The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry in autumn will commission an advisory council to study the best possible structure for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., as well as the possibility of revising the NTT law, said the newly appointed posts and telecommunications minister.

"If we draw conclusions by studying various issues and coordinating interests of different parties, we should carry them out," said Kozo Hirabayashi, a former Tottori governor, during an interview with The Japan Times.

Various parties, including NTT, NTT's competitors and influential politicians, have recently begun calling for drastic reforms in the domestic telecom market.