Structure and Problem of the Digital Divide, edited by the Foundation for C&C Promotion, was published and is sold by NTT Publishing. Izumi Harada, Senior Fellow and Kazuko Yuma, Research Analyst was a co-author.

Progress of the information society will generate a new division between the Òhaves and have-nots.Ó Research into the question as to what the social implications may be and what derivative problems may spring from this has only just begun. This book does not only refer to examples from the United States as one of the most advanced countries but also present the situation in the Asian countries and also contains research results from a wide range of perspectives including the problems of employment, military issues and personal information security.

Structure and Problem of the Digital Divide
Edited and authored by Foundation for C&C Promotion

The book contains:
Introduction
Preamble: General Picture of the Digital Divide (Izumi Harada)
Chapter 1: Comparative social-cultural theory of the Digital Divide
Chapter 2: AsiaÕs IT Revolution and the World Economic System
Chapter 3: The Digitial Divide between the various Asian countries
Chapter 4: Efforts to overcome the Digital Divide among the developing countries
Chapter 5: US IT Policies on Information and Communications and Universal Service
Chapter 6: Education and the Digital Divide
Chapter 7: Overcoming the Digital Divide in Employment (Kazuko Yuma)
Chapter 8: The Digital Divide in the Military Domain (Izumi Harada)
Chapter 9: Privacy Protection and the Digital Divide in the Next-Generation Internet.