(i)"radio waves" means electronic or magnetic waves of frequencies not exceeding 3,000,000 MHz.

(ii)"radiotelegraphy" means communication equipment devoted to transmitting or receiving codes utilizing radio waves.

(iii)"radiotelephony" means communication equipment devoted to transmitting or receiving speech and other sounds utilizing radio waves.

(iv)"radio equipment" means radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony, or any other electric equipment used for transmitting or receiving radio waves.

(v)"radio station" means the combination of radio equipment and the persons operating it. It does not include those used solely for reception.

(vi)"radio operator" means a person who operates radio equipment or supervises that operation, and holds a relevant license granted by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.

(i)a place where the operation of the radio equipment is not interfered with by mechanical, electrical, or other causes of interference;

(ii)a place on the ship as high as is practically possible, to ensure the safety of the radio equipment concerned; and

(iii)a place that is not affected by water, temperature, or other environmental conditions that are likely to cause damage to the functioning of that radio equipment

(i)installation of spare equipment;

(ii)regular inspection of the ship in port and installation of necessary meters and spare components for maintenance in a mooring port; or

(iii)installation of necessary meters and spare components for maintenance while the ship is navigating.

(i)frequency measuring instruments to be installed pursuant to the provisions of Article 31;

(ii)radar to be installed on ships based on the order pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the Ship Safety Act (including cases in which applied mutatis mutandis to Cabinet Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 29-7 of that Act);

(iii)apparatus for life-saving radio equipment installed on ships, which is specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications;

(iv)apparatus for radio equipment to be installed pursuant to the provisions of Article 33 (except apparatus referred to in the preceding item);

(v)apparatus for radio equipment on a ship earth station prescribed in the main clause of Article 34; and

(vi)apparatus for radio equipment installed on aircraft, which is specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

(i)the plans on executing a training course service regarding the staff, equipment, methods for implementing the training course service, and other issues, are suitable for the proper and certain implementation of the training course service;

(ii)the applicant has a sufficient financial foundation for the proper and certain implementation of the plans to implement the training course service prescribed in the preceding item;

(iii)if engaged in services other than training course services, engaging in those services do not lead to the risk of the training becoming unfair; and

(iv)the designation does not impair the proper or certain implementation of the training course service in the classification related to the application.

(i)a person other than a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation;

(ii)a person who has been sentenced for a crime prescribed by this Act, and two years have not yet elapsed since the person completed the sentence, or ceased to be subject to the sentence;

(iii)a person whose designation was revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 39-11, paragraph (1), or paragraph (2), and two years have not yet elapsed since the day on which the revocation was made; or

(iv)a person who has an officer who falls under item (ii).

(i)when violating the provisions of Article 39-3, paragraph (2), Article 39-5, paragraph (1), Article 39-6, Article 39-7, or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article;

(ii)when it is found not to conform to one or more of the items (except item (iv)) of Article 39-2, paragraph (4);

(iii)when violating the order pursuant to the provisions of Article 39-5, paragraph (2), or Article 39-8;

(iv)when conducting the training courses without following the operational regulations authorized pursuant to the provisions of Article 39-5, paragraph (1); or

(v)when obtaining the designation through unlawful means.

(i)qualifications of Radio Operators for General Services:

(ii)qualifications for Maritime Radio Operators:

(iii)qualifications for Aeronautical Radio Operators:

(iv)qualifications for Technical Radio Operators for On-the-Ground Services:

(v)qualifications for Radio Operators for Amateur Services:

(i)a person who has passed the state examination to become a radio operator, which is held for each of the qualifications of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article;

(ii)a person who has completed a training course for the development of radio operators with the qualifications (limited to those specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, which is approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications to conform to the regulations specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications;

(iii)a person who has graduated from a school under the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947), having completed the subjects related to radio communications specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for each of the qualifications (limited to those specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, according to the category of the school stated below (in the case of the lower course of a professional and vocational university under that Act; a person that has completed the course):

(iv)for each of the qualifications specified in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to those specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications), a person who satisfies the requirements specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications that include the relevant qualification of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and career experience, as a person who has knowledge and skills equivalent to or exceeding those of the persons stated in the preceding three items.

(i)a person who has been subject to a fine or heavier punishment for any crime detailed in Chapter IX, and for which two years have not yet passed since the date on which the person finished serving the sentence, or to be subject to its enforcement;

(ii)a person whose radio operator license has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 79, paragraph (1), item (i) or item (ii), and for which two years have not yet passed since the day of the revocation; or

(iii)a person who is not suitable as a radio operator due to a serious physical or mental deficiency.

(i)a person other than a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation;

(ii)a person who has committed a crime prescribed in this Act and has been sentenced to a penalty, and for which two years have not yet passed since the date on which the person finished serving the sentence or was subject to its enforcement;

(iii)a person whose designation was revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 39-11, paragraphs (1) or (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 47-5, and for which two years have not yet passed since the day of the revocation;

(iv)a person, any of whose officers fall under any of the following items:

(i)when an applicant has completed the training course for operation, or supervision of operation, of radio equipment on compulsory ship radio stations, etc., which the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications organizes for the relevant applicant;

(ii)when an applicant has completed a training course which has been approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications that has contents equivalent to those of the training course in the preceding item, and for which five years have not yet passed since the day of completion

(i)when a person is not engaged in operation or supervision of operation of radio equipment on a compulsory ship radio station, etc., which is specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in the main clause of Article 39, paragraph (1), or in other radio stations specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, during a period of five years starting on the day of completion of the training course related to the certification for ship radio station radio operator, and does not complete either the training course which the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications organizes for operation, or supervision of operation of radio equipment on compulsory ship radio stations, etc. for those having received a certification for ship radio station radio operator, or a training course which the Minister approved as having the equivalent contents;

(ii)when a person who has not been engaged in the operation referred to in the preceding item for an uninterrupted period of five years, and has not completed any of the training courses under the preceding item during that period;

(iii)when a person is no longer qualified as a radio operator under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article; or

(iv)when a person whose certification for ship radio station radio operator has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of Article 79-2, paragraph (1), and the period of suspension has exceeded five years.

