November 14, 2025 Technical Requirements for High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) (hereinafter the "Technical Requirements for HAPS"), as Part of the Technical Requirements for Next-generation Mobile Communications Systems (hereinafter the "Next-generation Technical Requirements")

- Partial Report from the Information and Communications Council -

　Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) received a partial report from the Information and Communications Council, chaired by ENDO Nobuhiro, special advisor to NEC Corporation, on the Technical Requirements for HAPS. These requirements form part of the Next-generation Technical Requirements (Consultation no. 2038, dated October 12, 2016).

Note: The published materials are in Japanese only.

1. Background

　HAPS utilizes mobile phone base stations mounted on unmanned aircraft flying in the stratosphere. It is expected to provide efficient mobile network coverage—including on remote islands, offshore areas, and mountainous regions—and to help secure communication means in the early stages of a disaster.
　Under these circumstances, the Information and Communications Council has compiled the Technical Requirements for HAPS and has submitted a partial report to the MIC.

2. Future plans

　Based on the partial report, the MIC will promptly develop the relevant regulations.