National Broadband Strategy, edited by the Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies, was published and is sold by NTT Publishing. Senior Fellow Izumi Harada was a co-author.

The book investigates the national broadband strategies of seven countries: Canda, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of Korea, the People's Republic of China, the United States of America and Australia. Based on this analysis, the book proposes the broadband strategy the Japanese government should adopt.

National Broadband Strategy
Edited by Foundation for C&C Promotion
Author: Research Institute on National Broadband Strategies

The book contains:
Preamble: Present position of broadband
Chapter 1: Resolving the educational divide in Canada
Chapter 2: Lack of a strategy in the US
Chapter 3: Getting Ireland out of the broadband backwaters
Chapter 4: Tools for structural reform in South Korea
Chapter 5: Sweden is also reaching out to be a leading broadband country
Chapter 6: Delay in development caused be the absence of an initiative in Australia
Chapter 7: Coming to terms with BritainÕs mistaken strategy on competition
Chapter 8: Broadband strategy for JapanÕs revival
Postscript