(i)in relation to the conditions concerning the use of frequencies by a specific radio station classification (referring to the classification of radio stations specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, in line with the technical regulations prescribed in Chapter III concerning modes of radio communications, the purpose of the radio stations, and the radio equipment; the same applies below), the time limit on the use of frequencies is determined as not exceeding ten years from the day public notice of the change in the frequency assignment plan, etc., is given, and the frequencies assignable (referred to below as the "newly assignable frequencies" in this Article) to the relevant radio station classification (referred to below as the "old assignment classification" in this Article) is assigned to radio station classifications other than the old assignment classification.

(ii)Among the radio station classifications to which the newly assignable frequencies can be assigned, if there is a radio station classification that has the same radio communications mode and the same radio station purpose as the old assignment classification (referred to below as "classification with the same purpose" in this item) and that is a classification other than the old assignment classification (referred to as "new assignment classification" in the following item), the ratio of frequencies that can be assigned to the classification with the same purpose as the newly assignable frequencies is not to exceed three fourths.

(iii)in response to an application for a license for a radio station for which the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications issues a public notice along with the public notice on the change in the frequency assignment plan, etc. (referred to below as a "newly established specific radio station"), for those radio stations in the new assignment classification, the newly assignable frequencies are to be assignable within five years from the day that public notice of the change in the relevant frequency assignment plan, etc. is given. In this case, it is possible to change in advance the frequencies or antenna power of existing established radio stations (limited to the extent that the change does not disturb the implementation of the purpose of existing established stations; in the case of a change of frequency, limited to the extent that the change is within the range of the newly assignable frequencies), so that those radio stations in the old assignment classification, which have already been assigned newly assignable frequencies upon public notice of the change in the frequency assignment plan, etc. (referred to below as "existing established radio stations"), do not cause interference or other obstruction that significantly impairs the operation of the newly established specific radio station.

(i)staff working for the applicant for registration who possess knowledge and experience conforming to any of the conditions stated in the Appended Table 5, and is to take part in decision-making on the delivery of compensation related to the specific frequency termination support service;

(ii)the liabilities of the applicant for registration do not exceed their assets;

(iii)the applicant for registration is not to be a person who has established radio stations using radio frequencies related to the old assignment period;

(iv)the applicant for registration does not fall under any of the following sub-items as being under the control of a specified person:

(i)date of registration and reference number of registration;

(ii)name and address of the person who has obtained registration, and, in the case for which the person is a corporation, name of the representative; and

(iii)name and address of the office, where the person who has obtained registration conducts the specific frequency termination support service.

(i)when a licensee becomes a person that is unable to hold a license pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1), (2), or (4): the license of the licensee that becomes a person that is unable to hold a license;

(ii)when the approval for an approved basic broadcasting operator conducting the operations of basic terrestrial broadcasting becomes invalid: the license for the radio station used for the operations of that basic terrestrial broadcasting; and

(iii)when the licenses held by a licensee of specified terrestrial basic broadcast stations for all specified terrestrial basic broadcast stations used for the operations of the licensee's basic terrestrial broadcasting cease to be valid: the licenses for radio stations used for the operations of that basic terrestrial broadcasting which are not specified terrestrial basic broadcast stations.

(i)the situation of coming to fall under Article 5, paragraph (1), item (iv), or paragraph (4), item (ii) or (iii);

(ii)the effects on the matter specified in sub-item (a) or (b) below, according to the category of the radio station respectively stated in sub-item (a) or (b) brought about by the revocation of the license pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or the non-revocation of the license pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph:

(iii)other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

(i)when suspending operation of the radio station for a period of six months or longer consecutively without due reason;

(ii)when obtaining a radio station license, receiving permission under Article 17, or changing the designated matters pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, through unlawful means;

(iii)when failing to observe any order or limitation pursuant to the provisions under paragraph (1);

(iv)when the licensee now falls under Article 5, paragraph (3), item (i); and

(v)when the licensee of the specified terrestrial basic broadcast station no longer meets the requirements stated under Article 7, paragraph (2), item (iv), sub-item (b).

(i)when failing completely to commence the operation of a specified broadcast station by the deadline given in Article 27-5, paragraph (1), item (iv), (when there has been an extension of the deadline pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-6, paragraph (1); that deadline);

(ii)when suspending operation of all the specified radio stations related to a blanket license for a consecutive period of six months or longer, without due reason;

(iii)when obtaining a blanket license, receiving permission under Article 27-8 paragraph (1), or changing the designated matters pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-9, through unlawful means;

(iv)when not complying with the order or limitation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), or the prohibition pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2); or

(v)when the blanket licensee now falls under Article 5, paragraph (3), item (i).

(i)when obtaining the registration under Article 27-21, paragraph (1), or obtaining the registration of change under Article 27-26, paragraph (1), or Article 27-33, paragraph (1), through unlawful means;

(ii)when failing to observe an order or limitation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), or a prohibition pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), or an order, limitation or prohibition under the provisions of paragraph (3); or

(iii)when the registrant now falls under Article 5, paragraph (3), item (i).

(i)when the registration referred to in Article 9 of the Telecommunications Business Act has been refused, pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of that Act;

(ii)when the registration of a change referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Telecommunications Business Act has been refused pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of that Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (4) of that Act (limited to the case in which the registration of a change relates to a change in a matter concerning the radio station); or

(iii)when the registration referred to in Article 9 of the Telecommunications Business Act is deleted pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 of that Act.

(i)when violating the provisions of this Act or any orders under this Act, or administrative dispositions under the Act;

(ii)when obtaining the radio operator's license through unlawful means; or

(iii)when the situation now falls under Article 42, item (iii).

(i)when conducting distress, urgency, safety, or emergency traffic (including cases where it is conducted by a person other than a licensee or registrant who is appointed to operate the radio station pursuant to the provisions of Article 70-7 paragraph (1), Article 70-8 paragraph (1) or Article 70-9 paragraph (1));

(ii)when finding any other radio station operated in violation of the provisions of this Act or any orders under this Act; and

(iii)when, in a foreign country, a radio station is restricted from operating beyond the scope of a public notice issued in advance by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.

