I hereby promulgate the Ministry of Telecommunications Establishment Law. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This fifteenth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (December 15, 1948) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.245 The Ministry of Telecommunications Establishment Law Contents Chapter I. General Provisions (Articles 1-6) Chapter II. Sub-divisions and Local Organizations (Articles 7-28) Section 1. Sub-divisions (Articles 7-25) Section 2. Local Organizations (Articles 26-28) Chapter III. Independent Oaganizations (Articles 29-44) Section 1. Radio Regulatory Agency (Articles 30-38) Section 2. Aeronautical Aids Agency (Articles 39-44) Chapter IV. Subsidiary Organizations (Articles 45-51) Chapter V. Personnel (Articles 52-53) Chapter VI. Miscellaneous Provisions (Articles 54-56) Supplementary Provisions: Chapter I. General Provisions

(Purpose of this Law) Article 1. The purpose of this Law is to specify the powers and the businesses under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Telecommunications as well as to establish a standard for an organization fit for the rational and officient management of the services enumerated in Article 4 and for the efficient performance on the administrative functions of the Ministry.

(Definitions) Article 2. For an understanding of this Law and regulations in operation thereof, the following definitions shall apply: 1. Telecommunication Service: The provision, operation and maintenance of any means of transmitting or receiving of both of intelligence and facts by electrical methods of transmission or reception or both such as, but not limited to telephone, telegraph, facsimile, telephoto whether by wire or by radio; 2. Inside Plant: Telecommunication equipments and installations within buildings, and requiring building protection (exclusive of materials in storage) such as, but not limited to, equipment in telephone exchanges, repeater stations, termiral offices; 3. Outside Plant: Telecommunication equipments and installations not repuiring building protection (exclusive of naterials in storage) such as, but not limited to, pole lines, underground and derial cable; 4. Telecommunication Plant; All equipments involved in furnishing the telecommunication service such as, but not limited to, physical installations, operating equipments, and buildings appurtenances thereto; 5. Telecommunication Activities: All organizational, management and operational functions of the Ministry of Telecommunications involved in the provision of telecommunication services and administration of telecommunication plant or facilities; 6. Privately-owned Facilities: All telecommunication facilities mentioned in 4 above not owned or directly controlled by the Ministry of Telecommunications, such as private branch telephone exchanges, terminal telephone or telegraph equipments, facsimile, radio stations (inclusive of both of transmitting and receiving); 7. PBX or PAX System: Privately or Ministry owned exchanges or systems providing telecommunication services within an office or a residence between a group of offices in the same building, or between a group of buildings within a compound when all stations are installed to provide service for a single individual, an agency, company, corporation or similar organization, engaged in a common activity or business. These systems do not include facilities for direct connection to subscribers outside the group of offices within a building or group of buildings within a compound associated in a common activity nor between buildings or compounds not adjacent to each other, except when special contract arrangements are made to serve such subscribers; 8. Telecommunication System: The combination of all plant and facilities as a whole, representing and intergrated combination of individual installations into a system capable of providing and intergrated telecommunication service. This word ordinarily means the telecommunication system operated by the Ministry of Telecommunications, if not specially defined; 9. Public Telephone: Telephone facilities which are not for subscribers and placed at the disposal of the general public for which no individual or agency outside the Ministry of Telecommunications is specifically responsible; 10. Semi-Public Telephone Service: Telephone service which through contract agreement is permitted to be used upon payment of call charge by other than the contracting party; 11. International Telecommunications Service: Telecommunication services between Japan and any other point outside the jurisdiction of the Japanese Government; 12. Radio Frequency Equipment: Radio telegraph, radio telephone or any other devices using radio frequencies not less than 10,000 c/s (exclusive of cable carrier equipment and two and four bare line carrier equipment) and any devices emitting radio wave capable of causing interference thereto; 13. Radio Frequency Facilities: Radio frequency equipment furnished with personnel necessary for its service operation and technical operation; 14. Frequency: Frequency used in radio frequency equipment, or frequency of radio wave or electric current emitted from or carried in a radio frequency equipment; 15. Aeronautical Aids Facilities: All facilities and appurtenances thereto (including those at landing places) provided with the purpose of aiding air navigation.

(Establishment) Article 3. The Ministry of Telecommunications shall be established in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of Art.3 of the National Government Organization Law (Law No.120, 1948). 2 The Head of the Ministry of Telecommunications shall be called the Minister of Telecommunications.

(Responsibility of the Ministry of Telecommunications) Article 4. The Ministry of Telecommunications shall be the only Japanese Governmental agency responsible for the integrated national and local public services as follows. 1. Telecommunication Service; 2. Radio Regulatory Activities; 3. Aeronautical Aids Service. 2 The Ministry of Telecommunications shall, besides those mentioned in 1, take charge of the businesses related to the regulation and supervision of privately owned wire facilities. 3 In conducting the businesses mentioned in the Preceding two paragraphs, the Ministry of Telecommunications shall be responsible for the provision, operation and administration of integrated national and local public services which will request in the greatest possible public benefit.

