Commendation for engineers with international achievements in the field of information and communication October 6, 13:55
A ceremony was held in Tokyo on the 6th to commend engineers who have made international achievements in the field of information and communications.
This award is given every May by the "Japan ITU Association" made by telecommunications carriers, but this award was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
At the ceremony held in Shinjuku, Tokyo on the 6th, 38 engineers and three organizations with international achievements in the field of information and communication were commended.
Of these, the "Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award" was awarded to former Mitsubishi Electric Yuji Naito.
He was praised for his involvement in international standardization activities for communication standards for many years and for leading the establishment of voice data transmission technology.
In addition, Kazuko Ito of Tokyo's NPO "STAND", who has been working on live Internet broadcasting of electric wheelchair soccer and other games for 17 years and has realized simultaneous worldwide broadcasting of the Paralympic Games, was selected as the special prize of the "Japan ITU Association Award". It was done.
In addition, employees of major mobile phone companies and researchers from national research institutes were selected for the Achievement Award and Encouragement Award of the "Japan ITU Association Award".