Introduction ofJapan Internet Providers Association~JAIPA~
http://www.jaipa.or.jp/September, 2023

Message from The Chairman
The Japan Internet Providers Association has been stepping forward in parallel with theadvancement of the Internet in Japan.
The Internet providers are providing users the Internet access service which is indispensable forthe modern social life and are helping users to solve problems.
The Internet providers emerged with Dial up access service and enhanced its connection service
using ISDN, ADSL and optical fiber with the progress of technologies and changed its style tocontribute to the development of the various local industries as the player to sustain ICT
environment, for example, such as hosting and cloud platform.
From now on, the Internet providers are expected to contribute to be involved to IoT and AI,
which are expected to lead the whole industry in the future besides the conventional fixedcommunication and various mobile communication service known as MVNO.
On the other hands, suitable treatment to the increasing threat of information security concern
and user care in the viewpoint of consumer protection should not be left over. Our association
would like discuss such issues and share information to lead the healthy expansion through close
partnership among 150 member companies nationwide so that we contribute to vitalization ofICT industry all around in Japan.
I appreciate your advice and suggestions.

© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association

Japan Internet Providers Association
Makoto Kubo, The Chairman
1About JAIPA
JAIPA is an industry association in Japan formed mainly of Internet ServiceProviders.
JAIPA Members include various Internet related companies, such as:▍Internet Service Providers (ISP)▍Cloud and Hosting Service Providers▍Companies who provide Security and ICT Infrastructure relatedservices to above service providers© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association2

JAIPA Outline
Foundation
Number ofMembers

December 1999
156 companies（Regular Members 153
companies, Supporting Members 4 companies）

Activities
 Annual General meetings, Board ofDirectors meetings
 Steering Committee meetings

WebsiteAddress
Contact

https://www.jaipa.or.jp/
Odaka-Bldg.6F 1-36-1, Yoyogi,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0053, Japan
TEL：+81-3-5304-7511
FAX：+81-3-3379-5530

 Subcommittees and Working Groupmeetings Participation in study groups of theMinistry of Internal Affairs andCommunications (written opinions,presentations) Data collection, analysis anddistribution of industry researchmaterial
 Event hosting to encourage

E-mailinfo@jaipa.or.jp

information exchange amongstmembers© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association3

JAIPA Membership Breakdown
東京都
神奈川県
大阪府
長野県
京都府
埼玉県
愛知県
静岡県
北海道
新潟県
富山県
宮城県
島根県
石川県
高知県
岐阜県
香川県
鹿児島県
群馬県
茨城県
徳島県
栃木県
千葉県
沖縄県
滋賀県
秋田県
福島県
福岡県
福井県
和歌山県
山形県
鳥取県
三重県
岡山県
青森県
兵庫県
奈良県
大分県

433
3
3
3
3
3
222
2222
222
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
11
1
1
11
1
1
110

As of August 2022
796

Number of Members by Prefecture

Non-ISP
Non-ISP
34%34%ISP
66%

Registered Telecom Carriers
13%

Filed Telecom Carriers
87%102030405060708090© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association4JAIPA Chairmen and Board Members■ Chairman■ ViceChairman

Makoto Kubo

BIGLOBE, Inc.

As of June 2023
■ Directors

Taro Inoue

SaiNet Corporation

Koji Otsu

Sony Network Communications Inc.

Yu Otsuki

ARTERIA Networks Corporation

Toshio Kanai

NTT Communications Corporation

Katsumi Nagata

NTT DOCOMO,INC.

Takashi Noguchi

EditNet Incorporated

Seiji Honma

Niigata Tsuushin Service Corporation

Shinsuke Matsuoka

Double A One LLC

Noboru Matsumoto

CSFARM Inc.

Masahisa Miyauchi

KROW CorporationAtsunori Murata

DMM.com LLC

Takuji Akiyama

Crossmobile K.K.

Hiroyuki Nishiyama

GMO Internet, INC.