(Powers of the Ministry of Telecommunications) Article 5. The Ministry of Telecommunications shall, in performing the businesses under its jurisdiction as prescribed in this Law, have the powers as listed below: 1. In compliance with laws and regulations, and within the limits of the budget, to conclude such contracts as deemed necessary for the performance of the businesses under its jurisdiction; 2. In compliance with laws and regulations, to establish, maintain and abolish such facilities necessary for the performance of the businesses under its jurisdiction, such as service facilities and research facilities; 3. In compliance with laws and regulations, to supply articles and materials necessary for the performance of the businesses under its jurisdiction, such as materials to be used in the services or researches and stationeries; 4. In compliance with laws and regulations, to dispose of properties no longer required; 5. In compliance with the National Public Service Law (Law No.120, 1947), to take necessary action concerning the status of personnel such as the appointment, removal, reward and discipline; 6. To determine, within the limits not conflicting with the National Public Service Law and other laws and regulations, the service conditions such as the amonnt of individual compensation and duty hours; 7. To establish, maintain and abolish such facilities necessary for the welfare and sanitation of the personnel in conformity with the provisions of laws and regulations providing welfare and sanitation for Government personnel; 8. In compliance with laws and regulations, to train the personnel; 9. In compliance with laws and regulations, to build, prepare, maintain and abolish houses and living quarters for the use of personnel; 10. To make administrative inspection of the businesses under its jurisdiction and initiate necessary action in compliance with laws and regulations; 11. In compliance with laws and regulations, to pay for damages and receipt reparations concerning the businesses under the jurisdiction of the Ministry; 12. To determine the official seals of the Ministry of Telecommunications; 13. To publish and distribute statistics and data relative to the businesses under its jurisdiction; 14. To make publicity and information concerning the businesses under its jurisdiction; 15. To conduct, within the limits not affecting the performance of the proper businesses, commercial advertising service utilizing telecommunication facilities and articles necessary to the use of telephone or telegraph service such as telephone directories; 16. To fix service hours and contents of service of Local Telephone or Telegraph Offices (including branch offices and post offices handling telecommunication service entrusted;the same hereinafter); 17. To make and sell articles necessary for using telephone and telegraph services such as telephone directory and special telegram form; 18. To entrust whole or part of the researches and developements or investigations mentioned in Article 24, items 1 and 9, and Article 35, item 1 and Article 42, item 9 to some research organizations outside the Ministry if it is deemed more profitable that such researches or investigations being carried out by them, Performance, on a reimburseable basis, of research and development offered by other governmental or private agencies relative to the telecommunication technics; 19. To establish and maintain telecommunication systems for the exclusive use of either government agencies, private individuals, companies or similar and to contract with governmental or private agencies for the operation, of telecommunication systems established for their exclusive use; 20. In compliance with laws and regulations, to acquire the patent rights and utility model rights or application rights thereof, necessary for the operation of the telecommunication service and radio regulations activities; 21. Within the limits authorized by international conventions or laws, to negotiate and conclude international agreements with other countries, foreign agencies or foreign companies, covering the establishment of operation, operational matters, rates for the international telecommunicacation service and in accordance with the provisions of international agreements, to increase or reduce tariffs; 22. In compliance with laws and regulations, to collect revenues and make such payments as are necessary for the performance of businesses under the jurisdiction of the Ministry and to specify methods of reporting and accounting for such receipts and payments; 23. To approve or disapprove applications for the construction, installation or operation of telocommunication facilities to be owned by other governmental or private agencies;such approval or disapproval will be based upon operational necessity and upon consideration of the responsibility of the Ministry of Telecommunications as stated in item 1 and item 3 of Article 4; 24. In compliance with laws and regulations to control, monitor and regulate the radio wave; 25. Within the limits authorized by international conventions and laws, to negotiate and conclude international agreements relating to radio wave regulation; 26. In compliance with laws and regulations, to regulate and supervise radio frequency facilities; 27. To determine standard frequency value;to emit standard frequency wave and to transmit time signal; 28. In compliance with laws and regulations, to establish the minimum performance standards for apparatus used in radio frequency equipment; 29. In compliance with laws and regulations, to conduct certification and field inspection of apparatus used in radio frequency equipment; 30. In compliance with laws and regulations, to determine qualification for persons to be engaged in the service operation or technical operation of radio frequency equipments;to conduct of qualifying examination, and to grant operating licence; 31. To suspend or revoke the license granted in accordance with Article 30 upon proof sufficient to satisfy the Agency that the licensee has violated any provision of law, and orders, any of the agency's rules and regulations or any applicable international or regional treaty, or convention binding on Japan; 32. To calibrate, on request, radio crystals and frequency measuring instruments when entrusted to the Ministry; 33. Besides those listed above, such powers authorized by coventions, laws or by regulations specially authorizes by laws as to be involved in the Ministry.

(Entrusting of Business) Article 6. The Ministry of Telecommunications may entrust a part of the field operational business under its jurisdiction to the Ministry of Postal Services where it is deemed more economical that such business be transacted by post offices. In this case the Ministry of Telecommunications shall directly direct and supervise post offices in the limit of entrusted business.

Chapter II. Sub-divisions and Local Organizations

Section 1. Sub-divisions

(Sub-divisions) Article 7. The Ministry of Telecommunications (excluding Independent Organization) shall have the Minister's Secretariat and Bureaus as in the classification stated below, and in conformity with the provisions of Article 21 of the National Government Organization Law, Director-General's Secretariat, Divisions, Director's Chamber and Laboratory: Director General's Secretariat (Business operation Department) Advertising, Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau Traffic Engineering Bureau Commercial Operation Bureau Traffic Operation Bureau International Telecommunications Division Service Director's Chamber for Business Operation Department (Plant Department) Plant Engineering Bureau Construction and Installation Bureau Maintenance Engineering Bureau Supply Bureau Building and Repairs Division Director's Chamber for Plant Department (Service Department) Personnel Bureau Accounts and Finance Bureau Telecommunication Laboratory 2 Bureaus mentioned in 1 may have necessary Divisions in accordance with the provision of Article 21 of the National Government Organization Law. 3 The Laboratory mentioned in 1 shall have following 6 Divisions namely: System Development Division, Equipment Parts Development Division, Research Division, Model Shop Division Patent and Publication Division and Administration Division. 4 Establishments of divisions mentioned in 2 and the business to be taken charge of shall be specified by Cabinet Order. 5 Divisions mentioned in 1, 2, 3, shall have Sections stated in paragraph 1, Article 7 of the National Government Organization Law.

