{"id":12706,"date":"2021-09-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/09\/08\/en-japanigf-2021-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T05:00:00","slug":"en-japanigf-2021-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/09\/08\/en-japanigf-2021-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF 2021 Japan Pre-Meeting \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-japanigf-2021-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-japanigf-2021-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 27\u201328 October 2021, the IGF 2021 Japan Pre-Meeting was held online ahead of IGF 2021 in Poland that December, hosted by the Team for Vitalizing Japan&#39;s National IGF Activities toward IGF 2023, launched that May.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Six sessions over two days covered cyber sovereignty and the splinternet, vulnerability-information governance, end-to-end encryption, network neutrality, and anti-piracy versus free expression.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With IGF 2023 in Japan on the horizon, the meeting openly debated building a standing multistakeholder policy-dialogue venue at home \u2014 the run-up to the birth of Japan IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF 2021 Japan Pre-Meeting<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-japanigf-2021-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Official name<\/td>\n<td>IGF 2021 Japan Pre-Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>27\u201328 October 2021 (16:00\u201319:00 JST each day)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Online (Zoom)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Team for Vitalizing Japan&#39;s National IGF Activities toward IGF 2023 (launched May 2021)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-japanigf-2021-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Cyber Sovereignty and the Splinternet \u2014 A Fragmenting Internet<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1, Session D1-1 (27 October, 16:10\u201317:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Masayuki Hatta (Surugadai University) and Masakazu Takasu (Switch Science), the session examined the nationalisation of the internet and its interplay with the physical world [3]<\/li>\n<li>It previewed domestically a question that would keep running through global IGFs: can a single global internet survive expanding state control? [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Secure Products and Encryption \u2014 Vulnerability Governance and E2E Encryption Rules<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1, Sessions D1-2 and D1-3 (27 October, 17:10\u201319:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On vulnerability-information governance, moderator Tomoki Ito (JPCERT\/CC) hosted Takahito Watanabe (IPA) and Yoichi Akeo (Cybozu) to map government, industry and civil-society roles in building secure products [3]<\/li>\n<li>A following session with Masayuki Hatta and Akio Hoshi (IT journalist) examined the growing regulatory pressure on end-to-end encryption and its social impact [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Toward a Multistakeholder Policy Dialogue \u2014 The Origin of the Japan IGF Concept<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 2, Session D2-1 (28 October, 16:00\u201316:50)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Akinori Maemura (JPNIC) and Toshiaki Tateishi (JAIPA), with Yoichi Iida (MIC), Motohiro Kato (MK Next) and Keisuke Kamimura (Daito Bunka University), the session debated what a multistakeholder internet-policy dialogue venue in Japan should look like [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The host team had launched only that May, so designing the domestic dialogue venue for IGF 2023 in Japan was itself on the table [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The concept bore fruit the next year as Japan Internet Governance Forum 2022 [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Network Neutrality \u2014 The Impact of Korea&#39;s Netflix Lawsuit<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 2, Session D2-2 (28 October, 17:00\u201317:50)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Ichiro Mizukoshi (NTT East), Toshiya Jitsuzumi (Chuo University) and Chang-Eun Cho (KDDI Research) dissected Korea&#39;s court battle between Netflix and an ISP over network-usage fees [3]<\/li>\n<li>The session took an early look at who should bear infrastructure costs for traffic-heavy content \u2014 a debate that later spread to Japan and Europe [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Piracy Response vs Free Expression \u2014 Can the Internet Stay &#39;Trusted&#39;?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 2, Session D2-3 (28 October, 18:00\u201318:50)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Toshiaki Tateishi, the panel brought together George Shishido (University of Tokyo), Ryoji Mori (Eichi Law Offices), Kosuke Ikeda (MIC) and Keiko Tanaka (KCGI) [3]<\/li>\n<li>It tackled Japan&#39;s long-running dilemma since the site-blocking controversy: fighting pirate sites without compromising freedom of expression \u2014 with a genuinely multistakeholder panel [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Why was this meeting held?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It was a national pre-meeting to sort out Japan&#39;s talking points ahead of IGF 2021 in Poland that December \u2014 and to nurture a domestic discussion venue ahead of IGF 2023 in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Is this the same as &#39;Japan IGF&#39;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Not yet. No national meeting under the Japan IGF name existed at this point. The team that hosted this pre-meeting went on to hold the first Japan Internet Governance Forum in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Did it discuss anything that affects me?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Yes \u2014 who pays for the traffic your streaming generates (net neutrality), regulatory pressure on message encryption, and how to fight pirate sites without curbing free expression.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Japan IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-japanigf-2021-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2021 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 About Japan IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Japan IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2021 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.ad.jp\/ja\/topics\/2021\/20211007-01.html\">IGF 2021\u56fd\u5185\u4e8b\u524d\u4f1a\u5408\u958b\u50ac\u306e\u3054\u6848\u5185<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.ad.jp\/ja\/topics\/2021\/20211015-01.html\">IGF 2021\u56fd\u5185\u4e8b\u524d\u4f1a\u5408\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u306e\u3054\u6848\u5185<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.ad.jp\/ja\/topics\/2021\/20211021-01.html\">IGF 2021\u56fd\u5185\u4e8b\u524d\u4f1a\u5408\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u6982\u8981\u306e\u3054\u6848\u5185<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.ad.jp\/ja\/mailmagazine\/backnumber\/2021\/vol1874.html\">JPNIC News &amp; Views vol.1874\uff08IGF 2023\u306b\u5411\u3051\u305f\u56fd\u5185IGF\u6d3b\u52d5\u6d3b\u767a\u5316\u30c1\u30fc\u30e0\u767a\u8db3\uff09<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/meetings\/igf-1\">IGF\u56fd\u5185\u4e8b\u524d\u4f1a\u5408\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u4e00\u89a7<\/a> \u2014 Japan IGF\uff08\u65e5\u672cIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 8 September 2021, 14:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 16 July 2026, 20:09 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 27\u201328 October 2021, the IGF 2021 Japan Pre-Meeting was held online ahead of IGF 2021 in Poland that December, hosted by the Team for Vita<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,140,11],"tags":[163,161,160,921,162,164],"class_list":["post-12706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aprigf","category-igf","category-japan-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-japanigf2021","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}