November 7, 2023 Decision on Granting FY2023 Subsidy for Projects to Support Radio System Dissemination (Covering Radio Wave Shielding Measures Targeting Medical Facilities)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has decided today to grant a subsidy to the Japan Mobile Communications Infrastructure Association for its project. This project is within the scope of the Projects to Support Radio System Dissemination (covering radio wave shielding measures targeting medical facilities, in particular).

1. Subsidy recipient

Japan Mobile Communications Infrastructure Association (a public interest incorporated association)

2. Project overview

○ Overview of the project to support radio system dissemination (Covering radio wave shielding measures)
The government subsidizes part of the installation costs of mobile communications relay facilities in places where radio waves are shielded, including the areas of road tunnels, railway tunnels, and medical facilities(*), for organizations such as general incorporated associations.

• 1.
  Implementing entities: Organizations, such as general incorporated associations
• 2.
  Target areas: Areas of road tunnels, railway tunnels, and medical facilities
• 3.
  Targets of subsidies: Mobile communications relay facilities (including towers, office buildings, antennas, and optical cables)
• 4.
  Subsidy rate: 1/2 for road tunnels and 1/3 for railway tunnels and medical facilities

• (*)
  The target medical facilities are core disaster base hospitals and regional disaster base hospitals, provided that each of these disaster base hospitals has approximately 300 beds or more and its secondary medical area covered is a regional city or a depopulated area.