Mr. Aritomi is President of Foundation for MultiMedia Communications (FMMC).
He graduated from the Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo. In 1972, he started his bureaucratic career in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT). Since then, he filled various posts in succession for 35 years, such as Director of Computer Communications Div., Director of Communications Policy Div., Director-General of Telecommunications Bureau, and Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). In 2007, he assumed the office of President of FMMC and President of ITU Association of Japan Inc. He has been taking active parts in various international seminars and conferences as a speaker of the recent trend of ICT in Japan.
