May 29, 2020 Implementation of FY2020 Awareness-raising and Enlightenment Period for Protection of Environment of Radio Wave Utilization

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will implement an awareness-raising and enlightenment campaign for the protection of the environment of radio wave utilization in an intensive and concentrated manner from Monday, June 1* through Wednesday, June 10, 2020, under the catchphrase, “Did you know radio wave rules?”
  MIC will promote the development of an ideal environment of radio wave use, setting up June for a period for strengthening a crackdown on unlicensed radio stations.
*June 1 is Radio Wave Day. Radio Wave Day was established in 1950 to commemorate the liberalization of radio wave use from being a government-   exclusive tool to one that could be used by all citizens, under the enactment of the Radio Act, the Broadcast Act, and the Act for Establishment of    the Radio Regulatory Commission.

1. Awareness-raising and Enlightenment Period for Protection of Environment of Radio Wave Utilization

1. Period

Monday, June 1 through Wednesday, June 10, 2020

2. Main public awareness activities

• 1.
  Awareness-raising and enlightenment through newspapers and specialty papers
• 2.
  Distribution of posters and leaflets to related organizations
• 3.
  Awareness-raising and enlightenment using public relations magazines of local governments and related organizations

2. Strengthening measures against illegal radio stations

1. Period

Monday, June 1 through Tuesday, June 30, 2020

2. Strengthening activities

• 1.
  Strengthening the radio monitoring system to grasp the emergence of illegal and violating radio stations
• 2.
  Guidance for optimizing the operation method of radio stations and elimination of illegal radio stations by regulatory radio stations

3. Cooperating ministries, government agencies, and organizations (listed in no particular order)

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of the Environment, National Police Agency, Immigration Services Agency of Japan, Tourism Agency, Japan Coast Guard, Association for Clean Receiving Environment, National Land Radio Association, Japan Automobile Radio Association, Japan Fishing Radio Association, Japan Amateur Radio League, Japan Radio Control Safety Association, Motor Sports Radio Association, Japan Trucking Association, Japan Federation of Industrial Waste Management and Recycling Associations, and Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.

4. FY2020 poster for activities to protect radio wave environment