IPv6 outreach efforts in Japan, by Hiroki Kawabata. A presentation given at APRICOT 2016’s IPv6 Readiness Measurement BoF and APIPv6TF session on 24 February 2016.

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IPv6 outreach efforts
in Japan
Hiroki Kawabata
Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC)
APIPv6TF@APNIC41
February 2016

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Related Organizations
• IPv6 Promotion Council in Japan
• http://www.v6pc.jp/en/index.phtml
• Internet Association Japan(IAjapan)
• https://www.iajapan.org/ipv6/index-en.html
• Japan Network Information Center(JPNIC)
• https://www.nic.ad.jp/en/
• Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications (MIC)
• http://www.soumu.go.jp/english/index.html
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IPv6 Promotion Council in Japan
• IPv6 Promotion Council focus on
collaborating with government,
industry, academia and other
Internet bodies to promote IPv6.
• Many of working groups are active
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IPv6 Promotion Council in Japan
• IPv6 measurement
• They have measured IPv6 deployment
status since 2012
• Please see Fujisaki-san’s presentation
at IPv6 measurement BoF
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IAjapan
• IAjapan focus on promoting IPv6
deployment in rural area.
• IPv6 Deployment Committee held
Regional IPv6 Summit a few times in a
year since 2003
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2015：Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Sendai
2014：Matsuyama, Fukuoka, Fukui
2013：Kyoto, Sapporo
2010：Aomori, Kanazawa
2009：Osaka, Niigata
2008：Tottori, Yamanashi
2007：Akita, Kumamoto
2006：Osaka, Oita, Nagoya
2005：Hiroshima, Kochi, Toyama
2004：Okinawa, Okayama, Shizuoka
2003：Sapporo, Sendai, Kitakyusyu,
Kyoto

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IAjapan(cont.)
• They held four IPv6 summit in 2015
• Hiroshima(07/10) ※About 80 attendees
• Keynote : Past, now and future of IPv6
• panel : past 20 years of IPv6 and the future
• Kagoshima(09/17) ※About 50 attendees
• Keynote :future of the Internet is IPv6
• Panel : the fact of supporting IPv6 in our region
• Tokyo(11/24) ※About 120 attendees
• Keynote : the relationship between IoT and Japan's tomorrow
• Panel : We talk about IPv6 again for taking action for the future
• Sendai(12/16) ※About 60 attendees
• Keynote : Our activities for promoting IPv6 in MIC
• Panel : the internet and IPv6 in our region
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JPNIC
• JPNIC focus on improving technical
knowledge of operators
• IPv6 Technical hands on seminar
• Collaborate with regional ISPs and held
9 times in 5 cities and JPNIC office
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2015/09
2016/03
2015/12
2015/09
2016/02
JPNIC

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MIC
• IPv6 promotion research group
• The research group was established on
2007, since then it has published some
report.
• 1st Report (2008.6.17 published)
• 2nd Report (2010.3.22 published)
• 3rd Report (2012.7.31 published)
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MIC(cont.)
• The latest research report
• published on Jan 26, 2016
• This report mentions the importance of
IPv6 toward the IoT era. And also the
report describes that Mobile Carrier and
MVNO will start default IPv6 service
until 2017
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