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The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has settled on additional support for facilities/equipment that have been affected by the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster, in the form of the expansion of terrestrial digital broadcasting tuner support projects and support for the restoration of shared reception facilities.
In order to smoothly implement migration to terrestrial digital broadcasting in disaster-affected areas, the MIC will push important countermeasures while applying this additional support.
1. Expansion of terrestrial digital broadcasting tuner support projects
Currently, a support project is being carried out to give free delivery of simple tuners, etc. to households that are fully exempt from paying NHK broadcast license fees and which do not have support for terrestrial digital broadcasting. This project will now be expanded to provide additional new cover for disaster-affected households that do not have support for terrestrial digital broadcasting.
Disaster-affected households covered by this new support in regions where the Disaster Relief Act (Act No. 118 of 1947 Law) has been applied since March 11, 2011 (excluding Tokyo) will comprise:
1) Households that are/were resident in buildings that have sustained damaged to the extent of being half-destroyed, half-burnt or inundated above floor level
2) Households that have been advised/instructed to take refuge or ordered to evacuate based on the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act (Act No. 223 of 1961 Law) for at least one month
Applications for support will be accepted from May 13 (Fri), 2011, and will end on July 24 (Sun), 2011 (applications postmarked July 24 will be accepted). (However, in the meantime the application period will be extended for Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.)
For further details, please see the news release section of the website of NTT-ME Corporation, which is the administrator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting Tuner Support Center.
NTT-ME website: http://www.ntt-me.co.jp/news/news2011/nws110510.htm
Contact details (please be careful not to misdial)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting Tuner Support Center
Tel.: 0570-033840 (Navi Dial)
(If you cannot use Navi Dial, please try the following number instead: 044-969-5425)
Fax: 044-966-8719
Website: http://www.chidejishien.jp
Weekdays: 09:00-21:00 Weekends and holidays: 09:00-18:00
2. Support for restoration of shared reception facilities
At present, support projects are being carried out to provide support for repairs to shared facilities as countermeasures against obstacles to reception (such as the shadows of tall buildings, etc.) and shared facilities at apartment buildings, etc. to provide support for terrestrial digital broadcasting. In addition, as of May 10, 2011, the following support will be provided for facilities affected by the recent earthquake disaster.
- In regions where the Disaster Relief Act (Act No. 118 of 1947 Law) has been applied since March 11, 2011 (excluding Tokyo), subsidies will be issued as follows to cover expenses required for the maintenance of disaster-affected shared reception facilities.
1) Assistance covering two-thirds of repair costs, etc. for shared facilities as countermeasures against obstacles to reception
2) Assistance covering half of repair costs, etc. for shared facilities at apartment buildings (“limited to cases where cost per household exceeds 35,000 yen” does not apply)
For an outline of issuance, please see the Digi-Support website (http://digisuppo.jp).
Shared facilities as countermeasures against obstacles to reception: http://digisuppo.jp/infocenter/donation/p/1/?f=a (On the home page, please click “Repair costs, etc. for shared facilities as countermeasures against obstacles to reception.”)
Shared facilities at apartment buildings: http://digisuppo.jp/infocenter/donation/housing/p/1/?f=a (On the home page, please click “Repair costs, etc. for shared facilities at apartment buildings.”)
Contact details for inquiries about new additional assistance systems (please be careful not to misdial)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Television Recipient Support Center HQ Supervisors: Arakaki, Onozawa, Takei
Tel.: 03-6459-2781
Weekdays: 09:00-18:00
Contact details for inquiries about existing assistance systems (please be careful not to misdial)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Television Recipient Support Center, Subsidy Inquiry Counter
Tel.: 0570-093-724 (Navi Dial)
(If you cannot use Navi Dial, please try the following number instead: 03-5623-3121)
Weekdays: 09:00-18:00
3. Other items
Support is also being expanded to cover disaster-affected facilities such as shared facilities in remote places and digital relay stations, providing support for terrestrial digital broadcasting. Further details will be provided through contact with the covered facilities via self-governing bodies, etc.
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For further information about this press release, please fill in the inquiry form and submit it to MIC on the website
http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/contact.html
International Policy Division,
Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
TEL: +81 3 5253 5374 / FAX: +81 3 5253 5924 |
