The collaborations on communications security. Communications is essential, i would say to our modern economies as the demand for flow continues to increase. There are, of course, aut the a university of telecommunications infrastructure, whether its cables■s■q, satelles, various technologies such as open ram and the security, Cyber Security throughout these systems. Weve pulled together an excellent panel today to talk about these. Folks from us and japan who are experts in this field and diverse expertise in in field, i should say, coming from various different agencies and organizations and so, what well do, ill give just their brief introductions and then share their wisdom. Well open it up to questions from the audience and everybody can start thinking about it here. And first the Deputy Director general for the global japan min city of affairs and communications. Next to him is mark, the director of bilateral and Regional Affairs in the information Communication Policy Division of the u. S. Department of state and the end would he have a senior representative from the japan bank of International Cooperation. We had a fourth panelist, meredith potter, unfortunately she came down with the flu over the weekend and is not able to join us today. We wish her a quick recovery. With that being said, the floor is yours. Thank you very much. From the International Affairs and communications. Thank you very much for organizing this together today. This topic is what the u. S. And japan has been working together and im very pleased to share our perspective today. In the world we live in today,t our life. The infrastructure, such as networks plays a crucial role as a foundation of our social and economic activities. Its becoming, so to speak,he basis of the nations existence. The sophistication of the infrastructure and the diverse use for these services have led to an increase in crossborder data fraud that is date a fraud beyond the national borders. For example, the distribution increased, 2. 7 times between 2017 and 2021. The technology is also expected to further increase data traffic. This demonstrates how important the it sector is and International Cooperation. So we believe the two points important for interNational Communication, first, building a secure, robust, promoting trust by supply by trusted entities. And the second one is the strength in Global Connectivity through deploying networks. When we talk about i. T. Technologies the technologies, ill focus particularly on 5g and important infrastructure such as cables and the nonterrestrial network. With 5g network we understand openness and interoperability essential. In particular, the network, open lan, combining equipment from various vendors, leading to stable procurement and cost reductions. Legacy system long is proprietary, and provides radio hardware for it and interfaces allowing the network to function, however, can construct the networks based on their respective applications or involvement often picture c provide more vendor options and brings more competitive and diverse supply chains. In terms. Security aspect published quad Security Networks last year, it explains that the security risks lead to technologies, account for only 4 of the entire system. It also made it clear that those risks can be mitigated to appropriate measures such as following the checklist attached. In terms of energy estimates suggest over lan reduced Energy Consumption by a maximum of 50 . It is good that we have been observing that in 4g and 5g commercial network in japan, and here in the United States. In order to, we see opportunities for bilateral cooperation bet the u. S. In supporting deployment in countries and in continue promote the importance for openness and interoperability. In fact, we have on many occasions, to interagency cooperation and the government between cooperation. The future of i. T. Infrastructure is not limited to terrestrial communications, we need to show a Network Vision for beyond 5g, 6g, which is not only extension of 5g. Last year the g7 Technology Minister of meeting released vision for future networking beyond 5g, 6g era. And on the tech leaders■x that lead the Network Connectivity should be developing and deploying multilateral networks with terrestrial networks such as low orbit satellite and High Altitude platform station. And also recognize the importance of seamless interoperability between these networks. It is said that cables account for 99 of National Communication and the very important for ensuring improved interconnecttivity, it is necessary to secure safe roads for cables and redundancy and prote cable installation. If we believe well become crucially infrastructure. An examination includes constellations, u. S. , japan, eight other countries with the joint statement between those principals for 6g and standardization of 6g technology. Along with the, such as satellite and a base platform that floats in the stratosphere. He 200 kilometer in diameter. A low cost satellite connections. 