(i)the implementation status of measures taken in order not to fall under Article 5, paragraph (4), item (ii) or (iii) (in the case of a licensee of a basic broadcast station that transmits community broadcasting, item (ii) of that paragraph);

(ii)if there was the change specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications referred to in Article 17, paragraph (2), item (ii) to the matters stated in Article 6, paragraph (2), item (ix), the details of the change; and

(iii)other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as matters concerning not falling under Article 5, paragraph (4), item (ii) or (iii).

(i)a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a more severe penalty;

(ii)a person who has been subjected to disciplinary dismissal as a national public employee, and for which two years have not yet passed since the day of dismissal;

(iii)a person that is a broadcasting operator provided for in Article 2, item (xxvi) of the Broadcasting Act; a certified broadcasting holding company provided for in item (xxvii) of that Article; a paid broadcasting management operator provided for in Article 152, paragraph (2) of that Act; a telecommunications carrier prescribed in Article 2, item (v) of the Telecommunications Business Act (limited to a person who installs telecommunications circuit facilities (referring to transmission line facilities connecting transmitting points with receiving points, and switching facilities installed as inseparable units of the transmission line facilities, and ancillary facilities of the transmission line and switching facilities)); a manufacturer or a dealer in radio equipment; or when a person is a corporation, an officer of the corporation, (referring to a person, whatever their title may be, who has authority or management power equal to or above that of an officer; the same applies in this Article); or a holder of one tenth or more of the voting rights in the corporation (including a person who falls under the categories above within a year before the day of appointment); or

(iv)a person who is an officer of any of the entities stated in the preceding item (including a person who falls under any of the above within a year before the day of appointment).

(i)establishment or abolition of Order of the Ministry of International Affairs and Communications under the provisions of Article 4, items (i) through (iii) (Radio Stations Requiring No License), Article 4-2, paragraph (1), paragraph (2) (limited to those related to the specifying of a radio station in consideration of conditions such as usage and frequency), and paragraph (3) (Conditions for Deeming Radio Equipment as Radio Equipment Labelled as Conforming with Technical Regulations), Article 4-3 (Designation of Call Signs or Call Names), Article 6, paragraph (8) (Period of Application for a Radio Station License), Article 7, paragraph 1, item (iv) (Essential Standards for Establishment of Radio Stations Other Than Basic Broadcast Stations), paragraph (2), item (vii), sub-item (c) of that Article (Standards for Radio Stations Transmitting Radio Communications Other Than Those of Basic Broadcasting in Addition to the Basic Broadcasting), item (viii) of that paragraph (Essential Standards for Establishment of Basic Broadcast Stations), Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii) (Identification Signal), the proviso to Article 9, paragraph (1) (Changes in Construction Designs Not Requiring Permission), paragraph (4) of that Article, and Article 17, paragraph (1) (Changes to the Matters Stated in Article 6, Paragraph (2), Item (vi)), Article 13, paragraph (1) (Period of validity of Licenses for Radio Stations), Article 15 (Simplified Licensing Procedures), Article 24-2, paragraph (4), item (ii) (Registration of Inspectors), Article 26-2, paragraph (1) (Survey of Actual Radio Spectrum Utilization), Article 26-3, paragraph (1), item (iv) (Assessment Matters of Effective Utilization Assessment), Article 27-2 (Specified Radio Station), Article 27-4, item (iii) (Essential Standards for Establishment of Specified Radio Stations), Article 27-5, paragraph (3) (Period of validity of the Blanket License), Article 27-6, paragraph (3) (Notification of the Establishment of Specified Radio Stations), Article 27-12, paragraph (2), item (i) (Standards on the Degree of Effective Utilization of Radio Waves), the proviso to Article 27-13, paragraph (1) (Matters Concerning Requesters), paragraph (2) of that Article (Matters to Take into Consideration for Deciding Whether It Is Necessary to Establish Establishment Guidelines), Article 27-14, paragraph (7) (Period of Validity of Establishment Plan Authorization), Article 27-16, paragraph (2), item (iii) (Matters to Take into Consideration for a Grace Period for Revocation of Approval for an Establishment Plan), Article 27-21, paragraph (1) (Registration), Article 27-24 (Period of Validity of Registration), Article 27-26, paragraph (1) (Minor Changes Not Requiring Registration), Article 27-33, paragraph (1) (Minor Changes Concerning Blanket Registrants Not Requiring Registration), Article 27-34, (Notification of Establishment of Radio Stations), Article 27-38, paragraph (1) (Mediation and Arbitration by the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution Committee), Article 28 (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (5)) (Quality of Radio Waves), Article 29 (Requirements for Receiving Equipment), Article 30 (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100 paragraph (5)) (Safety Devices), Article 31 (Installation of a Frequency Measuring Instrument), Article 32 (Installation of Meters and Spare Components), Article 33 (Apparatus for Radio Equipment on Compulsory Ship Radio Stations), Article 35 (Requirements for Radio Equipment on Compulsory Ship Radio Stations, etc.), Article 36 (Requirements for Compulsory Aircraft Stations), Article 37 (Approval of Apparatus for Radio Equipment), Article 38 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (5)) (Technical Regulations), Article 38-2-2, paragraph (1) (Specified Radio Equipment), Article 38-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) (Criteria for Registration), Article 38-33, paragraph (1) (Special Specified Radio Equipment), Article 39, paragraphs (1) through (3), and paragraphs (5), and (7) (Operation of Radio Equipment), the proviso to Article 39-13 (Operation of Radio Equipment in Amateur Radio Stations), Article 41, paragraph (2), items (ii) through (iv) (Regulations for Authorization Related to Training Courses for Radio Operators), Article 47 (Conducting an Examination Service), Article 48-3, item (i) (Loss of Validity of Authorization as a Ship radio station Radio Operator), Article 49 (Details of State Examinations), Article 50 (Stationing of a Distress Traffic Operator in Charge), Article 52, items (i) through (iii) and item (vi) (Utilization Beyond Purpose), Article 55 (Operation Beyond Permitted Operating Hours), Article 61 (Methods of Communication), Article 65 (Watchkeeping Obligations), Article 66, paragraph (1) (Distress Traffic), Article 67, paragraph (2) (Urgency Traffic), Article 70-4 (Watchkeeping Obligations), Article 70-5 (Communications for Aircraft Stations), Article 70-5-2, paragraph (2), item (i) and the proviso to paragraph (3) (Approval for Radio Equipment and Other Devices Maintenance Regulations), Article 70-8, paragraph (1) (Radio Stations Which May Allow Operation through Easy Operations by a Person Other Than the Licensee), Article 71-3, paragraph (4) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11)) (Standards Concerning Provision of Compensation), Article 73, paragraph (1) (Inspection), paragraph (3) of that Article (limited to those related to the provisions of radio stations for which it is necessary to ensure proper operation to ensure the safety of individuals' lives and bodies) (Radio Stations Requiring a National Periodic Inspection), Article 75, paragraph (2), item (iii) (Matters to Take into Consideration for a Grace Period for Revocation of a Radio Station License), Article 78 (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4-2, paragraph (5)) (Measures to Prevent the Transmission of Radio Waves), Article 100, paragraph (1), item (ii) (Equipment Utilizing High Frequency Current), Article 102-11, paragraph (4) (Radio Stations for Which It Is Necessary to Ensure Proper Operation), Article 102-13, paragraph (1) (Designation of Radio Equipment Using Specified Frequencies), Article 102-14, paragraph (1) (Notification in Sales of Designated Radio Equipment and Other Devices), Article 102-14-2 (Utilization of Information Communications Technology), Article 102-18, paragraph (1) (Measuring Instruments), paragraph (9) of that article (Conducting a Calibration Service), and the proviso to Article 103-2, paragraph (7) and paragraph (11) (Collection of Spectrum User Fees);

