Next Generation Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan

Overview
The Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan (ECOM) is an industry association formed (in part) to make recommendations to the Japanese government and to establish, maintain and manage international standards based on user needs. ECOM recognizes "a growing trend among the global industrial community to meet to draw up unified policy frameworks which transcend individual interests on various [ e-commerce ] issues, to take a global perspective in making and practicing its own rules, and to make specific recommendations to their respective governments."