May 31, 2023 Grant Decision for Disaster Resistance Enhancement Project by Using Optical Cable TV to Establish New Daily Lives

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has decided to grant subsidies for seven applicants for the Disaster Resistance Enhancement Project by Using Optical Cable TV to Establish New Daily Lives from the initial budget for FY2023.

1. Project overview

This project partially subsidizes municipalities, third-sector corporations, and others to convert their cable TV networks to optical fiber networks to ensure reliable and stable information transmission during disasters and enhance disaster resistance in local communities.
MIC conducted public solicitation for this project from January 16 through February 3, 2023.

2. Recipients of grant decision

Based on the evaluation by outside experts, the following seven applicants have been approved for grants today.

Development area	Applicant entity name
Motegi Town in Tochigi Prefecture	Motegi Town
Nakanojo Town in Gunma Prefecture	Nakanojo Town
Matsumoto City in Nagano Prefecture	Matsumoto City
Ueda City, Nagano	Ueda City
Anan Town, Neba Village, Urugi Village, and Hiraya Village in Nagano Prefecture	Hiraya Village (Representative entity)
Ota City in Shimane Prefecture	Iwami Ginzan Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Hagi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture	Hagi City

• Solicitation of Proposals Related to Disaster Resistance Enhancement Project by Using Optical Cable TV to Establish New Daily Lives (January 16, 2023)
• The Subsidy Grant Guidelines, Implementation Manual, and other related documents are available on MIC’s website.

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