(ii)on establishing or changing the plan for the usage of frequencies allocated to basic broadcasting under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3) or paragraph (4); establishing or changing the frequency assignment plan under Article 26, paragraph (1) (except the part related to paragraph (2), item (iv) of that Article); establishing or changing the establishment guidelines under Article 27-12, paragraph (1); deciding whether it is necessary or not to establish establishment guidelines under Article 27-13, paragraph (2); and determining or changing notified specified stations under Article 71-2, paragraph (2);

(iii)on revoking the approval of an establishment plan under the provisions of Article 27-16, paragraph (6) or (7); revoking a license or registration of a radio station under the provisions of that paragraph; revoking the designation of a designated training agency, a designated examination agency, a designated frequency change support agency, a center, or a designated calibration agency under the provisions of Article 39-11, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 47-5, Article 71-3, paragraph (11), Article 102-17, paragraph (5), and Article 102-18, paragraph (13)); ordering the dismissal of officers of a designated examination agency, or a designated frequency change support agency, or of examination conductors at a designated examination agency, or calibrators at a designated calibration agency under the provisions of Article 47-2, paragraph (3) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 71-3, paragraph (11), and Article 102-18, paragraph (13)); revoking an approval for radio equipment and maintenance regulations of other devices under the provisions of Article 70-5-2, paragraph (7) or (8); revoking a radio station license under the provisions of Article 76, paragraph (4), (5), (7) or (8); revoking an approval for an establishment plan or maintenance regulations of radio equipment and other devices under the provisions of that paragraph; revoking the registration under Article 27-21, paragraph (1) under the provisions of paragraph (6), (7), or (8) of that Article; reducing the designated number of radio stations and changing the designation of frequencies pursuant to the provisions of Article 76-2; prohibiting the establishment of radio stations related to registration or limitations on the operation of registered stations under the provisions of Article 76-2-2; changing the designation of frequencies for radio stations, ordering a change in frequencies for registered stations; or revoking radio station licenses or registrations under the provisions of Article 76-3, paragraph (1); or revoking a radio operator license or ship radio station radio operator certificate under the provisions of Article 79, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 79, paragraph (2));

(iv)on issuing a license under the provisions of Article 4 (limited to the renewed license of a radio station transmitting basic terrestrial broadcasting); issuing a pre-permit for a radio station under the provisions of Article 8; granting permission to make changes in construction design under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1); granting permission for making changes in the purpose of the radio station, broadcasting matters, or the matters stated in Article 6, paragraph (2), item (vi), under the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article or Article 17, paragraph (1); issuing a blanket license under the provisions of Article 27-5, paragraph (1); granting permission for making changes in the purpose of the specified radio station, under the provisions of Article 27-8, paragraph (1); granting approval to an establishment plan under the provisions of Article 27-14, paragraph (1); designating a training agency under the provisions of Article 39-2, paragraph (1); designating an examination agency under the provisions Article 46, paragraph (1); granting an approval for radio equipment and other devices maintenance regulations under the provisions of Article 70-5-2, paragraph (1); changing the designation of frequencies, etc. of radio stations or ordering a change in the frequencies, etc. for registered stations or the location of radio equipment on artificial satellite stations, under the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (1); designating a frequency change support agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 71-3, paragraph (1), designating an area for prevention of radio propagation obstruction pursuant to the provisions of Article 102-2, paragraph (1); designating the center under the provisions of Article 102-17, paragraph (1); or designating a calibration agency under the provisions of Article 102-18, paragraph (1); and

(v)notice under the provisions of Article 38-2, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (5)).

(i)telegraphy, telephony, or other communications equipment that conducts high frequency current at frequencies of 10 kHz or higher through electric lines (except cable carrier equipment, twin twisted wire balanced type carrier equipment, or other communications equipment specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications); or

(ii)equipment other than radio equipment and the equipment in the preceding item, which utilizes electric current at a frequency of 10 kHz or higher, and is specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications;

(i)radio communications by means of radio equipment in a radio station used for a telecommunications service;

(ii)radio communications by means of radio equipment in a radio station used for a broadcasting service;

(iii)radio communications by means of radio equipment used for a service for the purpose of protecting lives or property or of maintaining public peace and order;

(iv)radio communications by means of radio equipment used for a meteorological service;

(v)radio communications by means of radio equipment used for an electrical power supply service related to the electricity business; or

(vi)radio communications by means of radio equipment used for the operation of trains related to the railway business;

(i)the construction of a new building or structure, for which the height from the ground surface of the highest portion exceeds thirty-one meters (including those structures that are fixed to the ground, that have one or more structures constructed on their upper parts, that result in the highest portion of the structures being higher than thirty-one meters above the ground surface; referred to below as "tall buildings or other structures");

(ii)the extension or transfer of a structure excluding tall buildings or other structures which as a result of an extension or transfer, makes the structure a tall building or other structure; and

