Japan: Closed consultation on Amendment of Enforcement Rules of the Telecommunications Business Act

On 12 October 2023, the Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications closed the public consultation on the proposed amendments of the Enforcement Rules of the Telecommunications Business Act regarding technical framework conditions for accident reporting systems. In particular, the amended Enforcement Rules would make alterations to incident reporting rules including, for example, the categorisation of accidents significantly affecting user interests as severe accidents to prevent their recurrence and mitigate the risk of such incidents.