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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May 17 marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union.<\/span>
This year, the ITU Association of Japan (ITU-AJ) marked the occasion by holding the 46th Celebration for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, with over 260 participants from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ICT industry.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the celebration each year, the ITU-AJ holds an award ceremony to recognize those who have furthered the aims of WTISD by helping to raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, and by finding ways to bridge the digital divide. This is a historic award ceremony, spanning 42 years since it was first held.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The highest honor, the \u201cMinister\u2019s Award,\u201d was presented to Dr. Kazuo MURANO , a former chairman of one of Japan\u2019s premier international ICT R&D organizations, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The \u201cSpecial Achievement Award\u201d was presented to Ms. Christel TAKIGAWA, a famous TV newscaster, for her outstanding contribution to the successful bid for the 2020 Olympics, which will be a great opportunity to demonstrate the appeal of the country\u2019s latest infocommunications technology.<\/span>
Other ITU-AJ Awards, in the form of trophies, were also presented to prominent figures in the fields of standardization and international cooperation, as listed below.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Awards for accomplishment in the field of ICT (international standardization) were presented to ten winners, while awards for accomplishment in the field of international cooperation were given to seven winners. Encouragement awards were presented to seventeen winners in the field of ICT and three in the field of international cooperation, in expectation of their on-going contributions in their respective fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

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List of the winners of the Awards is as follows:
MIC Minister\u2019s Award<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 Kazuo MURANO, FUJITSULABORATO RIES (retired)
ITU-AJ Award: Special Achievement Award<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 Christel TAKIGAWA, PHONICS
ITU-AJ Award: Accomplishment in the Field <\/span><\/strong>of ICT<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 Masaharu ARAKI, DOCOMO TECHNOLOGY
\u2022 Yoshio HONDA, ERICSSON JAPAN
\u2022 Yoshinori ISHIKAWA, HITACHI
\u2022 Nobuyuki KAWAI, KDDI
\u2022 Takashi KOSHIMIZU, NTT DOCOMO
\u2022 Kazuo MURAKAWA, NTT EAST
\u2022 Radio Wave Propagation Standardization
Promotion Team, SOFTBANKMOBILE
\u2022 Shigeru TOMITA, NTT
\u2022 Kaoru WATANABE, NHK
\u2022 Tetsuya YOKOTANI, MITS UBISHI ELECTRIC
ITU-AJ Award: Accomplishment in the Field of<\/strong> International Cooperation<\/span>
\u2022 Yoshio ITO, NTT (retired)
\u2022 Hideki NAKAMURA, NTT (retired)
\u2022 Masaharu NONAKA, BHN
\u2022 NTT VIETNAM CORPORATION
\u2022 Project for Urgent Improvement of
Communication Networks in Republic of the
Union of Myanmar,
SUMITOMO CORPORATION ,
NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION ,
NEC CORPORATION
\u2022 Koichi SENOUE, NHK (retired)
\u2022 Yuki UMEZAWA, KDDI FOUNDATION
Encouragement Award: Field of ICT<\/strong><\/span>
\u2022 Lan CHEN, NTT DOCOMO
\u2022 Suyong EUM, NICT
\u2022 Yasuyuki HATAKAWA, KDDI
\u2022 Takanori HIGUCHI, SKY PERFECT JSAT
\u2022 Yasuo ISHIGURE, NTT
\u2022 Takato KAWAMURA, NHK
\u2022 Kimihiko KAZUI, FUJITSU LABORATORIES
\u2022 Atsushi MINOKUCHI, NTT DOCOMO
\u2022 Homare MURAKAMI, NICT
\u2022 Takuya OHARA, NTT
\u2022 Shinya OTSUKI, NTT
\u2022 Anand Raghawa PRASAD, NEC
\u2022 Hitoshi SANEI, NHK
\u2022 Yumiko TAKANO, KDDI
\u2022 Hiroshi TAKECHI, LAC
\u2022 Hiroyuki TSUJI, NICT
\u2022 Takeshi YAMAMOTO, NEC
Encouragement Award: Field of International <\/span><\/strong>Cooperation<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 Fumie FUKUSHIMA, BHN
\u2022 Hidetoshi SAITO, KDDI
\u2022 Yasuji SAKAGUCHI, NHK<\/p>\n

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