(iii)the extension, transfer, rebuilding, repair, or alteration of a tall building or other structure (the rebuilding, repair, and alteration is limited to the extent specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications);

(i)when a change has been made in the plan for the construction related to the specified act and the change has been notified under the provisions of Article 102-3, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article and Article 102-4, paragraph (2)), and when a notice is received that the relevant highest part does not constitute an important radio communications interference cause in the relevant area for prevention of radio propagation obstruction, pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding Article;

(ii)when agreement under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article has been reached with the licensee of the radio station conducting the important radio communications in the area for prevention of radio propagation obstruction; or

(iii)other cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

(i)for cases in which the building owner has failed to submit a notification under the provisions of Article 102-3, paragraphs (1) or (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article, and Article 102-4, paragraph (2)) in violation of the provisions (except cases in which a notification has been submitted in response to the order based on the provisions of Article 102-4, paragraph (1) and a notice has been given under the provisions of Article 102-5, paragraphs (1) and (2)), when among the construction related to the relevant specified act, the construction related to the highest part of the building or other structure is currently being conducted by the building owner themselves, or the business owner is having their contractor conduct the construction, or in the near future it is fully expected that the relevant construction will be conducted by the building owner themselves or the business owner will have their contractor conduct the construction; or

(ii)in the case where a building owner has failed to report within the specified period in spite of a request by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications under the provisions of Article 102-3 paragraph (3) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article and Article 102-4 paragraph (3)), when among the construction related to the relevant specified act, the construction related to the highest part of the building or other structure is currently being conducted by the building owner themselves, or the business owner is having their contractor conduct the construction, or in the near future it is fully expected that the relevant construction will be conducted by the building owner themselves, or the business owner will have their contractor conduct the construction.

(i)when a radio station causes interference or any other obstruction that significantly impairs the operation of other radio stations, and it is deemed that the obstruction is caused by the use of radio equipment manufactured or modified based on a design that does not conform to the technical regulations specified in Chapter III: the design related to that radio equipment; and

(ii)when it is found that radio equipment has been manufactured or modified based on a design that does not conform to the technical regulations specified in Chapter III, and that if a radio station that uses the radio equipment is established, that radio station is likely to cause interference or any other obstruction that significantly impairs the operation of other radio stations: the design related to that radio equipment.

(i)the matters that are to be notified or indicated pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph;

(ii)the fact that a person who establishes a radio station using designated radio equipment without a license or registration, is sentenced to the penalty prescribed under this Act; and

(iii)the name and address of the government office, to which an application for a license or registration of a radio station using designated radio equipment is to be submitted.

(i)answer inquiries or give consultation on investigation of interferences or other matters necessary for establishing radio stations, or changing any matters concerning radio stations;

(ii)answer inquiries on matters necessary for operating a radio station that uses the same frequencies as another radio station in a manner that does not cause interference, or any other obstruction to that other radio station;

(iii)collect and provide information on matters related to changing frequency designations for radio stations to properly enforce conventions on radio waves, matters related to equipment that significantly contribute to the efficient utilization of radio waves, and other matters that contribute to the effective and proper utilization of radio waves;

(iv)survey and research the utilization of radio waves;

(v)conduct educational activities on the effective and proper utilization of radio waves; and

(vi)engage in activities incidental to those stated in the preceding items.

(i)the calibration service implementation plan on matters including the staff, equipment, and calibration service methods are suitable for implementing the service properly and reliably;

(ii)the applicant has a financial base sufficient for implementing the calibration service plan specified in the preceding item properly and reliably;

(iii)if the applicant is a corporation, its officers or the structure of its members specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications according to the type of corporation, does not have an adverse effect on fair implementation of the calibration service; and

(iv)beyond the case prescribed for in the preceding item, the applicant satisfies the criteria specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as not likely to cause any unfair calibration in practice.

(v)the designation does not impede the proper and reliable implementation of the calibration service.

(i)a person who was sentenced for a crime pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and for which two years have not yet passed since the date on which the person finished serving the sentence, or to be subject to its enforcement;

(ii)a person whose designation was revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 39-11, paragraph (1) or (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (13) of this Article, and for which two years have not yet passed since the day of revocation; or

(iii)if an applicant is a corporation, when its officers falls under either of the preceding two items.

(i)a person who applies for a license under the provisions of Article 6;

(ii)a person who is subject to an inspection under the provisions of Article 10;

(iii)a person who is subject to inspection under the provisions of Article 18 (except a person who has obtained permission under Article 17, paragraph (1), due to the designation being changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (1) or Article 76-3, paragraph (1));

(iv)a person who applies to renew a registration under the provisions of Article 24-2-2, paragraph (1);

(v)a person who is provided with information under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2);

(vi)a person who applies for a license under the provisions of Article 27-3;

(vii)a person who applies for an approval under the provisions of Article 27-14, paragraph (1);

(viii)a person who applies for registration under the provisions of Article 27-21, paragraph (1);

(ix)a person who applies for registration under the provisions of Article 27-32, paragraph (1);

(x)a person who takes an examination under the provisions of Article 37;

(xi)a person who applies for renewal of registration under the provisions of Article 38-4, paragraph (1);

(xii)a person who wishes to obtain a technical regulations conformity certification under the provisions of Article 38-18, paragraph (1);

(xiii)a person who wishes to obtain a construction design certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 38-18, paragraph (1), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-24, paragraph (3);

(xiv)a person who applies for registration under the provisions of Article 38-39, paragraph (1);

(xv)a person who applies for a registration of change under the provisions of Article 38-40, paragraph (1);

(xvi)a person who takes a training course under the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (7);

(xvii)a person who takes a state examination for radio operators under the provisions of Article 41;

(xviii)a person who applies for a license under the provisions of Article 41;

(xix)a person who applies for certification for ship radio station radio operator under the provisions of Article 48-2, paragraph (1);

(xx)a person who takes a training course organized by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications pursuant to the provisions of Article 48-2, paragraph (2), item (i);

(xxi)a person who takes a training course organized by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications referred to in the provisions of Article 48-3, item (i);

(xxii)a person who applies for re-issuance of a certificate for a radio station license, a certificate for the radio station registration, a registration certificate, a radio operator's license, or a certificate of certification for ship radio station radio operator;

(xxiii)a person who applies for an authorization under the provisions of Article 70-5-2, paragraph (1);

(xxiv)a person who receives an inspection under the provisions of Article 73, paragraph (1); and

(xxv)a person for which the calibration is conducted under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (except calibration by a designated calibration agency).