(Special Officials) Article 8. The Ministry of Telecommunications shall, have a Director-General and two Directors;Chiefs in Divisions and Laboratory mentioned in the preceding Article. 2 The Director-General shall, preside over the Departments and the Laboratory, and be responsible for the execution of business thereof. 3 Directors shall assisting the Director-General, preside over sub-divisions and be responsible for the execution of the businesses thereof;one Director shall be in charge of the Business Operation Department and the other, the Plant Department. 4 The Chief of the Laboratory shall, assisting the Director-General, preside over the divisions of the Laboratory and be responsible for the execution of the business. 5 The Chief of Division shall, by order of their superiors, respectively take charge of the business of their offices and direct and supervise the personnel thereof.

(Business of the Ministeries Secretariat) Article 9. The Minister's Secretariat shall take charge of following businesses related to the business under the jurisdiction of the Ministry: 1. Confidential matters; 2. Determination and custody of the official seals of the Ministry; 3. Receipt, delivery and dispatch of official documents; 4. Coordination of businesses; 5. Review of drafts for laws and regulations and other legal matters; 6. Summarisation of budgets and settlement of accounts for the general account; 7. Establishment and abolition of bureaus and divisions; 8. Contact with the Diet; 9. Liaison through the Central Liaison and Coordination office; 10. Administrative inspection of the business of the Ministry. Those to be conducted by the Director General's Secretariat shall be excluded.); 11. Procedures for official announcements and informations; 12. Miscellaneous matters of the Ministry which do not come under the jurisdiction of any other departments and bureaus.

(Business of the Director-General's Secretariat) Article 10. The Director General's Secretariat shall take charge of following businesses relating to matters under his responsibility: 1. Confidential matters; 2. Co-ordination of businesses; 3. Compilation and storage of official documents; 4. Review of drafts for laws and regulations and other legal matters; 5. Administrative inspection of the enterprise; 6. Basic plan for the training of personnel; 7. Statistic analysis of management; 8. Miscellaneous matters which do not come under the jurisdiction of any other sub-divisions.

(Advertising and Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau) Article 11. The Advertising and Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Establishment and execution of plans for canvassing advertising, publicity, publication and public relations programs relative to all telecommunication services; 2. Commercial advertising service mentioned in Item 15 of Article 5; 3. Accumulation and analysis of public opinions, investigation into the complaints and recommendations of the public, and reply in matters of general nature; 4. Negotiation with the owners of privatelyowned facilities to be connected to the telecommunications system and aquisition of sucn facilities;investigation, negotiation and contract for special customers services for telephone and telegraph; 5. Fundamental and initial investigation of present and future requirements for the Telecommunication Service; 6. Establishment of rates and tariffs related to the telecommunication service and to accumulate and analyse data necessary therefor (excluding those in charge of International Telecommunications Division); 7. Announcement and publicity of information concerning all rates and tariffs; 8. Establishment of service conditions methods and procedures related to privately-owned facilities (including carrier facilities) and supervision thereof. However, regarding to those related to radio frequency equipments, concurrence of the Radio Regulatory Agency must be obtained; 9. Besides those listed above, execution of matters related to the advertising and public relations and commercial engineering of telecommunication service prescribed by laws and regulations as to be involved in the powers of the Ministry;

