Internet utilization in schools would give valuable effects to learning, teaching and social activities in schools. To draw out effects of Internet, not only schools but also communities should have educational functions. When communities promote their educational functions, interactions between schools and communities will be less restrained in Japan. New relationships among schools and communities will prepare basis for learning and teaching that may be wider than the current educational system. Some statistics shows that Internet utilization in corporations in Japan is very widespread and growing rapidly, but that just begins its development.
Most corporations are at an early stage to search the utility of the Internet.
At present, their activities to utilize Internet mainly aims to play a role as advertisement media, tele-shopping tools and bulletin for offering job. There are merits and demerits of such utilization. The diffusion of Internet promotes the integration these networks as the concept of Electronic Commerce. Some examples for utilizing Internet, for example supply of materials through Internet, shows the possibility that Internet utilization also changes relationships among corporations. But it is true that some technical and operational obstacles to solve are present in spreading Internet through corporations.