March 18, 2020 29th Central Emergency Communications Council Awards

The Central Emergency Communications Council (chaired by Yasuhiko Taniwaki, Director-General of the Telecommunications Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) has conferred the 29th Central Emergency Communications Council Awards on organizations which have made significant contributions to securing communications in the event of a disaster this year.

1. Overview

The Central Emergency Communications Council confers awards on individuals and organizations that have successfully implemented emergency communications, or operation of emergency communications councils, with the objective of ensuring the smooth emergency communications.
This fiscal year, a total of 22 organizations and individuals were conferred with awards. 20 organizations that made impressive contributions for the provision of information to related organizations concerning securing communications and disasters during typhoons 15 and 19 in 2019, and 2 individuals who contributed to the efforts of emergency communications councils.

2. Recipients

The 2019 Central Emergency Communications Council Awards were conferred on the following 22 parties.

Organizations who contributed to Securing Communications During a Disaster

• NTT Docomo Inc., Tohoku Branch
• KDDI Corporation, Tohoku General Branch
• SoftBank Group Corporation, Area Network Headquarters, Tohoku Network Technology Division
• Docomo CS, Inc., Tohoku
• NTT Docomo Inc., Tochigi Branch
• KDDI Corporation, Kanto General Branch
• SoftBank Group Corporation, Technology Unit, Mobile Technology Management Area Network Headquarters Kanto Network Technologies Management Division
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, Tochigi Branch
• Mobile Radio Center, Inc.
• Docomo CS, Inc., Chiba Branch
• KDDI Corporation, South Kanto General Branch
• TEPCO Optical Network Engineering Inc.
• Team for Restoration of Terrestrial TV Broadcasting Following Typhoon Damage
• KDDI Corporation, Chubu General Branch
• SoftBank Group Corporation, Kanto Network Technologies Management Division
• Docomo CS, Inc., Nagano Branch
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tohoku Regional Bureau (TEC-FORCE Communication Group)
• Tohoku Regional Police Bureau, Miyagi Prefectural Information and Communications Department
• Tohoku Regional Police Bureau, Fukushima Prefectural Information and Communications Department
• Kanto Regional Police Bureau, Nagano Prefecture Prefectural Information and Communications Department, Mobile Police Communications Unit

Persons who Contributed to the Efforts of Emergency Communications Councils

• Wataru Kobayashi, Telecommunications Office, Technical Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Yasunobu Maeda, Telecommunications Office, Technical Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

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NOTE - Regarding the ceremony for this year’s Central Emergency Communications Council Awards

With consideration of the purpose of the Basic Policy for Countermeasures against New Coronavirus Infections (February 25, 2020), this fiscal year’ award ceremony for the Central Emergency Communications Council Awards are postponed. The awards will be conferred separately on each awardee by the Emergency Communications Council Secretariat.