(Business of the Traffic Engineering) Article 12. The Traffic Engineering bureau shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Based on the reports of subdivisions concerned and on the investigation mentioned in Item 5 of Article 11, investigation and preparation plans for matters directly connected with facilities, circuits and office buildings necessary for the traffic and presentation to the Plant Engineering Bureau. However with regard to the planning relating to the office buildings, those matters in charge of subdivisions of the Plant Department shall be excluded; 2. Establishment of service standards providing bases for the planning mentioned in Item 1; 3. Dctermination of circuit routings, switching plans and exchange service areas and establishment of other circuit and equipment usage plan which will obtain the most economic and efficient use of plant facilities; 4. Study of the arrangement of the characteristics of facilities in so far as they affect operating procedures and service standards; 5. In accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of the Telegraph Law (Law No.59, 1900) and Article 6 of the Wireless Telegraph Law (Law No.26, 1915), to use privately-owned facilities for the Public Correspondence; 6. Establishment of plans for rational arrangement of and standards for accommodations of office buildings such as lighting, air and heat conditioning for the effective and economic operation of Telephone or Telegraph Offices and presentation thereof to subdivisions concerned (those in cnarge of subdivisions of the Plant Department shall be excluded); 7. Summarisation of plans for requirement and disposal of lands and buildings used in the Business Department and presentation thereof to the Plant Engineering Bureau; 8. Technical assistance to the Advertising, Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau relating to matters mentioned in Item 4 of Article 11; 9. Besides those listed above, the execution of matters related to the traffic engineering of telecommunication service prescribed by laws and regulations as to be involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of the Commercial Operation Bureau) Article 13. The Commercial Operation Bureau shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Subscription of telephone, and acceptance and delivery of telegram; 2. In compliance with the principle established by the Advertising, Public Relation and Commercial Engineering Bureau, execution of programs relating to canvassing, advertising, publicity and publication regarding to the businesses in charge of the bureau; 3. Acceptance of complaints of the general public and disposal thereof in accordance with the principle established by the Advertising, Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau;summarisation of data and presentation thereof to the Advertising, Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau; 4. Establishment and abolition of service for public at the offices and to fid service hours and scope of business of Local Telephone or Telegram Offices; 5. Establishment and enforcement of service practices for telephone and telegraph service concerning commercial operation; 6. Establishment of telegraph service area; 7. Collection of rates and tariffs for telephone and telegraph service; 8. Compilation, publication and distribution or sale of telephone directory;to make and sell articles such as special telegram form; 9. To direct and supervise post office in relation to the businesses of the Ministry of Telecommunications entrusted to the Ministry of Postal Services concerning the commercial operation; 10. Besides those listed above, the execution of the commercial operation of the telecommunication service prescribed by laws and regulations as involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Bussinesses of the Traffic Operation Bureau) Article 14. The Traffic Operation Bureau shall take charge of the following bussinesses: 1. To operate the telecommunication facilities and traffic; 2. To supervise the operation of privately owned facilities connected into the telecommunication system and their traffic; 3. In case where the responsibility is vested in the Ministry, to operate whole or part of telecommunication facilities for use of domestic services such as police, navigation aids, meteorological, coastal or governmental services; 4. To direct and supervise post office in relation to the businesses of the Ministry of Telecommunications entrusted to the Ministry of Postal Services concerning the Traffic operation; 5. To summarise the drafts for budgets prepared by every sub-divisions of the Business Operation Department; 6. In case the budget is established, the drafting, in accordance with the policy determined by the superior and consulting with the sub-divisions mentioned in Item 5 above, of the execution plan for the established budget classfied for the fiscal year and for the quarter period and presentation thereof to the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 7. The drafting of the adjustment plan for the execution project for the established budget in accordance with the alteration of the enterprise scheme or in conformity with the financial recommendations of the Accounts and Finance Bureau and presentation thereof the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 8. In accordance with the principle established by the Advertising, Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau, execution of public relations programs related to the businesses in charge; 9. Determination of working hour for the businesses mentioned in Item 1 above; 10. Provision and analysis of records, statistics and other data related to the businesses in charge for use of sub-divisions concerned and presentation thereto; 11. Besides those listed above, the execution of the traffic operation of telecommunication prescribed by laws and regulations as to be involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of the International Telecommunication Division) Article 15. The International Telecommunications Division shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Preparation of plans to meet with the requirements for the international telecommunication circuits and equipments and presentation thereof to the Plant Engineering Bureau;co-ordination with the Traffic Operation Bureau and the Traffic Engineering Bureau concerning the domestic circuits and equipments; 2. Provision of international telecommunication service and operation of facilities used in the service, determination of service conditions; 3. Establishment, operation and administration of international telecommunication facilities furnished for the exclusive use of governmental or private agencies; 4. Establishment of rates and tariffs for international telecommunication service and presentation of data related thereto to the Advertising, Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau; 5. Preparation of agreements with foreign governments, foreign agencies and carriers, concerning the establishment, operation, operational matters, rates and tariffs for international telecommunication service; 6. Preparation and mutual approval, with foreign governments, foreign agencies and carriers, of accounts for international telecommunication tariffs and to make clearance; 7. To operate whole or part of international telecommunication facilities for use of police, navigation aids, meteorological, coastal and govermental services, in case it is entrusted to the Ministry; 8. Coordinating with sub-divisions concerned or in compliance with their request, preparation of drafts for international conventions and agreements, and laws and regulations relative to the international telecommunication;provided that those matters under the jurisdiction of the Radio Regulatory Agency and Aeronautical Aids Agency are excluded; 9. Contact with the International Telecommunication Union;representation at international telecommunication commissions, federations, conferences and other similar assemblies, provided that those matters under the jurisdiction of the Radio Regulatory Agency and the Aeronautical Agency are excluded; 10. Assistance and recommendation to the Advertising, Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau concerning the planning relative to sale, advertising, publicity, publication, and public relations programs related to international telecommunication service; 11. Besides those listed above, execution of matters related to the international telecommunication service prescribed by laws and regulations as involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of the Plant Engineering Bureau) Article 16. The Plant Engineering Bureau shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Evaluation of requirements provided by subdivisions concerned which involved the new construction, addition, removal, replacement and rearrangement of telecommunication facilities;establishment of long-term and annual construction programs and fundamental plans; 2. Establishment of technical standards which will provide the basis for the plans mentioned in Item 1 of Article 12 and technical standards necessary for the construction and maintenance of telecommunication facilities;establishment of specifications for the telecommunication apparatus, articles, materials and equipments in accordance with the drafts prepared by the Electrical Communications Laboratory; 3. Estimate of total volume of materials in accordance with the programs mentioned in Item 1 and presentation there of to the Supply Bureau; 4. Preparation of plans relating to requirements for apparatus, articles, materials, equipments and lands necessary for the construction and maintenance of telecommunication facilities and presentation thereof to respective sub-divisions in charge; 5. Establishment of plans for the construction and major repairs of buildings for use of telecommunication services; 6. Summarisation of the budgetary estimates of the Plant Department and those of the Business Operation Department so far as they are concerned to the construction account and presentation thereof to the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 7. In case the budget is established, the drafting, in accordance with the policy determined by the superior and consulting with the sub-divisions mentioned in Item 6 above, of the execution plan for the established budger classified for the fiscal year and for the quarter period and presentation thereof to the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 8. The drafting and submitting to the Accounts and Finance Bureau the adjustment plan for the execution project for the established budget in accordance with the alteration of the enterprise scheme or in conformity with the financial recommendation of the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 9. Field inspection of telecommunication facilities operating in the telecommunication system; 10. Commercial test of new technical system for telecommunications, and apparatus and materials, with the cooperation of the Electrical Communications Laboratory; 11. Inspection of apparatus, articles and materials purchased either at the place of manifacture or upon receipt at the place of delivery, or at any other place to assure compliance with specifications and contract requirements; 12. Initiation of necessary action such as coordination, engineering, planning and contract for the joint use of facilities, including pole lines, conduits, wire circuits, radio circuits, and similar equipments with governmental agencies, private individuals, or corporations and similar bodies owing and operating them; 13. Establishment of engineering, installation and maintenance standards for privately-owned facilities, having direct or indirect physical connection with the telecommunication system; 14. Designing of whole or part of domestic or international telecommunication facilities used in police, navigation aids, meteorological, coastal, governmental services, in case it is entrusted to the Ministry; 15. Establishment of engineering conditions, practices or procedures related to the privately-owned wire facilities (including carrier equipment) and supervision of these equipments. Provided that concurrence of the Radio Regulatory Agency shall be obtained concerning the radio frequency equipments; 16. Representation at international commissions, federations, conferences and other similar assemblies related to the telecommunication technics;provided that matters under the jurisdiction of the Radio Regulatory Agency and those of the Aeronautical Aids Agency shall be excluded; 17. Preparation of agreements with foreign governments, foreign agencies and carriers, concerning the construction and maintenance of international telecommunication facilities; 18. Purchase or construction, repair and custody of vessels and other water-borne crafts necessary for the construction and maintenance of telecommunication facilities; 19. Besides those listed above, matters related to the standards, construction plans, summarisation of materials, and plant engineering for telecommunication facilities prescribed by laws and regulations as to be involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of Construction and Installation Bureau) Article 17. The Construction and Installation Bureau shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Preparation, construction and installation of facilities to be provided in accordance with the programs mentioned in Item 1 of Article 16, and execution of replacement works required by the Plant Engineering Bureau.(except for installation performed in accordance with Item 3 of Article 18); 2. Construction, and installation of telecommunication facilities furnished for the exclusive use of governmental or private agencies; 3. Receipt and storage of apparatus, articles and materials to be used in carrying out installation and construction works in accordance with the above two items; 4. Conclusion of contracts related to the construction of telecommunication facilities;survillance of construction works by contract, and inspection and receipt of completed work; 5. Construction of whole or part of domestic or international telecommunication facilities used in police, navigation aids, meteorological, coastal, governmental services;in case it is entrusted to the Ministry; 6. Besides those listed above, matters related to the construction of telecommunication facilities prescribed by laws and regulations as to be involved in the powers and responsibility of the Ministry.