(i)monitor and control radio waves, and search for illegally established radio stations;

(ii)establishment and management of the integrated radio stations database (referring to a database that, using an electronic data processing system, registers for all radio stations matters that must be entered on documents and applications specified in Article 6, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 27-3, Article 27-21, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 27-32, paragraphs (2) and (3), and on certificates of radio station licenses and registrations, and other matters related to licenses or registrations);

(iii)research and development on establishing technical regulations for radio equipment concerning technologies to be developed within about five years as technologies for the efficient utilization of frequencies, technologies to promote the common utilization of frequencies, or technologies to promote the shift to higher frequencies and issuance of subsidies for that research and development (including those to be appropriated to a fund for implementing the research and development over several fiscal years, such as the information and communications research and development fund prescribed in Article 15-3, paragraph (1) of the Act on the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 162 of 1999)), as well as communication and coordination with international organizations, administrative organizations of foreign countries, and other organizations in foreign countries in order to establish technical regulations for radio equipment in relation to radio equipment using technologies already developed for the efficient utilization of frequencies, technologies to promote the common use of frequencies, or technologies to promote the shift to higher frequencies, tests, and analyses of the test results;

(iv)survey relating to the physical effects of radio waves on the human body, etc.;

(v)transmission of standard frequencies;

(vi)administrative work for performing observation, transmitting forecasts and abnormality warnings, and making other reports in relation to how radio waves propagate, and administrative work for conducting survey, research, and development of technologies necessary in relation to those administrative work;

(vii)specific frequency change support services (including delivery of grants to a designated frequency change support agency under the provisions of Article 71-3, paragraph (9));

(viii)specific frequency termination support services (including delivery of grants to a registered frequency termination support agency under the provisions of Article 71-3, paragraph (9), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11); the same applies to paragraphs (12) and (13));

(ix)in relation to radio communications by means of radio equipment currently established for the purpose of protecting lives or properties, issuance of subsidies to improve and maintain the radio equipment (including ancillary equipment specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Information, installed as an inseparable unit with the relevant radio equipment and the structure required to install the relevant radio equipment and the relevant ancillary equipment) to be used for the purpose of protecting lives or properties using technology that contributes to the efficient utilization of radio waves, when it is found necessary for the purpose of enabling the relevant communications to be conducted by means of radio equipment using the relevant technology, taking into consideration the content of the technology used for the relevant radio equipment, status of utilization of radio waves of frequencies used by the relative radio equipment, trend in demand for the utilization of the relevant radio communications and other circumstances;

(x)beyond the matters stated in the preceding item, issuance of subsidies and other necessary support to improve and maintain the following equipment (including ancillary equipment specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications installed as an inseparable unit with the relevant equipment and the structure required to install the relevant equipment and that ancillary equipment) for the purpose of enabling the utilization of radio communications conducted using technology that contributes to the efficient utilization of radio waves, using antenna power to the lowest extent possible required in areas where it is difficult to utilize those radio communications:

(xi)beyond the matters stated in the preceding two items, issuance of subsidies for the purpose of improving and maintaining equipment to enable the utilization of the relevant radio communications conducted using technology that contributes to the efficient utilization of radio waves in a tunnel or other environment where it is difficult to utilize the relevant radio communications;

(xii)necessary support for the use of frequencies to ensure the efficient utilization of radio waves or to prevent the adverse effects of radio waves on human bodies or health, or for activities to increase health literacy concerning the protection of human bodies or health; and

(xiii)planning or drafting a plan for a system related to the spectrum user fee, or administrative work incidental to the administrative work stated in each of the preceding items.

(i)the National Police Agency: administrative work for conduct of the duties prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Police Act (Act No. 162 of 1954);

(ii)the Fire and Disaster Management Agency and local public entities: administrative affairs for conduct of the duties prescribed in Article 1 of the Fire and Disaster Management Organization Act (Act No. 226 of 1947);

(iii)the Ministry of Justice: administrative affairs relating to the management and operation of the penal institutions prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on Penal Detention Facilities and Treatment of Inmates and Detainees (Act No. 50 of 2005), the juvenile training schools provided for in Article 3 of the Juveniles Training Schools Act (Act No. 58 of 2014), and the juvenile classification homes provided for in Article 3 of the Juvenile Classification Home Act (Act No. 59 of 2014);

(iv)the Immigration Services Agency: the administrative affairs prescribed in Article 61-3-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951);

(v)the Public Security Intelligence Agency: the administrative affairs prescribed in Article 4 of the Act on the Establishment of the Public Security Intelligence Agency (Act No. 241 of 1952);

(vi)the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: administrative affairs for execution of the duties prescribed in Article 54, paragraph (5) of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Control Act (Act No. 14 of 1953);

(vii)the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism: administrative affairs relating to the instructions prescribed in Article 96, paragraph (1) of the Civil Aeronautics Act (Act No. 231 of 1952);

(viii)the Japan Meteorological Agency: administrative affairs relating to the warnings prescribed in Article 23 of the Meteorological Service Act (Act No. 165 of 1952);

(ix)the Japan Coast Guard: administrative affairs for conduct of the duties prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Japan Coast Guard Act (Act No. 28 of 1948);

(x)the Ministry of Defense: administrative affairs for conduct of the duties prescribed in Article 3 of the Self-Defense Forces Act (Act No. 165 of 1954);

(xi)a national government organ, a local public entity or flood prevention management entity provided for in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Flood Control Act (Act No. 193 of 1949): flood prevention administrative affairs (except for those provided for in item (ii)); and

(xii)a national government organ: administrative affairs for execution of the duties prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Control Measures (Act No. 223 of 1961) (except for those provided for in each of the preceding items).

