The reason for the establishment of this APL was that the management and operation of EPUB, the international standard for ebooks, was integrated into the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international standardization organization for the Internet, and the "Digital Publishing Business Group" was established within the W3C. Was it.With this integration, future publishing will become more compatible with Internet publishing.

　In order for Japanese publishing to become more internationally competitive in this new era of publishing, it is necessary to further promote the fusion of world-class traditional Japanese publishing technology and digital technology.Therefore, the Digital Publishing Initiatives Japan, which aims to transform the publishing industry with four major publishing companies and digital technology, will establish an APL with the full cooperation of Keio University SFC Research Institute, the host in charge of East Asia (excluding China) of W4C. It became a thing.

　At APL, in the planned two years of activities, we will gather the knowledge of domestic experts, maintain the current EPUB standard internationally, and utilize digital technology in the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Elimination Law for accessibility. We will actively contribute to the "standardization" of next-generation standards such as research on.

　In addition, we are promoting activities related to active information exchange and dissemination, such as activities to introduce Japanese entertainment culture and elaborate Japanese composition overseas, and activities to introduce digital technical information related to overseas publishing to Japan. Through the publishing knowledge cultivated so far and educational programs on the latest digital technology, we aim to develop human resources who can play an active role in the international market and who will support future publishing itself.