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Telecommunication and audio-video equipment – Japan

Official title

Partial amendment of Regulations for Terminal Facilities and establishment of relevant public notices

Japan issued an addendum on 18 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/JPN/907. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 15 April 2026. The comment period closed on 14 June 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Terminal equipment that uses the Internet Protocol and is connected to digital data transmission equipment

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/907Latest notice: G/TBT/N/JPN/907/Add.1
ICS classification
  • 33.050 Telecommunication terminal equipment

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 14 June 2026
Proposed adoption
August 2026
Proposed entry into force
August 2027

How to comment

The comment period closed on 14 June 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/JPN/907/Add.1; it can take them up with Japan.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/JPN/907/Add.1⁩, 18 September 2026)

Partial amendment of Regulations for Terminal Facilities and establishment of relevant public notices

The revisions announced in G/TBT/N/JPN/907 dated 15 April, 2026 will enter into force on 1 April, 2027. The texts of the amendments in Japanese are available on the following: Website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(The posting on the website will be on or after September 24th.)

・Regulations for Terminal Facilities Japan will review the following items added to the technical standards for terminal equipment: (1) setting and changing identification codes (IDs/passwords), (2) security software updates, and (3) security measures related to physical and logical interfaces. ・Public Notice (Determination of details of functions required for updating of software and interfaces related to the telecommunications function of the terminal equipment) This document specifies the details of the functions and measures prescribed in Sections (2) and (3) of the Regulations for Terminal Facilities.

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/907/Add.1

    Partial amendment of Regulations for Terminal Facilities and establishment of relevant public notices

    The revisions announced in G/TBT/N/JPN/907 dated 15 April, 2026 will enter into force on 1 April, 2027. The texts of the amendments in Japanese are available on the following: Website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(The posting on the website will be on or after September 24th.)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/JPN/907

    Comment deadline: Closed on 14 June 2026

    Partial amendment of Regulations for Terminal Facilities and establishment of relevant public notices

    ・Regulations for Terminal Facilities Japan will review the following items added to the technical standards for terminal equipment: (1) setting and changing identification codes (IDs/passwords), (2) security software updates, and (3) security measures related to physical and logical interfaces. ・Public Notice (Determination of details of functions required for updating of software and interfaces related to the telecommunications function of the terminal equipment) This document specifies the details of the functions and measures prescribed in Sections (2) and (3) of the Regulations for Terminal Facilities.

Sources

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