1) The document discusses the evolution of peering and Internet exchanges in Japan over the past 20+ years. It describes how the first IX was formed in 1994 and how peering was initially difficult due to government restrictions.
2) It provides an overview of the current peering landscape in Japan, including major IXPs in cities like Tokyo, Osaka, and Niigata. Traffic has grown substantially, reaching over 2 terabits per second within Japan.
3) The rise of mobile and cloud services is driving new peering requirements around areas like latency, route servers, and DDoS protection. This is helping to evolve the peering community in Japan.