(i)a radio station established by a licensee stated in the preceding items for the purpose of the station being used for the administrative affairs prescribed in the relevant items (except for the radio stations established for the purpose of it being solely used for the administrative affairs prescribed in each of the items): paragraphs (1), (2), and paragraphs (5) through (12);

(ii)a radio station established by local public entities for the purpose of conducting communications required for disaster prevention as prescribed in the Local Disaster Prevention Plan stated in Article 2 item (x) of the Disaster Control Fundamental Act (except for radio stations established for the purpose of being solely used for the administrative affairs prescribed in items (ii) and (xi) of the preceding paragraph and radio stations stated in the preceding item): paragraphs (1), and (5) through (12); and

(iii)if the period of validity for all or part of the frequencies used by a radio station is specified by the frequency assignment plan (except cases when the provisions of Article 71-2 paragraph (1) apply), a licensee or registrant of a radio station for which the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications has given confirmation that the relevant radio station will be abolished within two years from the day of the license or registration, or the corresponding day: paragraph (1).

(i)communications under any of the items of Article 52;

(ii)communications with radio stations for the purpose of conducting telecommunications services; or

(iii)communications for the purpose of navigating safely (except those in the preceding item).

(i)foreign radio stations (including radio stations established by using radio equipment for the foreign radio stations to which the permission relates to, and excluding the radio stations stated in the following item); and

(ii)experimental radio stations.

(i)if a person establishes a radio station without a license under the provisions of Article 4, or registration under Article 27-21, paragraph (1);

(ii)if a person operates a radio station without a license under the provisions of Article 4, or registration under Article 27-21, paragraph (1), without complying with the provisions of Article 70-7, paragraph (1), Article 70-8, paragraph (1), or Article 70-9, paragraph (1);

(iii)if a person establishes a specified radio station in violation of the provisions of Article 27-7;

(iv)if a person operates equipment under the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (1) without the permission under the provisions of that paragraph;

(v)if a person operates a radio station in violation of the provisions of Article 52, Article 53, Article 54, item (i), or Article 55;

(vi)if a person operates radio equipment in violation of the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1);

(vii)if a person violates an order under the provisions of Article 71-5 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (5));

(viii)if a person operates a radio station or the equipment specified in Article 100, paragraph (1), irrespective of its radio wave transmissions or operation being suspended under the provisions of Article 72, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (5)), or Article 76, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 70-7, paragraph (4), Article 70-8, paragraph (3), Article 70-9, paragraph (3), and Article 100, paragraph (5));

(ix)if a person fails to observe administrative dispositions under the provisions of Article 74, paragraph (1);

(x)if a person establishes a radio station in violation of the prohibition under the provisions of Article 76, paragraph (2);

(xi)if a person violates an order under the provisions of Article 38-22, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-29 and Article 38-38); or

(xii)if a person violates the prohibition under the provisions of Article 38-28, paragraph (1) (limited to those related to item (i)), Article 38-36, paragraph (1) (limited to those related to item (i)), or Article 38-37, paragraph (1).

(i)if a person violates an order under the provisions of Article 24-10, or Article 38-17, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-24, paragraph (3), and Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11));

(ii)if a person carries out personally, or orders a contractor to carry out construction of a part that causes interference in violation of the provisions of Article 102-6; or

(iii)if a person fails to discontinue, or to order a contractor to discontinue construction of the highest part of a tall building or other structure, or carries out that construction personally, or orders a contractor to carry out that construction, in violation of an order based on the provisions of Article 102-8, paragraph (1).

(i)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 70-5-2, paragraph (6), or makes a false report;

(ii)if a person refuses, hinders, or evades an inspection to be conducted under the provisions of Article 73, paragraphs (1), (5) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (5)), or (6), or Article 82, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied pursuant to Article 4-2, paragraph (3), following the deemed replacement of terms); or

(iii)if a person makes a false entry in the certificate prescribed in the provisions of Article 73, paragraph (3).

(i)if a person makes a change to any of the matters stated in Article 6, paragraph (2), item (vi), in violation of the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4), or Article 17, paragraph (1);

(ii)if a person affixes a mark in violation of the provisions of Article 38-7, paragraph (3);

(iii)if a person fails to remove a mark in violation of the provisions of Article 38-7, paragraph (4);

(iv)if a person affixed a mark in violation of the provisions of Article 38-44, paragraph (2);

(v)if a person operates a ship radio station in violation of the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1);

(vi)if a person operates an aircraft station in violation of the provisions of Article 70-2, paragraph (1);

(vii)if a person violates the limitation on operation under the provisions of Article 76, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 70-7, paragraph (4), Article 70-8, paragraph (3), Article 70-9, paragraph (3), and Article 100, paragraph (5));

(viii)if a person fails to make a notification or makes a false notification in violation of an order under the provisions of Article 102-4, paragraph (1); or

(ix)if a person affixes a mark in violation of the provisions of Article 102-18, paragraph (4).

(i)if, when making a notification under the provisions of Article 4-2, paragraph (2), a person makes a false notification and establishes the experimental radio station referred to in that paragraph, that uses the radio equipment referred to in that paragraph;

(ii)if, in violation of the provisions of Article 4-2, paragraph (4) (limited to the part related to notification of a change to any of the matters stated in paragraph (2), items (iv) through (vi) of that Article), a person makes a change to that matter without making the notification, or by making a false notification;

(iii)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 24-8, paragraph (1) or makes a false report, or refuses, hinders, or evades an inspection to be conducted under the provisions of that paragraph;

(iv)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (3), or makes a false report;

(v)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 26-3, paragraph (7), or makes a false report;

(vi)if a person fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification in violation of the provisions of Article 27-6, paragraph (3) (limited to the provisions related to notification of establishment of a specified radio station, or notification of changes to it);

(vii)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 27-12, paragraph (6) or makes a false report;

(viii)if a person changes any of the matters stated in Article 27-21, paragraph (2), item (iii), or (iv), in violation of the provisions of Article 27-26, paragraph (1);

(ix)if a person changes any of the matters stated in Article 27-32, paragraph (2), item (iii) or (iv), in violation of the provisions of Article 27-33, paragraph (1);

(x)if a person fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-34;

(xi)if a person fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-35;

(xii)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 38-6, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-24, paragraph (3)), or makes a false report;

(xiii)if a person fails to prepare a record book, fails to make an entry, or makes a false entry to it, or fails to maintain that record book, in violation of the provisions of Article 38-12 (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-24, paragraph (3), and Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11));

