With participation from venders, users, and academic experts of information systems in Japan, an effort is underway to solve problems in utilizing OSS by freely discussing these problems. Specific activities are carried out by setting up working groups (WGs) for each issue.
The Japan OSS Promotion Forum works together with the China OSS Promotion
Union and the Korea OSS Promotion Forum to form the Northeast Asia OSS
Promotion Forum for the purpose of collaborating with private enterprises,
research institutes, and educational organizations in China and Korea.
The activities of the Northeast Asia OSS Promotion Forum are harmonized
with the government level collaboration between Japan, China and Korea.