Toshiaki Tateishi

Mandala Net

Kunihiro Tanaka

SAKURA Internet Inc.

■ Senior
Director

Toshiaki Tateishi

Mandala Net■ ExecutiveDirectors

Yoshihiro Obata

IoT-EX Inc.

Hitoshi Konno

e-Broad Communications Inc

Takayoshi Shinyama

JETINTERNET Corporation

Katsuyuki Takeuchi

SYNAPSE Co.,Ltd

Toshikatsu Nakamura

TOKAI Communications Corporation

Isono Nakayama

Future Networks Co.,LTD

Hiroyuki Ueda

Netforest Inc.

Norio Hamatani

SoftBank Corp.

Yuichi Nakano

NDS Co.,LTD.

Satoshi Hayase

KDDI CORPORATION

Michikazu Fukuchi

BBIX, Inc.

Hiroto Yokota

At-I Inc.

■ Auditors

25 board of directors,
3 Auditors© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association5

JAIPA Management and Organization
GeneralMeeting

Board Meeting
Committees
Meeting

Steering
Committee

 Steering Committee Meeting

Meeting

Responsible for gathering information and preparing discussion
points, and making necessary decisions on items delegated by
Board Meeting members

Legal and Government
Local ISP
Cloud Services
Internet Users

 Committees Meeting••Meetings held monthly, online participation isalso available
Members have access to meeting documents
and minutes, as well as archived documents

Mobile Services
Public Relations
Working GroupMeeting Working Group Meeting

Other than the above Committees, Working Group meetings are also held amongst
members and non members of JAIPA for information exchange and cross-sectional
discussion on special topics© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association6

Committee Activities
 Legal and Government

Head：Takashi Noguchi of EditNet Incorporated

Our main activity centers around providing information to association members. In addition, since several of our subcommittee
members participate in meetings organized by trade associations as well as meetings hosted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications, we plan on sharing information from those meetings with everyone, exchange opinions, hold study sessions etc.,
and aggregate members’ opinions to share with the government, etc.

 Local ISP

Head：Takayoshi Shinyama of JETINTERNET Corporation

We are mainly engaged in activities of regional ISPs. At the monthly subcommittee meetings, there are many members who travelfrom afar and participate every month to share information and exchange opinions. In addition, we also hold "ISP Gatherings" twoto three times a year so that members who cannot attend the monthly meetings can still actively participate. At the Gatherings,
topics from past monthly meetings are chosen for discussion and to come up with solutions. At the Gatherings, we also ask formembers to introduce issues and new initiatives pertaining to that area, and are always exchanging information about each region.
Recently, the number of participants of not only regional, but also major ISPs has increased.

 Cloud Services

Head： Mitsuru Aoyama of GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.

The penetration of the Internet into everyday society is progressing, and Internet usage is expanding not only for collecting
information, but also for participating in communities and spreading information. Hosting businesses are also continuing to growrapidly, and the number of businesses entering the Cloud Services sector is also increasing. There are also many demands on Cloud
Services from users, and our subcommittee will work on those issues and consider how to make these services more accessible tousers. In addition, we will consider how to respond to issues that are evolving day by day, such as security, through the use of“Cloud Services” from operational and technical standpoints by cooperating with other organizations.

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Committee Activities
 Internet Users
As the Internet became more widely used and promoted, it has now become indispensable not only for exchanging and collecting
information, but also for daily life, education, and entertainment, and the way it should be is being reviewed. In order to realize amarket and environment where the Internet can be used safely and securely, we discuss with each other on what each of us cando and how we can solve issues. We also participate in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' Study Group onConsumer Protection Measures as observers to share and express opinions in advance on revised consumer protection measures.
We also hold study sessions and exchange opinions with consumer groups to help reduce user complaints.

 Mobile Services

Head：Kitamura of Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.

