March 19, 2021 Approval to Business Plans of Telephone Relay Service Provider and Support Organization for Telephone Relay Services

Under the provisions of the Act on Facilitating the Use of Telephones by the Hearing Impaired, etc. (Act No. 53 of 2020, hereafter referred to as the "Act"), the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications has today approved the submitted business plans and income and expenditure budgets (hereafter referred to as the "business plans, etc.") of a telephone relay service provider for fiscal 2020 and 2021.
The Minister has also approved the business plans, etc. of a support organization for telephone relay services for fiscal 2020.
Furthermore, the Minister has approved the value of grants and granting method and the amount and collection method of contributions for fiscal 2021 and 2022 submitted by a support organization for telephone relay services.

• 1.
  Approval to the business plans, etc. of a telephone relay service provider
  Under Article 11, Paragraph 1 of the Act, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications has today approved the submitted business plans, etc. of the Nippon Foundation Telecommunication Relay Service (chaired by ONUMA Naoki), a telephone relay service provider, for fiscal 2020 and 2021.
• 2.
  Approval to the business plans, etc. of a support organization for telephone relay services
  Under Article 23, Paragraph 1 of the Act, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications has today approved the submitted business plans, etc. of the Telecommunications Carriers Association (chaired by MIYAUCHI Ken), a support organization for telephone relay services.
• 3.
  Approval to matters related to a grant and contribution submitted by a support organization for telephone relay services
  Under Article 24, Paragraph 2 of the Act, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications has today approved the value of grants and granting method for fiscal 2021 and 2022 submitted by the Telecommunications Carriers Association (chaired by MIYAUCHI Ken), a support organization for telephone relay services.
  Furthermore, under Article 25, Paragraph 2 of the Act, the Minister has also approved the amount and collection method of contributions for fiscal 2020 and 2021 submitted by the support organization for telephone relay services.
  The grant for fiscal 2021 has amounted to 0 yen, and that for fiscal 2021 has amounted to 1,543 million yen.