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Dialogue: How Has the Policy Process for the Information and Communication Industry Changed? The Takenaka Round Table and Prospects for 2010

July 29, 2009 [ column ]

Discussants: Hiroyuki Kishi
Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design; and
Sota Kato
Professor, Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM),
International University of Japan

Facilitator: Masahiko Shoji
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM),
International University of Japan



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