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Anti-Spam Laws in Japan: 

Anti-Spam Laws in Japan Motohiro TSUCHIYA Cyberspace Policy Institute, GWU & GLOCOM, IUJ

Why Do We Have to Pay for Spam!?: 

Why Do We Have to Pay for Spam!? Some school girls go to bed with cellular phones. They don’t want to miss calls or short messages from friends. But spam messages also wake them up at night. And they had to pay for receiving them!

DoCoMo was Targeted: 

DoCoMo was Targeted NTT DoCoMo is the most popular cellular operator for i-mode. Their e-mail address was 090-123-4567@docomo.co.jp: easy target for spam. DoCoMo charged for receiving e-mail. DoCoMo was forced to change charging system: Receiving first 10 messages for free.

Spamming in Japan: 

Spamming in Japan Less PC spam messages in Japanese language: English, Korean and Chinese are increasing. Cellular phone spam is more serious in Japan. DoCoMo handles 1 billion e-mail a day, and 0.9 billion are error messages mostly by spam.

Government Reaction: 

Government Reaction Mr. Fukuda, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, received a spam message at his secret cellular phone. He got upset and asked operators why it happened. Spammers are sending random messages to every possible e-mail address. METI and MPHPT rushed to make new laws.

Revision of a Ministerial Ordinance of METI: 

Revision of a Ministerial Ordinance of METI If a message is a spam, the sender must put !AD! at the first of the subject. Effective on February 1, 2002.

Revision of the Law for Specific Commerce (by METI ): 

Revision of the Law for Specific Commerce (by METI ) Regulates advertisement owners. If a consumer notifies to a spamer that he/she does not want to receive spam, the spammer is prohibited to send it again. All spamers have to indicate their contact information. Maximum Penalty: 3 million yen ($24,000) and/or Jail for 2 years

New Law for Appropriate Transmission of Specific E-mail (by MPHPT): 

New Law for Appropriate Transmission of Specific E-mail (by MPHPT) Regulates transmission. All spammers have to indicate their contact information. Fictitious e-mail address is prohibited. Telecom operators may stop sending spammers’ e-mail to avoid damage of handling too many messages. Maximum Penalty: 500,000 yen ($4,000)

Already Working?: 

Already Working? Two laws go into effect on July, but some spammers are following them already. And DoCoMo is blocking some spammers based on a legal judgment.

Why Do These Regulations Work in Japan?: 

Why Do These Regulations Work in Japan? Legal punishment Weaker sense of civil disobedience (The number of spams are not decreasing enough. ) The regulations may not apply to foreign spammers spammers in Japan sending spams to foreign consumers are subject to the regulation (they need !AD! on the subject line). But The Japanese Government cannot catch spammers abroad.