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2025年10月3日
Holding the Cybersecurity Training and Exercise Program for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (First Session of FY 2025)
2025年8月29日
Results of the Solicitation for Opinions on the Draft Report of the Effective Use of Radio Wave Committee - "The State of the Radio Wave Usage Environment" under "How to Promote Effective Use of Radio Waves to Adapt to Changes in the Social Environment" -
2025年8月29日
Results of the Solicitation for Opinions on the Draft Ministerial Notification, etc., Stipulating Other Reasons to be Announced by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications as Set Forth in Article 22, Paragraph 1, Item 4 of the Rules for the Calculation of Category 2 Subsidy and Category 2 Contribution for the Provision of Item (ii) Universal Telecommunications Services, etc.
2025年8月29日
Installation Status for Fixed Terminal System Transmission Facilities as at End of FY 2024 - Collective Share of Installed Subscriber Lines for NTT East and West
2025年8月29日
Publication of the Status of Telecommunications Numbers in Use (FY2024)
2025年8月29日
Implementation of Emergency Communications Drill and Related Emergency Drills as Part of FY2025 Comprehensive Disaster-preparedness Drills
2025年8月29日
Solicitation of Opinions on the Draft Revision of the Guidelines for Consumer Protection Rules for the Telecommunications Business Act
2025年8月29日
Results of the Solicitation for Opinions on Draft of 2025 Report of Study Group on Consumer Protection Rules and Publication of the Report
2025年8月29日
Results of the First Japan–Brazil Dialogue on Digital Economy
2025年8月28日
Study Group on Next-Generation ITS Communications for Cooperative Automated Driving (Phase 3) -Considering the Future of Communication Infrastructure in Anticipation of the Full-scale Arrival of an Autonomous Driving Society-
2025年8月27日
Estimates for Internet Traffic in Japan Announcement of aggregate results as of May 2025
2025年8月26日
Announcement of the Winners for the Nippon Startup Awards 2025
2025年8月26日
Solicitation of Opinions on the "FY2025 Draft Survey Plan on Monitoring of Implementation Status of Consumer Protection Rules"
2025年8月26日
Publication of the "Broadcasting and Distribution Content Industry Strategy Study Group Report" and Results of Public Solicitation
2025年8月25日
Results of Solicitation of Opinions on the Draft Amendments to Relevant Ministerial Ordinances Concerning the Digitization of Radio Station Licenses, etc.
2025年8月25日
Survey on New Wireless Usage on 900-MHz Band
2025年8月25日
Approval of JICT’s Decision on Project Support (Support for Expansion of CO2 Emissions Management and Decarbonization Cloud Services in the U.S.)
2025年8月22日
Results of the 2023 Broadband Service Coverage Rate Survey in Japan
2025年8月22日
Holding of a Study Group Meeting on Calculation Standards for Postage Rates and Related Matters (hereinafter referred to as the "Study Group Meeting")
2025年8月22日
The Results of the Thematic Event at the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9):"Digital Impact in Africa— Importance and Strategies for Expanding Telecommunications Infrastructure"
2025年8月20日
Results of the Solicitation for Opinions on the Draft Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Amendment of the Regulations for Enforcement of the Radio Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft Ministerial Ordinance") and the Report from the Radio Regulatory Council
2025年8月20日
Results of Solicitation of Opinions on the Draft Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Amendment of the Regulations for Enforcement of the Broadcasting Act and the Ministerial Ordinance for Special Exceptions for Notification regarding Equipment and Operations of General Broadcastings, and Report from the Radio Regulatory Council
2025年8月20日
Announcement of the Evaluation Results of FY2024 Survey on Actual Radio Spectrum Usage (Targeting Radio Stations for Public Service) and the Results of Solicitation for Opinions
2025年8月20日
Announcement of the Evaluation Results of FY2024 Survey on Actual Radio Spectrum Usage (Targeting Various Radio Systems that use Frequency Bands Below 714 MHz) and the Results of Solicitation for Opinions
2025年8月19日
Administrative Guidance for Rakuten Mobile, Inc. (hereinafter, "Rakuten Mobile") on Protecting the Secrecy of Communications, Submitting Reports on Leaks, and Ensuring the Establishment of a Compliance Risk Management System
2025年8月15日
Results of the Solicitation for Opinions on the Draft Order to Partially Amend the Business Restriction Order Applied during the Transition Period for Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft Order")
2025年8月14日
Results of the Solicitation for Opinions on the Draft Cabinet Order Partially Amending the Enforcement Order for the Telecommunications Business Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Enforcement Order")
2025年8月12日
Opening Ceremony of the New Facility of the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre (AJCCBC)
2025年8月8日
Results of the Solicitation for Opinions on the Draft Report from the IP Network Equipment Committee - "Telecommunications Accident Reporting System in Light of Changes in the Usage of Telecommunications Services" (hereinafter referred to as the "Telecommunications Accident Reporting System"), which forms part of "Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Facilities Enabling Network Switchover to IP (hereinafter referred to as the "IP Technical Requirements") -
2025年8月8日
Approval of Certified Time-Stamping Services
2025年8月8日
Results of the Public Solicitation for Organizations to Implement the Regional Collaboration (Online) Type of the "Project on Digital Utilization Support" under the FY2024 Supplementary Budget (hereinafter referred to as the "Utilization Support Project")
2025年8月7日
Holding of the "FY2025 Lectures on the Health Effects of Electromagnetic Waves"
2025年8月7日
Results of the Public Solicitation for Post Office Utilization Project to Ensure the Sustainability of Local Communities (hereinafter referred to as the "Post Office Utilization Project")
2025年8月7日
Results of APEC Digital AI Ministerial Meeting (TELMIN11)
2025年8月1日
Results of the Solicitation for Opinions on the Draft Ministerial Ordinance to Partially Amend the Regulations for Enforcement of the Telecommunications Business Act and Announcement Thereof

News Letter

2025年9月29日
Press releases for August 1–15, 2025, have been posted on the MIC ICT PolicyPDF
2025年6月30日
Designation of Large-Scale Specified Telecommunications Service Providers Pursuant to Article 20, Paragraph 1 of the Information Distribution Platform ActPDF
2025年6月30日
Results of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Ministerial Meeting 2025PDF
2025年6月10日
Publication of "Information Accessibility Good Practices 2024"PDF
2025年3月11日
Launch of New Service for Telecommunications Relay Service (Service Name: "Yometeru") PDF
2025年3月11日
About Partial Report from the Information and Communications Council on Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Facilities Enabling Network Switchover to IPPDF
2025年1月31日
Frequency Reorganization Action Plan(FY2024 Version) PDF
2024年12月23日
Outline of the 2024 White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan PDF
2024年12月17日
Results of the G7 Digital and Tech Ministerial Meeting PDF
2024年12月17日
Results of the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting PDF