June 2013

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC), JAPAN

Cloud Computing Policy of Japan

※ Ultra high-speed broadband：FTTH, Cable internet, FWA, BWA（limited to downstream transmission speeds of 30Mbps or more, except for FTTH )

The numbers in parenthesis are data for only fixed broadband service.

Improvement state of broadband infrastructure in Japan

Utilization environment of broadband (estimation) (Household coverage rate of service area)

Broadband

Ultra high-speed

broadband ※

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86.5％

The end of

March, 2008

99.7 ％

90.1％

The end of

March, 2009

100％

97.3％

The end of

March, 2012

99.9 ％

91.6％

The end of

March, 2010

92.7％

100 ％

The end of

March, 2011

【Total households:53.78million】

（98.8 %） （99.1 %） （99.2 %） （98.3 %）

（99.7%） 53.77million households

（ 96.5%） 52.35million households

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CATV 6.0M

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Total:53.6M

LTE 13.6M

Broadband Subscriptions in Japan

(millions) As of End Dec. 2012

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Infrastructure Development

Promotion of ICT Utilization

5 Major Policy Target

• Promotion of the full utilization of ICT

• Improvement of the environment for the diffusion of cloud services

• Support for creation of new cloud services

• International expansion of cloud services

Utilization

• Promotion of research and development of the next generation cloud technologies

• Promotion of standardization

Technology

• Building a consensus on international rules in international frameworks such as APEC, OECD, and ITU

• Holding dialogue on policies under the cooperation of industries, academia, and the government

International Relations

6 Outline of Cloud Computing Policy of Japan

Progress Status (Utilization)

Activities of Japan Cloud Consortium (JCC)

Developing guidelines regarding ASP, SaaS and

cloud computing

Developing and Operating “Common Government

Platform”

Support project for cloud service development in

small and medium-sized companies

Relaxation of the regulation for data center

construction

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Progress Status (Technology, International Relations) 8

Standard Setting for Technical Requirements of

Inter-cloud

Research and Development for security technology

to promote shift to cloud in preparation for disasters

ICT policy dialogues

Japan Cloud Consortium

NICT IPA JDCC GICTF

General Meeting （around twice a year; a symposium is also held ）

Education

al Cloud

WG

Agricultur

al Cloud

WG

Japan Cloud Consortium

Related

organization

ASPIC GIPC ＯＳＳ－Ｃ

Health/

Medical

Cloud

WG

Secretarial Board （a secretariat consisting of Nippon Keidanren and several other

enterprises/organizations ）

Business

Collaboration

Cloud

Discussion

WG

Tourism

Cloud

WG

Fishery

Cloud

WG

Cloud

Migration

Discussion

WG

Next

Generation

Cloud Service

Discussion

WG

415 members

<<340 enterprises

63 organizations

12 individuals

(Apr. 2013)>>

M2M

Big data

WG

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Guidelines related to ASP-SaaS-Cloud in Japan 10

In order to promote the usage of Cloud services while ensuring consumer rights, Japan has

established the Guidelines, which indicate how to use cloud services appropriately.

• Information Security Countermeasure Guideline

for ASP-SaaS Providers (MIC, Jan.2008)

• Guide for collaboration among ASP-SaaS

Providers (MIC, Jul.2012) ….etc

Common

• Guideline for Safety Management of Cloud

Service Providers who Handle Medical

Information (MIC, Jul.2009, Dec.2010

updated)

• Guideline for ASP-SaaS service providers in

the field of school affairs (MIC, Oct.2010)

• Guide for secondary use of ground

information (MIC, Jul.2012)

• Guide for providing traceability service of rice

and processed rice food via ASP, SaaS or

cloud computing (MIC, Jul.2012) ….etc

Specific

• Guide to Protecting Cloud Service Users and

Ensuring Compliance (ASPIC, July.2011) ….etc

Common

• Guideline for Installing and Using ASP-SaaS

by Local Government (MIC, Apr.2010)

• Guideline for ICT Outsourcing by Public

Sector Organization (MIC, Mar.2003)

• Guideline for Installation of Information

Systems for School Affairs as a part of Total

School Computerization Plan (APPLIC, 2009)

….etc

Common

<For Providers> <For Users>

Research and Development into the Construction of a Collaborative Structure

Between Wide Area Disaster Response Clouds

Strengthen responsiveness to disaster

through collaboration between clouds distributed in remote locations

Establish instant switchover

technology through testing

using JGN-X

Cloud data center B

Cloud data center C

Cloud data center Ａ

Test bed for collaboration

between clouds

Released for use by

local Tohoku

companies.

