{"id":12711,"date":"2023-05-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/05\/29\/en-japanigf-2023-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T05:00:00","slug":"en-japanigf-2023-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/05\/29\/en-japanigf-2023-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Internet Governance Forum 2023 \u2014 National Pre-Meeting for IGF 2023 Kyoto \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-2023-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2023 \u6771\u4eac \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-2023-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2023 \u6771\u4eac \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 7\u20138 September 2023, the Japan Internet Governance Forum 2023 met in Kanda, Tokyo and online as the national pre-meeting for IGF 2023 Kyoto, held the following month \u2014 the second national meeting under the Japan IGF name.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Built around the sessions Japan had proposed for Kyoto, it pre-debated children&#39;s online safety, global cooperation among cyber-incident responders, the international AI-strategy debate, trusted data flows for developing countries, and video-on-demand regulation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>One month before the first global IGF ever held in Japan, this was the domestic community&#39;s final rehearsal, polishing arguments and speakers for the main event.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Japan Internet Governance Forum 2023 \u2014 National Pre-Meeting for IGF 2023 Kyoto<\/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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; Held in Tokyo (Day 2 online only). The Kyoto event was the global IGF 2023 (8\u201312 October 2023, Kyoto International Conference Center); this forum was its separate national pre-meeting<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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-2023-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2023 \u6771\u4eac \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>Japan Internet Governance Forum 2023 \u2014 National Pre-Meeting for IGF 2023 Kyoto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>7\u20138 September 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Essam Kanda Hall Building 1, Chiyoda, Tokyo + online (Zoom)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Team for Vitalizing Japan&#39;s National IGF Activities toward IGF 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Introduced and pre-discussed the sessions proposed from Japan for IGF 2023 Kyoto<\/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-2023-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2023 \u6771\u4eac \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Final Run-Up to IGF 2023 Kyoto \u2014 Rehearsing Japan&#39;s Proposed Sessions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Across both days (7\u20138 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The meeting was explicitly framed as the national pre-meeting for IGF 2023 Kyoto, centring on the sessions proposed from Japan for the 18th IGF (8\u201312 October) [1][4][5]<\/li>\n<li>IGF 2023 was hosted by the Japanese government through MIC at the Kyoto International Conference Center \u2014 making this the biggest host-preparation year in Japan&#39;s national IGF history [1][4][5]<\/li>\n<li>Day 1 ran hybrid at Essam Kanda Hall in Tokyo plus Zoom; Day 2 was online only [1][4][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Children&#39;s Online Safety \u2014 Measuring Japan&#39;s Child-Abuse-Material Response Against Global Standards<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1: Online Child Sexual Abuse Material Countermeasures (7 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toshiaki Tateishi (Internet Content Safety Association \/ JAIPA) and Yuma Nakai (Japan Committee for UNICEF) examined Japan&#39;s response to child sexual abuse material from an international perspective [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The session paired the industry side operating blocking schemes with child-rights advocates at the same table \u2014 a characteristically multistakeholder Japanese line-up [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The theme carried into Kyoto&#39;s child-safety discussions and, from 2024, into the debate on generative AI and CSAM [3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The International AI-Strategy Debate \u2014 Taking Stock in the Year Generative AI Broke Through<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 2: The International Debate over AI Strategy (8 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI-policy and AI-ethics researchers \u2014 Tagui Ichikawa, Arisa Ema, Toshiya Jitsuzumi, Hiroshi Nakagawa and Hiroki Habuka \u2014 mapped the international debate over AI strategy [3][2]<\/li>\n<li>In 2023, the breakout year of generative AI, AI governance was set to headline IGF 2023 Kyoto, and this session served as its domestic rehearsal [3][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Operational Issues Across Borders \u2014 Incident Response, Data Flows and IoT<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Related sessions on Days 1 and 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masae Toyama (JPCERT\/CC) presented the global dialogue among cyber-incident responders and cross-border cooperation in incident handling [3]<\/li>\n<li>Atsushi Yamanaka (JICA) addressed building trusted data flows that serve development in the Global South, while Hiroshi Esaki (University of Tokyo) shared global success stories in campus\/IoT deployment [3]<\/li>\n<li>All were operations- and development-oriented themes proposed from Japan for IGF 2023 Kyoto, showcasing the technical community&#39;s strengths [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Regulating Video on Demand \u2014 Rethinking the Broadcast\/Telecom Boundary<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1: Regulation of Video on Demand (7 September)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ichiro Mizukoshi (NTT East), Minami Yoneya (Foundation for MultiMedia Communications) and Toshiya Jitsuzumi (Chuo University) reviewed the regulatory wave reaching video-on-demand services worldwide [3][2]<\/li>\n<li>At stake was whether the old division \u2014 regulated broadcasting versus unregulated transmission \u2014 can hold in the streaming era, a question that touches every viewer [3][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Was this meeting held in Kyoto?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. No \u2014 Tokyo (Day 2 online only). Kyoto hosted the global IGF 2023 the following month; this was the national pre-meeting held a month earlier in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was it for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. To preview and sharpen the sessions Japan had proposed for IGF 2023 Kyoto \u2014 children&#39;s safety, AI strategy, incident response, trusted data flows and VOD regulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Streaming regulation, AI rules and children&#39;s online safety touch daily life \u2014 and the arguments honed here were presented to the world at the first IGF ever held in Japan.<\/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-2023-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2023 \u6771\u4eac \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 2023 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\/2023\/20230825-01.html\">\u65e5\u672c\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e02023 \u958b\u50ac\u306e\u3054\u6848\u5185\uff5eIGF 2023\u4eac\u90fd\u306e\u56fd\u5185\u4e8b\u524d\u4f1a\u5408\uff5e<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.ad.jp\/ja\/topics\/2023\/20230830-01.html\">\u65e5\u672c\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e02023 \u958b\u50ac\u306e\u3054\u6848\u5185\uff08\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u8a73\u7d30\u3042\u308a\uff09<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.ad.jp\/ja\/materials\/igf\/20230907\/\">\u65e5\u672c\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e02023\uff08\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u30fb\u767a\u8868\u8cc7\u6599\uff09<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/meetings\/igf-1\/japan-internet-governance-forum-2023\">\u65e5\u672c\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e02023<\/a> \u2014 Japan IGF\uff08\u65e5\u672cIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soumu.go.jp\/menu_news\/s-news\/01tsushin06_02000261.html\">\u300c\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30fb\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30fb\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\uff08IGF\uff09\u4eac\u90fd2023\u300d\u306e\u958b\u50ac<\/a> \u2014 \u7dcf\u52d9\u7701 (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 29 May 2023, 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 7\u20138 September 2023, the Japan Internet Governance Forum 2023 met in Kanda, Tokyo and online as the national pre-meeting for IGF 2023 Kyot<\/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":[163,161,160,465,162,164],"class_list":["post-12711","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-japanigf2023","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12711","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=12711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}