{"id":12713,"date":"2024-05-27T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/05\/27\/en-japanigf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T05:00:00","slug":"en-japanigf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/05\/27\/en-japanigf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Internet Governance Forum 2024 (Japan IGF 2024) \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-2024-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2024 \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-2024-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2024 \u6771\u4eac \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 5\u20137 November 2024, the third national meeting under the Japan IGF name convened at CFIEC in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and online, running 11 sessions over three days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Topics spanned the repeal debate over the NTT Law, generative-AI misjudgment and cloud-dependence risks, AI-generated CSAM, disinformation, a rethink of the RIR system, and critical-infrastructure security \u2014 bridging domestic legislation and global governance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The year after IGF Kyoto, the meeting proved the forum&#39;s continuity, notably with self-examination sessions on the conditions for the multistakeholder model and the future of Japan&#39;s national IGF activity.<\/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 2024 (Japan IGF 2024)<\/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-2024-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2024 \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 2024 (Japan IGF 2024)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>5\u20137 November 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>CFIEC main conference room, Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Tokyo + 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>11<\/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<\/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-2024-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2024 \u6771\u4eac \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Repealing or Reforming the NTT Law \u2014 A Debate for the Whole Nation, Not Just Security<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1, Session 1: The Impact of Repealing or Amending the NTT Law (5 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Takashi Nagase (attorney), Motoko Fujii (Kyushu Sangyo University) and Toshiaki Tateishi (JAIPA) examined the debate over repealing or amending the NTT Law [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>As the session subtitle urged \u2014 &#39;a national debate covering the digital divide and fair competition, not just security&#39; \u2014 the panel widened a repeal debate sparked by defence-funding politics into universal service and competition policy [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Facing Generative-AI Risks Head-On \u2014 AI Misjudgment and AI-Generated CSAM<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 1, Session 2: Generative-AI Misjudgment and Risks to Business and State \/ Session 3: International Action on CSAM and Japan&#39;s Position (5 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Session 2 \u2014 subtitled &#39;AI is censoring data: the risks of Japan&#39;s cloud dependence&#39; \u2014 was moderated by Yuki Nakazawa (GIG) with Takashi Nagase, Badoru Mochizuki (KCGI) and Toshiaki Tateishi [2]<\/li>\n<li>In Session 3, Katsuhiko Takeda (ChildFund Japan), Shino Kaminuma (attorney) and Yuma Nakai (Japan Committee for UNICEF) weighed responses to AI-generated child sexual abuse material, asking whether countermeasures can coexist with democratic safeguards [2]<\/li>\n<li>The two sessions paired the twin risks of the generative-AI era: AI as content censor, and AI as generator of illegal content [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Disinformation and &#39;Sludge&#39; Information \u2014 Can the Supply Side Fix It?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 2, Session 4: Responding to Sludge, Dis- and Misinformation (6 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Toshiaki Tateishi, with Keiko Tanaka (KCGI), Takashi Nagase and Masaaki Miyagawa (GIG), the session asked whether providers of information can themselves counter sludge, dis- and misinformation [2]<\/li>\n<li>Its supply-side angle complemented Japan&#39;s institutional debate on disinformation, which intensified in 2024, before reaching for platform regulation [2]<\/li>\n<li>Day 2 opened with a subtitled video greeting from Chengetai Masango, Head of Office of the UN IGF Secretariat [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Re-Examining Internet Foundations \u2014 RIR Reform and Critical-Infrastructure Security<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 2, Session 5: Rethinking the Regional Internet Registry System \/ Day 3, Session 8: Advancing the Security of Today&#39;s Critical Infrastructure (6\u20137 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Akinori Maemura (JPNIC) moderated Yasuhiko Taniwaki (IIJ) and Shin Shirahata (BBIX Singapore) on revising the accreditation criteria for Regional Internet Registries \u2014 questioning the very plumbing of number-resource management [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>In Day 3&#39;s English-language session, moderated by Wataru Ohtani (JPNIC), Nicolas Fiumarelli (MANRS), Jo\u00e3o Moreno Falc\u00e3o (IS3C) and Michal Krelina (QuDef) covered critical-infrastructure protection from RPKI routing security to quantum key distribution [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>Hosting an English session with overseas experts at a national meeting reflected how running the global IGF had changed the organisers [2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. What Makes the Multistakeholder Model Work \u2014 A Self-Audit of Japan&#39;s National IGF<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Day 2, Session 7: The Future of Internet Governance \/ Day 3, Sessions 10\u201311: The Future of Japan&#39;s National IGF Activity; Conditions for the Multistakeholder Model (6\u20137 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yoichi Iida (MIC), Motohiro Kato (CFIEC), Keisuke Kamimura (Daito Bunka University), Yuri Takamatsu (JPRS) and others debated internet governance&#39;s future with NETmundial+10 and the post-Summit-of-the-Future WSIS+20 review in view [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>On Day 3, Hajime Onga (MIC), Yasuhiko Taniwaki and others took up the future of Japan&#39;s national IGF activity, while Yoko Nishioka (Komazawa University), Akinori Maemura and Atsushi Yamanaka (KIC) probed the conditions under which the multistakeholder model actually works [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>After the festival of IGF Kyoto, the organisers frankly audited how to make domestic dialogue permanent [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What kind of meeting was it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The third national meeting under the Japan IGF name \u2014 its largest yet, with 11 sessions over three days, hybrid between a Tokyo venue and Zoom, free to attend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most current topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Generative AI: the risks of AI misjudgment, censorship and cloud dependence on one hand, and countermeasures against AI-generated child sexual abuse material on the other, debated the same day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. How did it relate to the global IGF?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It sorted out Japan&#39;s talking points just before IGF 2024 in Riyadh that December. No domestic readout followed; participants&#39; video reports, published in February 2025, took its place.<\/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-2024-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Japan IGF 2024 \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 2024 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:\/\/japanigf.jp\/meetings\/igf-1\/2024\">\u65e5\u672c\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e02024 \/ Japan IGF 2024<\/a> \u2014 Japan IGF\uff08\u65e5\u672cIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.ad.jp\/ja\/materials\/igf\/20241105\/\">\u65e5\u672c\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e02024\uff08\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u30fb\u8cc7\u6599\u30fb\u9332\u753b\uff09<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.ad.jp\/ja\/topics\/2024\/20241031-01.html\">\u65e5\u672c\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e02024\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u6982\u8981\u306e\u3054\u6848\u5185<\/a> \u2014 JPNIC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/internet.watch.impress.co.jp\/docs\/news\/1635766.html\">\u300cJapan IGF 2024\u300d11\u67085\u65e5\uff5e7\u65e5\u958b\u50ac\u3002\u53c2\u52a0\u7121\u6599\u3001\u7533\u3057\u8fbc\u307f\u306f11\u67081\u65e517\u6642\u307e\u3067\u53d7\u3051\u4ed8\u3051<\/a> \u2014 INTERNET Watch\uff08\u30a4\u30f3\u30d7\u30ec\u30b9\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/topics\/igf-2024-report-announce\">IGF 2024\u53c2\u52a0\u5831\u544a\u306e\u6620\u50cf\u3092\u516c\u958b<\/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 27 May 2024, 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 5\u20137 November 2024, the third national meeting under the Japan IGF name convened at CFIEC in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and online, running 11 ses<\/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":[163,161,160,541,162,164],"class_list":["post-12713","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-japanigf2024","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713","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=12713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}