November 17, 2025 Acceptance of Applications for Licenses for Ultra-Shortwave (FM) Broadcasting Relay Stations

　The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will accept applications for licenses for ultra-shortwave (FM) broadcasting relay stations from Tuesday, November 18, 2025, to Thursday, December 18, 2025.

1. Overview

　Regarding license applications for basic terrestrial broadcasting stations, the MIC stipulates the following in MIC Notice No. 183 of 2014 (concerning basic broadcasting stations requiring applications within the public notice period pursuant to Article 6-4, Item ８ of the Regulations for Enforcement of the Radio Act): the location, frequency, and antenna power of the transmission facilities that must be applied for within the period announced by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.
　We have decided to accept applications for licenses for ultra-shortwave (FM) broadcasting relay stations as mentioned below.

2. Period (Details of application acceptance)

• (1) Period of acceptance
  From 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, to 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2025 (Applications submitted by mail must arrive no later than the deadline)
• (2) Target region for basic terrestrial broadcasting, as well as the installation (transmission) location, frequency, and antenna power of the radio equipment used at the basic terrestrial broadcasting station

Target region for basic terrestrial broadcasting	Transmission location	Frequency (MHz)	Antenna power (W)
Hokkaido	Asahikawa City	94.0	500
Hokkaido	Asahikawa City	92.6	500
Yamagata Prefecture	Yonezawa City	92.4	100

• (3) Category of basic terrestrial broadcasting
  Ultra-shortwave broadcasting, excluding community broadcasting
• (4) Application submission destination and contact information
  • (a) If transmitted from anywhere in Hokkaido
    Hokkaido Bureau of Telecommunications: Sapporo Godo Chosha Building No. 1, 1-1, Kita-8-Jou-Nishi-2-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo City, 060-8795, Japan
    Broadcasting Division, Information and Communications Department, Phone: 011-709-2311
  • (b) If transmitted from anywhere in Yamagata Prefecture
    Tohoku Bureau of Telecommunications: Sendai Godo Chosha Building No. 2, 3-2-23 Hon-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8795, Japan
    Broadcasting Division, Broadcasting Department, Phone: 022-221-0671

3. Application form

　The form is available on the MIC’s website ("Radio Use Website") at https://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/j/download/proc/index.htm .