OSI-related policies in Japan

The OSI-related policies the Japanese Government has been promoting since the conference in Tokyo held in March 1989 are summarized. From the various reports recently released by the committees set up at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the Management and Coordination Agency, the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), and other ministries and agencies, those related to the OSI are summarized. An outline of the various policies being developed in response to these reports is presented.<
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