Reports appear to be updated frequently.
The table of contents is available so you can see exactly what each report covers. In line with agreements reached at the WTO in February 1997, bills to revise the Telecommunications Business Law and Radio Law were passed by the Diet in June 1997. The revised clauses were enforced in February 1998. Very shortly thereafter, MCI WorldCom was granted a Type-I license to become the first telecom carrier owned by a foreign entity. This number represented a 40 percent increase in one year.