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If it is possible to collaborate between clouds…

→Through cooperation between operators when

information processing is congested, only

minimal investment by each operator is required.

Cloud1

Normal

load

3 units

Over load

4 units

Standby

equipment

2 units

Loan of

standby

equipment from

other operators Cloud2

Cloud3

Standby

equipment

only 1 unit

Standby

equipment

only 1 unit

Effect of collaboration between clouds

General Assembly

Board of Directors

1. Collect and share information with

organizations and at conferences related

to cloud computing

2. Identify technical needs related to secure

cloud interworking applicable to e-

Government, etc.

3. Develop a standard set of specifications

applicable to e-Government, etc. and

propose it to relevant standards bodies

4. Propose inter-cloud test beds

1. Identify technical needs related to

securing cloud interworking

2. Promote widespread use of cloud

interworking technology

Application Task Force Technology Task Force

GICTF: Global Inter Cloud Technology Forum

Chair: Tomonori Aoyama

http://www.gictf.jp/index_e.html

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Member: 87 organizations NTT, KDDI, NEC, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Toshiba,

Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, VMware,

IIJ, BIGLOBE, NICT, NII, NRI, etc. ,

38 personal members from Univs.

Promotes global open inter-cloud technologies and standardization through

collaboration among academia, government and industry

Set up in July 17, 2009

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SLG – Special Liaison

Group member

OGF OMG Cloud Interoperability

Roadmaps Session

ITU-T SG13

CC Standard Study Group

NIST CC forum

OGF-

Europe

DMTF SNIA

OpenStack

Open Source

Community

DE-facto Standard

US Government

De-jure Standard

Cloud Business Google, Salesforce, Amazon, etc.

ISO/IEC JTC SC38

Collaboration among GICTF and various SDOs 13

The World’s First Public International Standards Setting on Cloud Network

7 frameworks of public international standards are almost completed

I. Cloud Computing Definition

• Vocabulary definition, etc.

II. Requirements

• Service requirements

• Use cases, etc.

III. Cloud Network

• Network structures

• Network requirements, etc.

IV. Cloud Computing Infrastructure • Structures of infrastructure • Infrastructure requirements, etc.

V. IP Resources Management

• Ability of resources management, etc.

VI. Inter-Cloud

• Method of inter-cloud

• Security management, etc.

VII. Cloud Computing DaaS

• Requirements and architecture of

Desktop as a Service

Major Deliverables

I. “Use case and functional requirements for Inter-

Cloud Computing” E/Aug 2010

II. “Inter-Cloud interface specification on protocols”

J/Dec 2011, E/Apr 2012

III. “Inter-Cloud interface specification on resources

data model for network control” J/Dec 2011,

E/Apr 2012

IV. “Network and technical requirements in support

of Inter-Cloud” J/Dec 2011 E/Apr 2012

Proposal based on the results

http://www.gictf.jp/index_e.html

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Market Scale of Cloud Services in Japan

The cloud service market was worth 700 billion yen（8.6 billion U.S. dollars*） in 2011. It will grow around

four times in size to reach approximately 2.8 trillion yen （34.6 billion U.S. dollars*） by 2016. Note: The market is expected to expand by approximately 560 billion yen （6.9 billion U.S. dollars*） through the

support measures for diffusion of cloud services in such areas as government, medical care, and education. *converted at the rate of 81yen/U.S. dollar （as of April 2012）

New market creation

effect through

support measures

(Billion yen)

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