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A summary of regulation of e-commerce in Japan is given emphasizing that the need for private regulation has been taken for granted there since the beginning of e-commerce. An attempt is made to explain the need for private regulation of e-commerce by pointing out that regulation cost would be extremely high with public regulation because of the increased informational complexity of activities in e-commerce.
E-Commerce, Electronic Commerce, Internet Commerce, Electronic Money, Regulation, Regulation of E-Commerce, Private Regulation, Self Regulation, Guidelines, Public Regulation.
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