(Business of the maintenance Engineering Bureau) Article 18. The Maintenance Engineering Bureau shall take charge of the following business: 1. Preparation of drafts for the requirements for the replacement and for the long-term and annual plans for maintenance works of telecommunication facilities and presentation thereof to the Plant Engineering Bureau; 2. Maintenance, replacement (excluding those in charge of the plant Engineering Bureau and the Construction and Installation Bureau), arrangement and repair of telecommunication facilities in accordance with the programs mentioned in Item 1, Article 16; 3. Installation of telecommunication facilities if it is more economical and effective than to be conducted by the Construction and Installation Bureau;connection of Privately-owned facilities into the telecommunication system; 4. Maintenance of telecommunication facilities furnished for the exclusive use of governmental or private agencies; 5. Maintenance of whole or part of domestic or international telecommunication equipments used in police, navigation aids, meteorological, coastal, governmental services, in case it is entrusted to the Ministry; 6. In accordance with the principle established by the Advertising, Public Relations and Commercial Engineering Bureau, execution of public relations programs related to the businesses in charge; 7. Besides those listed above, matters related to the maintenance of telecommunication facilities prescribed by laws and regulations as involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of the Supply Bureau) Article 19. The Supply Bureau shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Summarization of demand and supply plans and allocation of apparatus, articles and materials required by sub-divisions concerned and individuals, corporations and similar bodies; 2. Purchase, lease, repairing, remodeling, receipt, storage and delivery of apparatus, articles and materials required by respective sub-divisions; 3. Establishment, abolition and maintenance warehouses; 4. Disposal of apparatus, articles and materials no longer required as the result of consultation with sub-division concerned; 5. Investigation and device for the improvement of stationeries; 6. Besides those listed above, matters related to apparatus, articles and materials necessary for the reconstruction and maintenance of telecommunication facilities and for the operation of telecommunication service, prescribed by laws and regulations as involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of the Building and Repairs Division) Article 20. The Building and Repairs Division shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Designing and execution of construction and repairing works of lands, buildings, structures and appurtenances thereto (to be referral to as real estates hereinafter) regquired by respective sub-divisions; 2. When requested by sub-divisions purchase, lease of real estates, exchange and acceptance of donation of real estates;exchange and disposal thereof through the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 3. Conclusion of contracts related to the real estates;surveillance of construction works by contract, and inspection and receipt of completed works; 4. Besides those listed above, matters related to the real estates necessary for providing telecommunication facilities prescribed by laws and regulations as to be involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of the Director's Chamber) Article 21. The Director's Chamber for the Business Operation Department shall take charge of the following businesses concerning matters put under jurisdiction of the Department;the Director's Chamber for the Plant Department shall do the same concerning matters put under the jurisdiction of the Department: 1. Confidential matters; 2. In compliance with the request of respective sub-divisions, establishment and execution of plans for personnel training; 3. Summarization of advices and data prepared by respective sub-divisions relating to compensation, status, etc. of personnel and presentation thereof to the Personnel Bureau; 4. Authorized number of personnel; 5. Summarization of plans for the requirements and procurement of personnel prepared by respective sub-division and presentation thereof to the Personnel Bureau; 6. Preparation of draft of plans for the requirements of sub-divisions for providing welfare facilities such as houses and dormitories for use of personnel and presentation thereof to the Personnel Bureau; 7. Summarization, analysis, and filing of statistics and other data accumulated by respective sub-divisions; 8. Summarization of requirements related to apparatus, articles and materials necessary for the operation of the businesses of the Business Operation Department and presentation thereof to the Supply Bureau; 9. Preparation of drafts for and enforcement of laws and orders, rules and regulations related to the businesses in charge of the Chamber; 10. Establishment of standards, practice and procedures for the services in charge of the Chamber; 11. In relation to businesses in charge of the Chamber, to make field inspection in services or facilities for the proper administration thereof; 12. In relation to businesses not in charge of any other sub-divisions, preparation of budgetary estimates and execution of established execution budget; 13. Preparation of requirements for apparatus, articles and materials necessary for the execution of businesses in charge of the Chamber.

