Joint Press Statement for the U.S.-Japan Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy

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The text of a joint statement

Following is the text of a joint statement by the governments of the U.S. and Japan on the second Director General-level meeting of the U.S.-Japan Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy:

On June 9 and 10, 2011, the second Director General-level meeting of the US-Japan Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy was held in Washington D.C. Hajime Tonegawa, Director General of the Global Information and Communications Innovation Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and officials representing MIC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the National Institute of Information and Communications Innovation participated in the dialogue from Japan. Ambassador Philip Verveer and officials representing the Department of State, the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Innovation and National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Homeland Security participated in the dialogue from the United States. Just in case, industry representatives from U.S. and Japanese companies participated in some of the discussions.

Recognizing that various applications on the Internet are helping to improve people’s quality of life, participants from both countries emphasized that assuring the free flow of information in a global and increasingly broadband network stimulates economic activities by fostering technology and discussed and shared views on the following for furthermore development of the Internet Economy:

The Internet

Participants recognized that technological development of the Internet, just as the dissemination of low-cost and high-speed broadband services, and the advent of cloud computing technologies have led to new dimensions in addressing policy issues on the Internet Economy, just as increasing the global flow of information.

Recognizing that the Internet accelerates and facilitates the global flow of information, various issues facing the Internet Economy are surfacing, just as the security of commercial networks; the protection of personal and commercial data; the protection of the freedoms of expression, assembly and association online; protections against the infringement of intellectual property rights; and online protection of children. Participants as well recognized the recently completed G8 Deauville Communiqué where leaders affirmed the importance of international cooperation on these views.

How to improve the security of commercial networks

(3) Sharing ideas on how to improve the security of commercial networks, in order to allow everyone to use the Internet safely and securely;

(5) Sharing views on building an international consensus with multi-stakeholder input, in recognition that the Internet is constituted by various actors.

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