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Article: JAPAN'S RULING PARTIES TO SUBMIT LEGISLATION REGULATING SPAM MAIL.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- February 21, 2002
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TOKYO, Feb 21 Asia Pulse - The ruling parties plan to introduce a bill in the Diet next month to help telecommunications companies regulate unwanted e-mail advertising, called spam mail, sent to cellular phone subscribers, officials said.
During a meeting of a project team on information communications this morning, the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito and the New Conservative Party put together a draft bill to regulate spam mail targeted at cell phone users.
NTT DoCoMo (TSE:9437) and other telecom firms are stepping up efforts to control spam mail on their own. However, there are limits to what they can do without violating ...