(Business of the Personnel Bureau) Article 22. The Personnel Bureau shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Performance of following businesses related to the personnel of the Ministry: a. Position classification, appointment and dismissal, b. Service conditions such as compensation and duty hours, c. Regulation of duty, status and disciplinary punishment, d. Consideration of work performance and individual service records, e. Preparation and storage of individual personal records, f. Compensation for injury and disease incurred in line of duty;official pension, g. Negotiation and dealing with the trade union, organizations or groups of personnel and other matters related thereto, h. To take necessary action for the complaints of personnel. 2. Summarization of plans for requirements and procurement of personnel; 3. Authorized number of personnel; 4. Welfare and sanitation for the personnel and establishment, maintenance and abolition of facilities necessary thereto; 5. Establishment, maintenance and abolision of housed and living quarters for use of the personnel; 6. Establishment, maintenance and abolision of trainning facilities in accordance with the request of respective sub-divisions; 7. Enforcement of laws and regulations relating to the Ministry of Telecommunications Mutual Aids Association; 8. Training of personnel of the Bureau; 9. In case the budget is established, the drafting, in accordance with the policy determined by the superior, of the execution plan for the established budget classified for the fiscal year and for the quarter periods and presentation thereof to the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 10. The draftiug of the adjustment plan for the execution project for the established budget in accordance with the alternation of the enterprise scheme or in conformity with the financial recommendations of the Accounts and Finance Bureau and presentation thereof to the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 11. Necessary recommendations to respective sub-divisions relating to the training of personnel; 12. Investigation and statistics related to the position classification, efficiency and service conditions, etc. of personnel; 13. Besides those listed above, matters related to the personnel prescribed by laws and regulations as to be involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of the Accounts and Finance Bureau) Article 23. The Accounts and Finance Bureau shall take charge of the following businesses as far as they are concerned to the Telecommunications Special Account: 1. Summarization of drafts for budgets prepared by respective sub-divisions, and presentation of advice to the Director-General with its own opinion; 2. Summarization of the draft of the execution plan for the established budget prepared pared by the sub-divisions and presentation of advice to the Director-General with its own opinion; 3. In case the draft of the execution plan mentioned in Item 2 above is decided, the notification thereof to the sub-divisions concerned; 4. Surveillance of the completion of established execution budgets; 5. Investigation of financial, monetary and economical conditions and after reviewing their influence on the service, to make necessary recommendations te other subdivisions relating to the completion of execution budgets; 6. Settlement of all Accounts; 7. Determination, receipt and payment of incomes and expenditures; 8. Classification of incomes, expences, assets and liabilities per service; 9. Study of accounts system; 10. Preparation and enforcement of laws and regulations and procedures related to accounts and finance; 11. Ledgers of the Ministry; 12. Control, administration and raising of funds; 13. Establishment of procedures relating to contracts; 14. Summarization of plans for contract of sub-divisions concerned; 15. Establishment of disbursement plan and notification thereof to sub-divisions concerned; 16. Receipt and payment of military notes; 17. Auditing personnel charged with the conclusion of contracts, determination of revenue and expenditure administration of properties such as funds and articles;the verification of entries in ledgers and subsidiary books of the Ministry; 18. Recognition of cheques and treasury money order; 19. Establishment of basic plan relating to statistics related to the businesses of the Ministry and preparation of accounts and financial statistics; 20. Cost accounting of telecommunication enterprise, study for rationalization of tariffs; 21. Records of fixed assets;administration of national properties and leased real estates; 22. Training of personnel of the Bureau; 23. Besides those listed above, matters related to finance, accounts and statistics prescribed by laws and regulations as involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Business of the Electrical Communications Laboratory) Article 24. The Electrical Communications Laboratory shall take charge of the following businesses: (Systems Development Division) 1. Development (including the improvement requiring study;the same through this article) and field trial in telecommunication technical systems.(including equipment;the same through this article); 2. Preparation of drafts for engineering practices necessary for the establishment, operation and maintenance of telecommunication technical systems newly devised or improved in accordance with Item 1 above and presentation thereof to the Plant Engineering Bureau; 3. Preparation of drafts for specifications for telecommunication technical systems and presentation thereof to the Plant Engineering Bureau; 4. Preparation of drafts for engineering practice and inspecting instructions necessary for the inspection of telecommunication technical systems used in respective sub-divisions of the Plant Department and presentation thereof to the Plant Engineering Bureau;development of test devices; 5. To give technical advices and necessary data to manufacturers concerning telecommunication technical systems; 6. In accordance with Item 18 of Article 5, to entrust a part of development study to some research agencies outside the Ministry; 7. Performance of development in telecommunications system offered in accordance with the provisions of Item 18 of Article 5; (Equipment Parts Development Division) 8. Performance of businesses corresponding to those mentioned in Items 1 to 7 inclusive for telecommunications equipment parts; (Research Division) 9. Research in the field of telecommunications and associated science related to the development businesses conducted in the System Development Division and equipment and Parts Division and for future development in telecommunication technics; 10. In accordance with the provision of Item 18 of Article 5, to entrust a part of research mentioned in Item 9 to some researches agencies outside the Ministry and performance of research entrusted; (Patents and Publications Division) 11. Acquisition, execution or investigation, of patent rights and utility model rights necessary for the telecommunication activities; 12. Library, publications and publicity necessary for the operation of the Laboratory; (Model Shop Division) 13. Provision of model shop facilities;conduct of model making work necessary for the development and research; (Administration Division) 14. Confidential matters related to the business of the Laboratory; 15. In case the budget is established, the drafting, in accordance with the policy determined by the superior, of the execution plan of the Laboratory for the established budget classified for the fiscal year and for the quaterly periods and presentation thereof to the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 16. The drafting of adjustment plan for the estsblished budget in accordance with the alteration of the enterprise scheme or in conformity with the recommendation by the Accounts and Finance Bureau relative to the financial affairs and presentation there of to the Accounts and Finance Bureau; 17. Purchase, receipt, delivery and storage of apparatus, articles and materials exclusively necessary for the performance of the business of the Laboratory, except when these purchase can be effectively performed by the Supply Bureau; 18. Preparation of plans for the construction and repair of lands, buildings and appurtenances thereto under the control of the Laboratory and presentation there of to the Plant Engineering Bureau; 19. Establishment, maintenance and abolition of research facilities exclusively necessary for the investigation or research and development in telecommunication technics; 20. Representation at international commissions, federations, conferences and similar assemblies related to the investi gation and research and development of telecommunication technics, except in those matters under the jurisdiction of the Radio Regulatory Agency and the Aeronautical Aids Agency; 21. Besides those listed above, matters related to the investigation, research and development in telecommunication technics prescribed by laws and regulations as involved in the powers of the Ministry.

