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- DOT
Force Started!
Shumpei
Kumon, GLOCOM Executive Director, has been
appointed as Japanese NPO representative to the
G8 DOT (Digital Opportunity Task) Force. The DOT
Force is a taskforce of G8 countries established
to address the potential dangers of leaving
developing nations behind in the growth of the
new digital economy. GLOCOM as organized the DOT
Force Consultation Committee, Japan. We welcome
your participation! [Added: 2001-02-22, Updated: 2001-02-22]
- Global Communications Platform (GLOCOM
Platform)
We are very
pleased to announce that Reuters-Japan
has begun linking to GLOCOM Platform from
their
"Reuters City Tokyo" website.
GLOCOM
Platform in January 2001 is focusing on the
Japanese Government's deregulation policy and
the challenges of deregulation for Japanese
society. New position papers are: "The IT
Revolution and Regulatory Reform", Yoshihiro
SUZUKI (NEC), "Seeking Action of Regulatory
Reform for the 21st Century", Norio OHGA (Vice
Chairman of Keidanren), "Deregulation in Japan:
Striving for Socio-Economic Transformation",
Yoshihiko MIYAUCHI (ORIX Corporation).
Please join the GLOCOM Platform
mailing list to keep in touch with monthly
events and news and participate in the debate.
[Added: 2000-06-20, Updated: 2001-01-15]
- Digital
Network Communication
The
mission of GLOCOM is to continue in our endeavor
to provide information and knowledge which our
sponsors and the public at large find useful.
From the time of this institution's
establishment, computer network was an area of
great interest, not only in terms of its
potential for research infrastructure but also
as a means to pursue the possibilities of
digital communication and the empowerment of the
individual in the age of open and ``global
media''. [Added: 2000-03-06, Updated: 2000-04-10]
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