5g and future beyond 5g, 6g, 7g can also be provided and companies in japan successfully demonstrated 5g mmunications, with xheshlly available smart phone terminals. A satellite constellation where theyre in low earth orbit and communication for satellite. In the future, direct communications with satellites such as platforms using frequencies, its expected to become a reality. And generally, over this year, we have just started the production of satellites and communications in japa we believe if the direct communication with satellites will contribute to network and multilayer and wide area coverage. It can also provide a means of communication in times of building such as natural disasters. Maintain free hyper space, its essential to assure the infrastructure, that technologies evolving at increasing pace so in order to keep up with this evolution, of the governments cannot handle it alone and its important with industry and academia, society and include such as the institute. And it will remain committed to International Cooperation and thank you very much. Thank you, those were excellent remarks, yeah, it really is enduring how much work the u. S. And japan have been doing in ict, and for 6g. Theres recently a new dialog on Digital Economy between the United States and japan. Perhaps our next speaker, mr. Conan can enlighten us from his perspective. Id like to thank the Hudson Institute and walters for giving us an opportunity to underscore the nature of collaboration between japan and United States on digit would li to publicly acknowledge the leaders on common issues without his leadership we would not be able to as much as we have and work on policy and programs i think thats because we share a common vision devoted that the internet should be open, reliable, secure and interoperable and thats built on a foundation of trust. So there are three elements in the policy set, in the policy set that describes our bilateral Work Together. The first of those is infrastructure supply. By that, i mean sourcing and equipment and code from countries that have independent judiciary, due process procedures, effective institutions, that allow one to have their privacy protected, that allow businesses to have their intellectual property protected and allow states to have their National Security protected as a consequence of using those networks and i also want to add that its the countrys institutions, not the company involved, not the product line, that defines trusted supply as we see it. The second aspect of our policy set was eloquently described, and that is vendor diversity, the disaggregation of the various Network Among various vendors of code and equipment. The code part is important because as we know, industry he think years afternoon tell us in our conversations with them. Well see increased virtualization of the network starting now. And well move away from hardware to Software Based increasingly. The vendor diversity has those, underlined, the Economic Development and growth that occurs when you have more innovation provided by small, medium and Large Businesses in the eco system. Theres increased price competition because more than one supplier is meeting your needs and that of course, prevents vendor lock in, you can innovate usually 7 to 10 years appreciation period. Youre not waiting for the end of life to do an update. This will become increasingly important as we approach the beyond 5g, 5g policy and engineering set. Third pillar is an extension of the trusted supply argument across the ict eco system. Its a holistic approach to trust the supply not only wireless, cables, undersea and terrestrial. Satellite, go, leo. Why . It really makes no sense to be focused exclusively on wireless if the data cte our information is not secured. If the submarine cables, counting as much as 99 of our information internationally are not also secure and if the leo and geo satellites that receive and send signals are not secure. Its a matter of logic. We have an advantage by the simple and plain fact that matching our bilateral cooperation between the u. S. And japan is a very rich binational cooperation. And thats commercial. I give to you, for example, and this is just one of many, theres a problem called orex which involves 10 major u. S. Companies providing code and equipment to deployments with ntk with nec on february 26th of this year, a joint venture that will be extended globally see more global footprint to this Work Together. Id like to give you two examples, two examples of our collaboration. One is the open ran economy in manila which has trained upwards of a thousand engineers and the next generation of leaders in the field to open approach to technology. The nation we shouldnt just be focused on deployment, but the skill needed like the phillipines to engage producttively in this infrastructure. And second, let you know that the bureau of cyber space and bureau from which i hail is thanks to congress wisdom has been resourced to fund to provide our partners and allies we have the digital connectivity and Cyber Security program and we have roughly 50 of the chips act fund devoted to itc infrastructure issues, upwards of 50 million a year ext five years. That has allowed us to take our policy set and work constructtively with partners around the globe. Weve had ict secure road shows in poland, africa and most recently vietnam. And weve had intermitt involvement of both japanese policy makers and industrs in those engagements and that has made a crucial difference because voices in the neighborhood like vietnam are providing a window into the future and opportunities that exist today. A reference to the dialog on communication issues that we enjo i with japan and let me turn briefly to that and give you a sense of some of the outcomes, positive outcomes from our most recent dialog. The first is the focus on International Standards which includes an existing u. S. Japan obal Digital Technology partnership to Work Together on communications and biodiversity. We have the pleasure of sharing that particular mechanism on at least a quarterly basis. Second is a desire to