(Common Businesses of Sub-divisions) Article 25. Besides those mentioned in Article 11-20, Article 22, 23 and 24, businesses listed below shall be taken in charge of the bureau, divisions and the Laboratory mentioned in 1 Article 7 as far as they are concerned to their business in charge: 1. Preparation of drafts for and enforcement of laws and orders, rules and regulations; 2. Preparation of requirements relating to budgets and the completion of approved projects; 3. To accumulate and analyse statistics and data; 4. Recommendations for the compensation and status of personnel; 5. Preparation of plans for the requirements and procurement of personnel; 6. Authorized number of personnel; 7. Disposal of businesses related to the supervision and direction of personnel; 8. Preparation of plans for the training of personnel; 9. Preparation of plans fur the requirements for providing welfare facilities such as houses and dormitories for use of personnel; 10. Preparation of plans for supply of eqipments, articles and materials; 11. Establishment of standards, standard practices and procedures for conducting businesses; 12. Field-inspection of facilities and servies necessary to assure the proper administration of business.

Section 2. Local Organizations

(Local Organizations) Article 26. The Ministry of Telecommunication shall, in accordance with the provision of Article 21 of the National Government Organization Law, have the following local organizations: Local Telecommunications Bureau; Local Telecommunications Divison; Local Telecommunications District; Local Telephone or Telegraph Office. 2 The Local Telecommunication Bureau shall take charge of a part of the businesses of sub-divisions mentioned in 1, Article 7 (excepting the Electrical Communications Laboratory);Local Telecommunication Division shall take charge of a part of the businesses of Local Telecommunications Bureau;Local Telecommunications District shall take charge of a part of the businesses of Local Telecommunications Division;Local Telephone or Telegraph Office shall take charge of a part of the businesses of Local Telecommunications District. 3 Local Organizations shall, excepting Local Telephone or Telegraph Offices, have a chief respectively. The chiefs shall, by order of their superiors, respectively preside over the business of their offices, and direct and supervise the personnel therein.

Article 27. Local Telecommunications Bureaus shall be set up in Tokyo Metropolis, Nagano City, Nagoya City, Kanazawa City, Osaka City, Hiroshima City, Matsuyama City, Kumamoto City, Sendai City and Sapporo City. 2 Title, jurisdiction, business and detail of organization of the Local Telecommunications Bureau shall be specified by Cabinet Order. 3 The Minister of Telecommunications may, if necessary, establish branch offices to take charge of a part of the businesses of local organizations. 4. Titles, locations, jurisdictions, businesses and detail of organization of local organizations other than the Local Telecommunications Bureau and branch offices mentioned in 3 shall be determined by the Minister of Telecommunications.

Article 28. As a rule, sub-divisions of local organizations shall correspond to sub-divisions listed in 1, Article 7.

Chapter III. Independent Organizations

(Establishment) Article 29. Independent Organizations of the Ministry of Telecommunications established in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of the National Government Organization Law, shall be as follows: Radio Regulatory Agency. Aeronautical Aids Agency.

