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Telecommunication and audio-video equipment – Japan

Official title

Partial Amendment of the Regulation for Radio Equipment, etc

Japan issued an addendum on 18 March 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/JPN/873. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 1 August 2025. The comment period closed on 30 September 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Radio equipment of radio stations for mobile radio communication systems including TDD-NR (Time Division Duplex-New Radio) system

Notifying member
Japan
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/JPN/873Latest notice: G/TBT/N/JPN/873/Add.1
ICS classification
  • 33.060 Radiocommunications

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 30 September 2025
Proposed adoption
February, 2026
Proposed entry into force
February, 2026

How to comment

The comment period closed on 30 September 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/JPN/873/Add.1; it can take them up with Japan.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/JPN/873/Add.1⁩, 18 March 2026)

Partial Amendment of the Regulation for Radio Equipment, etc.

The revisions announced in G/TBT/N/JPN/873 dated 1 August, 2025 will enter into force on 23 March,2026. The texts of the amendments in Japanese are available on the following: Website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

Japan will amend the Ordinance on Radio Equipment, etc. to expand the frequency band of the 5th generation mobile communication system by adding the 26GHz band to TDD-NR system.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/JPN/873/Add.1

    Partial Amendment of the Regulation for Radio Equipment, etc.

    The revisions announced in G/TBT/N/JPN/873 dated 1 August, 2025 will enter into force on 23 March,2026. The texts of the amendments in Japanese are available on the following: Website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/JPN/873

    Comment deadline: Closed on 30 September 2025

    Partial Amendment of the Regulation for Radio Equipment, etc

    Japan will amend the Ordinance on Radio Equipment, etc. to expand the frequency band of the 5th generation mobile communication system by adding the 26GHz band to TDD-NR system.

Sources

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