July 31, 2020 Result of Appeal for Opinions on Report from Study Subcommittee on Securing Broadcasting in Times of Disaster under the Study Group on Various Issues over Broadcasting

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) made an appeal for opinions from Wednesday, June 3 through Thursday, July 2, 2020, on a draft report from the Study Subcommittee on Securing Broadcasting in Times of Disaster under the Study Group on Various Issues over Broadcasting. In response, 13 opinions were submitted.
With consideration of the result, the Report from the Study Subcommittee on Securing Broadcasting in Times of Disaster under the Study Group on Various Issues over Broadcasting was made up, and MIC will open the same to the public, along with the result of the appeal for opinions.

1. Background

MIC organized the Study Subcommittee on Securing Broadcasting in Times of Disaster (chaired by Hitoshi Mitomo Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University) under the Study Group on Various Issues over Broadcasting (chaired by Kazuteru Tagaya, Professor Emeritus at Chiba University). Since then, the Study Subcommittee has been researching the securing of broadcasting in times of disaster because considerable damage has occurred in various places due to frequent disasters, including heavy rain and typhoons in recent years.
Recently, the Study Subcommittee drafted a report, and accordingly, MIC made this appeal for opinions on the draft report from Wednesday, June 3 through Thursday, July 2, and 13 opinions were submitted.
With consideration of the result, the Report from the Study Subcommittee on Securing Broadcasting in Times of Disaster under the Study Group on Various Issues over Broadcasting was made up. Accordingly, MIC will open the same to the public, along with the result of the appeal for opinions.

2. Publication material

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  Report from the Study Subcommittee on Securing Broadcasting in Times of Disaster under the Study Group on Various Issues over Broadcasting
• 2.
  Submitted opinions and the Study Subcommittee’s views on the opinions

3. How to obtain references

The references will be posted on the public comment page of the e-Gov (https://www.e-gov.go.jp/en/ ).