Top �� What's up around the Prime Minister �� June, 2002

The Thirteenth Meeting of the IT Strategic Headquarters Tuesday, June 18, 2002 The thirteenth meeting of the Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society (IT Strategic Headquarters) was held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. The "e-Japan Priority Policy Program�|2002" was adopted at the meeting. This new Policy Program identifies five priority areas in which the Government will implement measures expeditiously and intensively with a view toward the formation of an advanced information and telecommunications network society. These areas are; (1) the formation of the world's most advanced information and telecommunications network; (2) the promotion of education and learning, and human resources development; (3) the facilitation of electronic commerce; (4) the digitization of the administrative and public sectors; and (5) ensuring the security and reliability of the advanced information and telecommunications network. In these areas, the Program clarified 318 specific measures that the Government will undertake in the next five years. At the closing of the meeting, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stated, "I would like to further advance the IT strategy based on the 'e-Japan Priority Policy Program�|2002' that we adopted."