July 1, 2020 Announcement of Report on Strengthening the Broadcasting Business Base and Result of Appeal for Opinions

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) made an appeal for opinions from Saturday, April 11 through Wednesday, May 13, 2020, on the draft report on strengthening the broadcasting business base by the Study Subcommittee on Strengthening the Broadcasting Business Base under the Study Group on Various Issues over Broadcasting (Chaired by Professor Emeritus, Kazuteru Tagaya, Chiba University). and received 105 opinions.
Accordingly, MIC will open the finished document entitled Report on Strengthening the Broadcasting Business Base to the public, along with the result of the appeal for opinions.

1. Background

To study how to strengthen the management base of local stations and ensure the management governance of broadcasters, MIC has been holding meetings of the Study Subcommittee on Strengthening the Broadcasting Business Base under the Study Group on Various Issues over Broadcasting.
The Study Subcommittee drafted the report on strengthening the broadcasting business base according to its past discussions (*). Therefore, MIC made an appeal for opinions on the draft from Saturday, April 11 through Wednesday, May 13, 2020, and received 105 opinions.
Accordingly, MIC has decided to open the finished document entitled Report on Strengthening the Broadcasting Business Base to the public, along with the result of the appeal for opinions.

  • *
    The examination period leading up to this compilation was from November 2018 through the end of fiscal 2019. The details of the enormous impact of the novel coronavirus infectious disease on the entire economy and corresponding measures to strengthen the broadcasting business base have not been reflected in this report.

2. Material to be opened to the public

  • 1.
    Report on Strengthening the Broadcasting Business Base
  • 2.
    Report on Strengthening the Broadcasting Business Base (outline)
  • 3.
    Opinions on the report on strengthening the broadcasting business base and MIC’s view on the opinions
  • 4.
    Opinions on the report on strengthening the broadcasting business base and MIC’s view on the opinions (outline)

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