The business model and profit structure of mobile services are close to that of ISPs, and the MVNO market is now a growing market.
Since it may be necessary for Internet service providers to consider new profitable businesses, we would like to combine ourknowledge and know-how of mobile devices and create a place for information exchange and collaboration. In the future, we will
share information on the mobile market, support members' entry into the MVNO business, lobby the government through policy
proposals related to mobile, encourage MNOs, consider requests to MVNO operators, and exchange information on mobiledevices.

 Public Relations

Head：Iguchi of OKIT Corporation

In the past, the "Women's Working Group” had conducted study sessions and promoted activities with companies from different
industries on the theme of working style, career and development within companies. However, in April 2022, in order to put out
information more widely based on the know-how cultivated so far, we have decided to newly work as the "Public Relations
Subcommittee." Through the new subcommittee, we will introduce the various activities that JAIPA is working on to member
companies in an easy-to-understand manner to bolster cooperation and excitement amongst members, as well as raise awarenessand promote understanding of the industry as a whole by sharing information externally.

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Working Group Activities
 Game & Entertainment NW Connectivity Issues Working GroupOptical lines on the Internet are rapidly moving to IPv6, but there is an increasing number of cases where online games cannot beplayed smoothly at home. ISPs, VNEs, game vendors, and router equipment manufacturers that are responsible for network
connectivity cannot solve this problem alone, as they are intricately intertwined. When your home network is IPv6 and the gamecontent is made of IPv4, a technology called IPv4overIPv6 is used to communicate; we are working to verify and solve phenomena
such as not being able to log in due to the relationship between the setting values and resources connecting V4 and V6, as well as
being suddenly disconnected.

 IGF2023 Working GroupThe Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a global conference hosted by the United Nations, is scheduled to take place in Japan in
2023. In order to introduce various aspects of Internet governance of the Japanese telecommunications industry at this meeting,and to also promote international understanding and external information dissemination, JAIPA will conduct activities to propose on
issues such as anti-piracy and blocking, IPv4/IPv6 coexistence technology, and slander on the Internet, as candidate themes forprogram sessions.

 GIGA School Concept Support Working GroupIn the realization of the GIGA School Concept of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in order toenable students to learn using ICT in a stable network environment, we organized a list of network assessment items school
establishments should confirm with builders and maintenance business operators when building its own network environment. In
addition, JAIPA meetings and other events are held to share current situations and issues at school sites in each region to considersolutions.

© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association9Working Group Activities Content & CDN Traffic Working Group••••Create consensus to deliver ISP-friendly CDN traffic to users in a healthy manner
Exchange information with platformers that generate a large amount of traffic other than CDNs, and create consensus
Promote educational activities for CDN operators to implement ISP-friendly traffic control
Provide information and raise awareness to utilize the above-mentioned ISP-friendly CDNs to content providers

We will foster a community to realize the above and actively exchange information on technology and operation.

 Commitment to a Low-Carbon Society Working Group
Based on COP21 Paris Agreement, for the countermeasures against global warming, JAIPA made action plan for realizing lowcarbon society in December 2016. Japan joined the working group of KEIDANREN’s (Japan Business Federation) action plan forrealizing low carbon society and research every year and report the annual data to KEIDANREN.

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The Policymaking Process and Related Industry Associations in Japan
MIC：Ministry of Infernal Affairs and Communications
MIC is the telecommunication regulatory organization in the Japanese government and the policy makingauthority of the Internet in Japan

Government Policies are decided through thediscussion and hearing between MIC andindustry organizations.
4 Major Telecom Industry Organizations
Telecom ServiceAssociation
Fixed and MobileCarriers

JAIPA
ISP, xSP, Hosting,
Datacenter operators,
Cloud service providers

Telecom Service
Association
Siers, Computer Service
providers, Manufacturers,
Software vendors© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association

Japan Cable Television
AssociationCable Television carriers

11Public Policy Activities

Number of Participation in MIC Study Groups :9
Number of Participation in Industry Association : 12 overNumber of Public Comments submitted :18 in 2021

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Events and Activities Networking events to exchange
information

 Sharing of the latest domestic andoverseas trends on informationsecurity
 JPCERT/CC Security Information Exchange

