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Below are links to a great collection of reports from Japan on e-democracy. The original material in Japanese are available from <http://www.nttdata.co.jp/rd/riss/inforum/2002/>. I also have a special e-mail list for those interested in e-democracy in Japan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. I should note in addition to the conference materials, a number of magazines (in Japanese) were produced on e-democracy by NTT Data and sent to government leaders across Japan. The panel discussion on e-democracy and the five or so news video stories (including six minutes on Minnesota E-Democracy taped over a week last year) were edited into a nationally broadcast on NHK as part of a full 70 minute program called Friday Forum. To date, I know of no other comprehensive effort in any other country that has been developed on a similar scale that was/is designed to raise public and government e-democracy awareness. I encourage you to review the materials below that have been translated into English for a global audience. They will give you a glimpse of the exciting potential for e-democracy in Japan. Steven Clift Democracies Online Newswire http://www.e-democracy.org/do P.S. It was a real honor to participate in their efforts as well as meet various grass roots groups while in Japan such as the Fireflies forum <http://www.yachiyo-oikos.jp/020523clift-eng.htm>. From: http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/find/report/index.html Individual survey on e-democracy in Japan (19 pages) http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/find/report/pdf/edemo_01.pdf Report on next generation e-government (33 pages) http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/find/report/pdf/edemo_02.pdf (Table of contents below) INFORUM 2002: e-democracy symposium, Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2002 "The Future of next-generation e-government: problems and possibilities." --Keynote speech by Osamu Sudo http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/find/report/pdf/inforum2002_01.pdf "The promise of the future is a reality today." --Keynote speech by Steven Clift http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/find/report/pdf/inforum2002_02.pdf "Change in citizens' involvement and local government brought about by IT." --Panel discussion http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/find/report/pdf/inforum2002_03.pdf Also available in HTML from: http://www.publicus.net/articles/today.html ... Table of Contents for: Individual survey on e-democracy in Japan (19 pages) http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/find/report/pdf/edemo_01.pdf Description of Survey Summary of Survey Results Introduction to Survey Results The Actual Status of Citizen Participation in Administrative Process Interest in Politics and Government Citizen Desire to Participate in Administrative Process Participation in Local Policy Formation or Management of Local Promotional Events Informatization in Politics and Government Recognition of Terms Related to Computerization in Politics and Government Most Significant Advantages of Electronic Government Hopes and Fears Related to Computerization in Politics and Government Hopes and Fears Related to Computerization in Life and Society [Reference ] Respondent Profile Table of Contents for: Report on next generation e-government (33 pages) http://www.nttdata.co.jp/en/find/report/pdf/edemo_02.pdf MEMBERS OF THE STUDY GROUP ON NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT 1 PANELISTS OF THE ADVISORY PANEL TO THE STUDY GROUP ON NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT 2 >From e-government to e-democracy 3 Why e-democracy? 4 Background of raising e-democracy discussion 4 1) Technology4 2) Changing institutional foundations for democracy5 Administrative Procedure Act (1993)5 Package Law on Decentralization of Power (1999) 6 Freedom of Information Act (1999) 7 3) Governance culture and autonomous culture 8 Wobbling social views and state concepts as the premise of e- democracy arguments 9 1) Orientation toward a civil society9 2) Wobbling state concepts and changing roles of state10 3) Renaissance of public domain and public-private role sharing 11 Changing Citizenry 12 Democracy models and e-citizenry 12 1) Thin democracy, strong democracy and quick democracy 12 2) Importance of informed and engaged citizenry 14 e-citizenry 14 1) e-citizen ~ Birth of highly conscious citizens as ICT- mediated/strengthened individuals14 2) e-citizenry ~ Stimulation of organized civil activity by virtue of ITC15 Digital divide 15 1) e-democracy as a supplemental reinforcing tool to real-space democracy16 2) Fears for potential digital divide16 Role of e-democracy 17 Institutional aspects18 1) e-democracy of information provision-respected type 18 2) e-democracy of direct participation-respected type19 3) Non-institutional commitments toward e-democracy19 Relations among units of democracy and e-democracy 20 1) Citizens vs politicians20 2) Citizens vs government 21 3) Citizens vs mass media 22 4) Citizens vs citizens22 Recommenda24 Innovation/reinforcement of citizenry25 1) Thorough information disclosure and accountability through e- government 25 To secure high-level openness by automated disclosure, etc25 To strengthen information-editing function26 To induce understanding of information and sympathy from citizens26 2) e-learning as civil learning ~ To strengthen/upgrade information acceptability of citizens 26 To enrich ICT education of the young and supports through e- government 27 ICT-based civil learning 27 3) To foster/strengthen civil society-type organizations ~ To strengthen proposal/problem-solving ability of citizens 28 To promote ICT-based participation and consensus building 29 ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. 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