TOKYO (02/07/2000) - Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) today announced it plans to offer Japan's first Internet filtering service aimed at corporate users.
To launch the new service, which will be available from April 1, IIJ is teaming with Websense Inc., a provider of Internet filtering and reporting systems, and Inktomi Corp. The new service will use Inktomi's traffic server system to block access to inappropriate Web sites based on a database provided by Websense, IIJ said today in a statement.
At present the Websense database includes 830,000 addresses relating to sites carrying pornography, of which 140,000, or roughly 17 percent, are in Japanese, IIJ spokeswoman Junko Higasa said. At launch the service will not allow subscribers to add their own customized list of sites although the company is considering the addition of such a service as an option, she said.
The IIJ Web Access Service carries a monthly basic fee of 30,000 yen (US$280) and a client fee which will range from 10,000 yen to 90,000 yen according on the number of personal computers connected through the service.
IIJ, in Tokyo, can be reached online at http://www.iij.ad.jp/.