 JAIPA ISP Gathering

Meeting Okinawa ICT Forum The Sekirara（Closed）

 JAIPA Cloud Conference

 NISC Newsletter Briefing sessions from the government
サブタイトルand major
access carriers

 Research on overseas cases

 Government Information System Security

 Visit overseas telecommunications organizations toAssessment Policy Various briefings from the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications, and NTT East andWest

サブタイトル

understand local cases and laws and regulations
 Visit Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc., led by the Mobile
Services Working Group© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association13

JAIPA Gathering● Held once or twice a year in various parts of the country, held 53 times so far● There are many participants at each event, including JAIPA Member companies, hosting companies, NTT and government related parties

We provide a place where Internet related companies can gather under one roof to actively exchange andshare information as well as issues they come across daily, so that they can move forward proactively.
It is also a place to introduce activities of the local area to visitors.
•••

Matsuyama, April 2022
https://www.jaipa.or.jp/topics/2022/03/53jaipain202242122.php
Asahikawa, September 2019 https://www.jaipa.or.jp/topics/2019/08/52ispin912-13.php
Saga, May 2019https://www.jaipa.or.jp/topics/2019/04/ispin-3.php※ No events held during 2020-21 due to COVID-19.

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Okinawa ICT Forum● Held once a year in various places in Okinawa, mainly on remote islands● There are more than 100 participants, including JAIPA members, hosting companies, NTT,
government officials, and others at each event•••

Nago, November 2021
Kumejima, November 2020
Yonaguni, July 2019https://www.jaipa.or.jp/topics/2021/11/ict2021in.php
https://www.jaipa.or.jp/topics/2020/11/ict2020in.php
https://www.jaipa.or.jp/topics/2019/07/ict2019in.php※ Click here for information on past events：https://www.jaipa.or.jp/topics/event/okinawa-ict/© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association15

JAIPA Cloud Conference（Hosted by Cloud Services Subcommittee）
Data from 2021 (Event held on September 2, 2021)© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association16

International Activities - Participation in IGF
 Organizer of IGF Japan (since 2010) Formed JAIPA IGF with JPNIC
 Organized APrIGF（Asia-Pacific IGF）（2012） Participation in Global IGF Meeting Participation in ICANN General Assembly Conference in 2022
 Global IGF Meeting to be held in Japan for the first time next year
*The IGF (Internet Governance Forum) is a forum established under the jurisdiction of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to asthe United Nations) that conducts policy dialogues among multi-stakeholders (civil society, the private sector, governments,technical communities, NGOs, and other stakeholders) on Internet governance issues. World conferences and regional andnational meetings are held in various parts of the country every year.

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Benefits of Joining JAIPA
You can gain information on
industry trends in a timely
manner and utilize them foryour own business activities, by
taking into consideration
environmental changes andgovernmental policies.

Through the association'squestionnaires and surveys,
you can learn and understandabout business activities ofother member companies
objectively.

You and your coworkers canenjoy networking opportunities
with other member companies
through various events.

By having younger members
participate in event committees,etc., they can enjoy networking
and obtain new knowledge
outside of their own company.

By asking questions through thesubcommittees mailing list, you
can receive resourcefulanswers and comments fromother member companies in atimely manner.

By consulting with secretariat
members about issues yourcompany is facing, etc., you
can receive appropriate
support and be introduced toother related parties who maybe able to help.

You can assert your own
opinions with the association on
issues that may be difficult toreflect in policies and negotiatewith stakeholders if done
individually.

By introducing JAIPA's activities
to local governments andbusinesses, it can help deepen
understanding of business
partners about your company.

As such, there are many benefits to joining JAIPA!
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Newsletter
JAIPA Express
https://www.jaipa.or.jp/book/ Issue：About twice a year Contents ： Reports on hosted events
 Reports on SubcommitteeActivities
 Introduction of MemberCompanies
 List of Events
 List of Chairmen
 List of Service Providers(Nationwide) Miscellaneous© 2023 Japan Internet Providers Association19