October 11, 2019 Announcement of Occurrence State of Broadcasting Cessation Incidents (FY2018) and Amendment of Occurrence State of Broadcasting Cessation Incidents (FY2017)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) demands that broadcasters report the state of their equipment (occurrence state of broadcasting cessation incidents) on a regular basis pursuant to the Broadcast Act (Act No. 132 of 1950).
In this connection, MIC hereby announces that it has recently summarized data on broadcasting cessation incidents that occurred in fiscal 2018 (from April 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019).
Furthermore, MIC found that there is an error in a part of the occurrence state of broadcasting cessation incidents (FY2017) announced on September 28, 2018, and MIC corrects the same.

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