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The 13th Meeting of the Intellectual Property Policy Headquarters Friday, February 24, 2006 JAPANESE The 13th Meeting of the Intellectual Property Policy Headquarters was held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. At the meeting, expert committees reported on the progress since the enforcement of the Basic Law on Intellectual Property and the policy from here on, after which the headquarters decided on the reported matters. Participants then exchanged opinions on the preparation of the Intellectual Property Strategic Program 2006. In closing the meeting, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said, "Thanks to your efforts Japan has achieved significant progress in intellectual property initiatives. Recently, the international community too has been giving greater recognition to the importance of intellectual property in particular on such occasions as summit meetings. In terms of IT, we have now accomplished our endeavor to become the most advanced nation. We will continue to be the world's top runner in IT. I believe that also in terms of intellectual property we have to be the most advanced nation, and I would appreciate your continuous cooperation in this regard."