support trusted deployment of ict infrastructure in third countries, especially 5g and open ran and as well as undersea cables. Ive referenced the work were doing together in the philippines and under the quad and the pacific country of palou, is the beneficiary on this calendar year. And fth consideration for undersea cables and ongoing efforts on the deployment of 5g and open ran systems. Next in the dialog agreement on promoting support for responsible Ai Governance including through the hiroshima process led by japan so ably during the 2023 g7 presidency and that italy is currently advancing further at the g7 ministerial actually just last week. Japan and the United States also concurred on the importance of protecting data and privacy, including by expanding the adoption of crossborder rules, operational certification of companies globally. We also concurred in our desire share to leverage the interNational Communication unions and our respective japanese and u. S. Leadership bodies to build coalitions and advance common interest. The world telecommunication standard in dell delhi later in the year. And the collaboration must be close. Finally well support digital freedoms, including the use ofh misinformation, disinformation, commercial spyware and Online Harassment that inhibit our freedoms. With that ill close and pass it back to riley. Thank you, that was wonderful. You mentioned a lot about the efforts and collaboration of u. S. And japan in areas, in regions throughout Southeast Asia, countries, specifically philippines, vietnam, you mentioned palou and so i think perhaps our third speaker might be probably the best to continue on that theme of cooperation and international markets. Of course, japan bank for International Cooperation works closely with americas finance cooperation to establish investments in the infrastructure abroad and so, please maybe tell usour work an you all are doing in the space, specifically on teleCommunication Security. Thank you, riley. Im in a way a representative of japan International Cooperation, washington d. C. Office. So, some of you may know, the policy based financial institution, and what you see here in washington d. C. So our mission or mandate is to support japanese private industry and businesses by the world and also, i would say that our operation fully allowing the Japan Company policy so we will Japanese Industries and also the japanese Government Policies by way of our financial tool kit. And also, we have posted about the likeminded partners like the United States and most remarkable cooperation with the u. S. , we signed understanding in 2018 i remember and we expanded cooperation gradually and ict is definitely. And in addition to that i would like to introduce that we have the others on u. S. Public institutions like usaid or and most institutions have the sanctions of the cities so which are in various stages. When it comes to ict sector, i like to explain two examples■■■t this moment. The first one is the support. Some of you may know, 99 of communications done by the cable and the Japanese Company nec is one of the leading companies in this space. So we are very active in supporting their businesses. And the first tangible project is the cable. This is a good showcase of the cooperation. And to the palou government, in addition, usaid provides the of japan is for the pacific, supports this project byiding t this is a good combination of our finance and plans from the United States and elsewhere that that is we call them blended. And so second example is our supporting to the state of businesses and you may know that ntt is the worlds leading company of beta testening the United States and over the world, globally. Wed like to expand our cooperation with ntt as much as possible. And next i like to touch upon the recent the mandate. The japanese amended the law that regulated our operation, what we can do and last april they amenned the law, and not only the subsidiaries, but the local companies as well. As long its businesses. If the japanese industry tried to supply the key goods in some countries indopacific region we are now ae toupport those. Its a big one, and we like to exerci new mandate to support additional or the next businesses of japanese companies. Okay. So, with the mandate. Thank you. Thank you, that was wonderful. Again, for those who are not familiar with japanese and u. S. International finance, theres a lot of cooperation, collaboration in this space, especially as we, you know, talk about things Like International support for Development Economies or even competing with some of our International Competitors in this space that build out inastructure and build diplomatic relationships abroad. So, with this were going to open it up foruestions from the audience. If you have any questions, please raise your hand, a mic will come to you and ask about your question. Try to be as suscinct as possible. Im going to take the moderators privilege to ask the first question. The ict is it can be very technical sometimes. You know, not everyone is, lets say, computer savvy. I would say maybe even fewer people are actually finance savvy and we talk about blended finance. So maybe we can just dumb it down real quick from the i mean, weve already given a very general explanation of the importance of communications to the structure, the need for it to be trusted and secure so that Everyday Americans and japanese can benefit from what they can access and so, maybe i dont know how to ask this, actually. Is there a way that we can explain it even simpler, in simpl