May 31, 2022 Implementation of FY2022 Awareness-raising Period for Protection of Environment of Radio Wave Utilization: "Let's observe the rules! Radio waves are our critical lifeline."

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will implement an awareness-raising campaign for the protection of the environment of radio wave utilization in an intensive and concentrated manner from Wednesday, June 1* through Friday, June 10, 2022, under the catchphrase, "Let's observe the rules! Radio waves are our critical lifeline."
MIC will promote the development of an ideal radio wave environment, setting up June as a period for strengthening a crackdown on unlicensed and illegal radio stations.

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  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 Period for Protection of Environment of Radio Wave Utilization

1. Period

From Wednesday, June 1 through Friday, June 10, 2022

2. Main awareness-raising activities

• A.
  Awareness-raising through newspapers and specialty papers
• B.
  Distribution of posters and leaflets to related organizations
• C.
  Awareness-raising using public relations magazines of local governments and related organizations

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  For details, please contact the competent Regional Bureau of Telecommunications or the Okinawa Office of Telecommunications in the case of Okinawa (hereinafter referred to as the "Regional Bureau of Telecommunications etc.")

2. Strengthening measures against unlicensed radio stations

1. Period

From Wednesday, June 1 thorough Thursday, June 30, 2022

2. Strengthening activities expected

• A.
  Strengthening the radio monitoring system to grasp the emergence of unlicensed and illegal radio stations
• B.
  Provision of guidance by regulatory radio stations to unlicensed and illegal radio stations for rectifying their operation methods
• C.
  Elimination of unlicensed radio stations through joint crackdowns with investigative agencies

3. Cooperating ministries, government agencies, and organizations (listed in random order)

National Police Agency; Immigration Services Agency of Japan; Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; Tourism Agency; Ministry of the Environment; Japan Coast Guard; Association for Clean Receiving Environment; Zenkoku Rikujo Musen Kyokai; Zenkoku Jidosha Musen Rengokai; Japan Fishing Radio Association; Zenkoku Sempaku Musen Kyokai; 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.