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On April 16, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the 28th meeting of the Regulatory Reform Promotion Council at the Prime Minister’s Office.
 
During the meeting, there was a discussion on regulatory reform related to broadcasting.
 
Based on the discussion, the Prime Minister said,
 
“Radio frequencies are a common public asset and an important infrastructure in the Society 5.0 era. It is crucial that we promote the effective use of radio frequencies with our sights set on the changing times.
 
Currently, rapid technological innovation is steadily eroding barriers in the broadcasting and communications fields. There are no longer national borders in the world of content creation, and we are entering into an era of global competition. It is anticipated that the changes we are seeing will accelerate even further in the future.
 
This should not be thought of as a challenge. We cannot be giving up from the start, believing that Japanese content will not be accepted in the global world. We must consider this as also being a major opportunity to further boost Japan’s content industry. The time has come for a discussion on measures toward reforming the nature of broadcasting that takes into account these significant environmental changes.
 
Regarding the items for discussion that have been presented for today, I would like to ask the members of this Council to engage in extensive discussions on how broadcasting should be by taking the future into consideration, based on multifaceted and broad perspectives, including the innovation and global viewpoints, and above all, the perspective of broadcasting users.”