video Shooting and Recording System For Vancouver 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. : Toshiba 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-Simulation 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 Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)