Japan - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in Japan.
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e-Government - Japan - Archive
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Archived articles and resources about e-Government activities in Japan.
- Australian registry on track to manage .tokyo gTLD
- By Stephen Withers. ITWire, Tuesday, 6 December 2011. "Australian registry Cloud Registry is set to operate at least one of the new top level domains, and hopes to get more of the action. Sydney-based Cloud Registry and its Japanese partner GMO has won the tender let by the Tokyo metropolitan government to host and operate the planned .tokyo global top level domain (gTLD)..."
- GMO wins .tokyo deal
- by Kevin Murphy, Domain Incite, November 21, 2011. "GMO Registry says it has won local government backing to apply to ICANN for the city top-level domain .tokyo.
The company revealed the news on its Twitter feed today, linking to this Tokyo metropolitan government announcement confirming the story..."
- Open government for better disaster preparedness in Japan
- By Xinghui Guo. FutureGov, 25 May 2011. "In the wake of March's earthquake and tsunami that claimed 14,000 lives, the Japanese government is planning to introduce two measures meant to reduce the number of casualties.
First is to make tsunami warning alerts more accurate and tailored for the individual; and secondly, the government will move towards a more transparent and open government approach to raw disaster data..."
- Japan earthquake: how Twitter and Facebook helped
- Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites became an invaluable tool for millions of people caught up in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake, By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor. The Telegraph, 13 March 2011. "Websites, powered by broadband connections, became a lifeline for many when mobile phone networks and some telephone landlines collapsed in the hours following the 8.9 scale earthquake.
For many, Twitter, the microblogging site and Facebook, have become the easiest, quickest and most reliable way of keeping in touch with relatives as well as providing emergency numbers and information to those in stricken areas..."
- Japan reveals key e-govt projects
- By Kelly Ng. FutureGov, 29 June 2010. "In an exclusive interview with FutureGov, Japan's e-government expert Kyosuke Tsuji, Deputy Director, Administrative Management Bureau (AMB), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, revealed his country's priority projects - IT consolidation and improving citizen service delivery..."
- Japan plots one-stop public services portal
- By Crystal Low. FutureGov, 13 July 2009. "Japan plans to create an online portal that will give citizens 'one-stop' access to a wide range of public services by 2013, the government's IT Strategic Headquarters has announced..."
- Interactive maps debut on Tokyo subway
- Digital signboards will supplement wall maps for a couple of months to gauge the usefulness of a high-tech map system, by Martyn Williams (IDG News Service). Computerworld, 21 April, 2009. "Travellers on Tokyo's subway system are getting some high-tech help finding their destinations with the start of trials Monday of an interactive map system..."
- Japan govt plots private cloud
- By Kelly Ng. FutureGov, 18 May 2009. "Japan's government is planning to build a private cloud environment that could eventually host all Japanese government software..."
- Government of Japan Embraces Open Software Standards
- Government Technology, July 10, 2007. "The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), the leading organization advocating for openness and accessibility to government documents and information, today congratulated Japan for adopting a policy under which government ministries and agencies will solicit bids from software vendors whose products support internationally recognized open standards..."
- Japan Issues E-Passports
- Within the next 12 months, the country expects to dispense more than 3.5 million electronic passports containing RFID chips, By Jonathan Collins. RFID Journal, March 28, 2006. "Last week, Japan started issuing its first electronic passports (e-passports). Every five-year, 10-year and diplomatic passport the government issues will now include an RFID tag. The country expects to dispense more than 3.5 million e-passports within the next 12 months, with all Japanese passports will expected to carry an RFID chip within the next 10 years. Currently, Japan has 35 million passports in circulation..."
This category last updated: 8 December 2011