(xiv)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 38-15, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-24, paragraph (3), and Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11); the same applies below in this item) or makes a false report, or refuses, hinders, or evades an inspection to be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 38-15, paragraph (1);

(xv)if a person discontinues the service without notification under the provisions of Article 38-16, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-24 paragraph (3)), or submits a false notification;

(xvi)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 38-20, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4-2, paragraph (5), Article 38-29, Article 38-38, and Article 38-48; the same applies below in this item) or makes a false report, or refuses, hinders, or evades the inspection to be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 38-20, paragraph (1);

(xvii)if a person violates an order under the provisions of Article 38-21, paragraph (1) (including cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4-2, paragraph (5), Article 38-29, Article 38-38, and Article 38-48);

(xviii)if a person submits a false notification when making a notification under the provisions of Article 38-33, paragraph (3);

(xix)if a person fails to prepare a record book, prepares a false record book, or fails to maintain a record book, in violation of the provisions of Article 38-33, paragraph (4);

(xx)if a person operates radio equipment, in violation of the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 39-13;

(xxi)if a person fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (4) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 70-9, paragraph (3));

(xxii)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 71-3, paragraph (6) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11)), or makes a false report;

(xxiii)if a person fails to take measures necessary for preventing the transmission of radio waves, in violation of the provisions of Article 78 (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4-2, paragraph (5));

(xxiv)if a person operates radio equipment, irrespective of the fact that the person has been ordered to cease engaging in services pursuant to the provisions of Article 79, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 79, paragraph (2));

(xxv)if a person operates radio equipment on a ship radio station specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications under the main clause of Article 39, paragraph (1), irrespective of the fact that the validity of the certification for ship radio station radio operator has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of Article 79-2, paragraph (1);

(xxvi)if a person violates an order under the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied pursuant to Article 4-2, paragraph (3), following the deemed replacement of terms, and cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 101);

(xxvii)if a person fails to make a notification or makes a false notification in violation of the provisions of Article 102-3, paragraph (1), or (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 102-3, paragraph (6), and Article 102-4, paragraph (2));

(xxviii)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 102-9, or makes a false report;

(xxix)if a person violates an order under the provisions of Article 102-11, paragraph (4);

(xxx)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 102-12, or makes a false report;

(xxxi)if a person violates an instruction under the provisions of Article 102-15, paragraph (1); or

(xxxii)if a person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 102-16, paragraph (1), or makes a false report, or refuses, hinders, or evades an inspection to be conducted under the provisions of that paragraph.

(i)when a person fails to prepare a record book, fails to make an entry, or makes a false entry in it, or fails to maintain the record book, in violation of the provisions of Article 39-7 (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 47-5, Article 71-3, paragraph (11), and Article 102-18, paragraph (13));

(ii)when a person fails to make a report, or makes a false report under the provisions of Article 39-9 paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 47-5, Article 71-3, paragraph (11), Article 102-17, paragraph (5), and Article 102-18, paragraph (13); the same applies below in this item), or refuses, hinders, or evades an inspection to be conducted under the provisions of Article 39-9 paragraph (1);

(iii)when a person has completely discontinued a training service, examination service, specific frequency change support service, or specific frequency termination support service, without permission under Article 39-10, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 47-5, Article 71-3 paragraph (11), and Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11)); or

(iv)when a person has discontinued all of the services without notification or submits a false notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 102-18 paragraph (11).

(i)Article 110 (limited to the provisions related to items (xi) and (xii)): fine not exceeding one hundred million yen; or

(ii)Article 110 (except for the provisions related to items (xi) and (xii)), Article 110-2, or Articles 111 through 113: fine under the relevant Article.

(i)a person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 4-2, paragraph (4) (limited to the part related to notification of a change to any of the matters stated in paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article);

(ii)a person that fails to make a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 4-2, paragraph (6);

(iii)a person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (5);

(iv)a person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (2);

(v)a person that fails to make a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (9) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (10) of that Article, Article 27-17, and Article 70-5-2, paragraph (9));

(vi)A person that fails to make a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 22 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (5));

(vii)A person that fails to return the certificate for a radio station license, in violation of the provisions of Article 24 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (5));

(viii)A person that fails to make a notification or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 24-5, paragraph (1);

(ix)A person that fails to make a notification or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 24-6, paragraph (2);

(x)A person that fails to make a notification or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 24-9, paragraph (1);

(xi)A person that fails to return the registration certificate, in violation of the provisions of Article 24-12;

(xii)A person that utilizes or provides information for purposes other than the purpose of conducting the interference examinations, or the termination promotion measures stated under Article 25, paragraph (2), in violation of the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article;

(xiii)A person that fails to make a notification in violation of the provisions of Article 27-6, paragraph (3) (limited to the provisions related to notification of the abolition of a specified radio station);

(xiv)A person that fails to make a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-10, paragraph (1);

(xv)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-15, paragraph (5);

(xvi)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-26, paragraph (4);

(xvii)A person that fails to make a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-27, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied pursuant to Article 27-37, paragraph (2), following the deemed replacement of terms);

(xviii)A person that fails to make a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-29, paragraph (1);

(xix)A person that fails to return a certificate of registration, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-31 (including cases as applied pursuant to Article 27-37, following the deemed replacement of terms);

(xx)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 27-33, paragraph (4);

(xxi)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 38-5, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11));

(xxii)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 38-6, paragraph (3) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-29);

(xxiii)A person that fails to prepare financial statements or other reports, that fails to make an entry, or that makes a false entry in the financial statements or other reports, in violation of the provisions of Article 38-11, paragraph (1) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11)), or without due reason refuses a request under the provisions of Article 38-11, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 71-3-2, paragraph (11));

(xxiv)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 38-33, paragraph (5);

(xxv)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 38-42, paragraph (4);

(xxvi)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 38-46, paragraph (1);

(xxvii)A person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 70-5-2, paragraph (5);

(xxviii)a person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 70-7, paragraph (2) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 70-8, paragraph (2), and Article 70-9, paragraph (2));

(xxix)a person that fails to make a notification under the provisions of Article 80-2, or makes a false notification;

(xxx)a person that fails to make a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (4);

(xxxi)a person that fails to make a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 102-3, paragraph (5); or

(xxxii)a person that fails to make a notification, or makes a false notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 103-2, paragraphs (5) through (8), (12), (13), or (21).