Introduction to New Media Development Association

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Introduction to New Media Development Association

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• June 2001

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What is the NMDA?

• Non-profit and an auxiliary organization of
  Ministry of Economy, International Trade and
  Industry
• Established to develop the Hi-OVIS (the world
  first interactive information optical visual
  system) in 1972
• Refer to City of Light The Story of Fiber Optics
  by Jeff Hecht, Oxford University Press 1999
• To promote the spread on New Media and to
  contribute to the realization of the information
  society

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What is the NMDA? (Continued)

• Scope
• System design, research and development,
  experimental operation of systems related to new
  media, and study on new media applications
• Budget
• 5,442 million yen (about 45 million US dollars)
  in fiscal year 2000 and more than 90 comes from
  METI
• Location
• Mita-kokusai Bldg. 1-4-28 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
  108-0073, Japan

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Hosting Organizations

• Internet Association Japan
• Trade organization for major Internet/online
  service providers and Internet business companies
  in Japan
• Mellow Society Forum
• Promotion body of the Mellow Society Concept
  (Elderly Persons Online)
• Association for the Promotion of Advanced
  Information City
• Promotion body of the Advanced Information City
  Concept

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Activities at the NMDA

• As a R D platform with companies for the the
  information society
• Rating and filtering on the Internet
• Electronic administrative agencies
• Smart card systems as an infrastructure
• To support the narrowing of information gaps
  between cities and rural areas
• Preparation of advanced information systems in
  local areas
• As a consultant to local governments for the
  planning of information systems

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Activities at NMDA (Continued)

• Promotion to build a society in which elderly
  persons can play active role with information
  systems
• Campaigns to boost awareness of the Mellow
  Society Concept (Elderly Persons Online)
• Implementation of information systems for elderly
  persons
• Experiment of Electronic Commerce for elderly
  persons