Section 1. Radio Regulatory Agency

(Duty and Head of Radio Regulatory Agency) Article 30. The duty of the Radio Regulatory Agency (RRA) is to insure that the radio spectrum is employed expressly for the public interest, convenience or necessity in a fair and efficient manner in compliance with international and regional radio conventions, regulations and agreements, and in accordance with laws and orders. 2 The head of the Radio Regulatory Agency shall be called the Radio Regulatory Commissioner.

Article 31. The Radio Regulatory Agency shall have the Radio Commissioner's Secretariat and four Divisions as follows: Regal and Economic Division Operational Division Engineering Division Monitoring Division

(Business of the Commissioner's Secretariat) Article 32. The Commissioner's Secretariat shall take charge of the following businesses so far as they are concerned to the businesses of the Radio Regulatory Agency: 1. Confidential matters; 2. Determination and custody of the official seals; 3. Filing and storage of official documents; 4. Coordination business divisions; 5. To summarise, and present to the Commissioner, the opinion of Legal and Economical Division and that of the Operational Division relating to the licensing (including construction permit for radio frequency equipment), rejection or renewal of licence, use of radio telegraph or radio telephone facilities for the public correspondence, preparation of license or other certificates in concurrence with the decision of the commissioner; 6. Establishment of Sections; 7. Administrative inspection; 8. Procedures for official announcement and information; 9. To summarise, analyse and store statistics and other data accumulated by the Divisions; 10. Preparation and execution of plans for training of personnel; 11. To dispose of matters relating to the compensation and status of personnel such as appointment, removal, service condition, duty regulation, work performance and personal record;negotiation and dealing with groops of personnel and take necessary action for the complaints established by personnel; 12. Welfare and sanitation, houses and living quarters for the personnel; 13. Summarization of budgets and execution plan for established budget;enforcement and surveillance of completion of established projects; 14. Disposal of business in compliance with such laws and regulations providing for financial and accounting methods and the investigation and determination of revenue and disbursement; 15. Preparation of demand and supply plans for equipments, apparatus articles and materials and allocation purchase, receipt, storage and delivery thereof; 16. Supply and administration of lands, buildings, structures and water-borne crafts; 17. Administration of national properties; 18. Such matters not coming under the jurisdiction of any other snb-divisions.

(Business of the Legal and Economic Division) Articls 33. The Legal and Economic Division shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. International and regional conventions, regulations and agreements related to the regulation of radio wave such as, but not be limited to, technical standards, operation and equipment standards, qualification of radio operators, operational procedures, frequency allocation, radio frequency facilities and circuit licensing and call sign assignment. However, this does not include the preparation of such standards, qualification and operational procedures which are prepared by sub-divisions mentioned in 1, Article 7 and which are within the regulating standard prescribed under the above; 2. Contact with the International Telecommunication Union;representation at international commissions, federations, conferences and similar assemblies relating to radio; 3. Preparation of drafts for international and regional conventions, national regulations and agreements;laws and orders related to radio, in the limits mentioned in Item 1; 4. Matters relating to the qualification and licence of persons to be engage in the service operation and technical operation of radio frequency equipment; 5. Analysing legal, economic and social aspects of all matters pertaining to licensing of radio frequency facilities (including construction permit) and inspection of licensed radio facilities; 6. Analysing legal, economic and social aspects of matters relating to offering privately-owned radio telegraph or radio telephone facilities for use of the public correspondence, in compliance with Article 6 of the Wireless Telegraph Law; 7. Besides those listed above, all legal actions relating to the control and regulation of radio wave.

(Business of the Operational Division) Article 34. The Operational Division shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Analysing technical and operational aspects of all matters pertaining to licensing (including construction permit) radio frequency facilities; 2. Classification of radio frequency facilities and determination of the Service thereof; 3. Designation of conditions for operating radio frequency facilities such as type of emission, frequency, call sign and working hour; 4. In compliance with international and regional conversions, regulations and agreements, notification to or contact with the International Frequency Registration Board concerning the licensing or abolition or radio frequency facilities; 5. Regulation and supervision of radio frequency facilities; 6. Analysing technical and operational aspects of matters relating to offering privately-owned radio telegraph or radio telephone facilities for use of the public correspondence, in compliance with Article 6 of the Wireless Telegraph Law; 7. Besides those listed above, technical and operational disposition of businesses relating to the control and regulation of radio wave.

(Business of the Engineering Division) Article 35. The Engineering Division shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Such researches and investigation related to the basic study and development of the radio technics and found necessary for the performance of the businesses under jurisdiction of the Agency or to entrust such researches and investigations to research organizations outside the Ministry in accordance with Item 18 of Article 5; 2. Selection of frequency for the assignment prescribed in Item 3 of Article 34; 3. Determination of frequency value;emission of the standard frequency wave, transmission of time signal; 4. Estahlishment of minimum performance Standard for apparatus used in radio frequency equipment, conduct of certification and field inspection thereof; 5. Forecast in propagation of radio wave and issuance of alarm at the time of derangement of radio wave propagation; 6. Planning, establishment, maintenance and abolition of such facilities as found necessary for the regulation of radio wave such as the control of radio wave, emission of standard frequency and transmission of time signal.

(Business of the Monitoring Division) Article 36. The Monitoring Division shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Planning of facilities necessary for the monitoring and correction of radio waves, establishment, maintenance and abolition thereof; 2. Monitoring and correction of radio wave; 3. Search and inspection of illegal radio wave and unlawful radio frequency facilities; 4. In compliance with international and regional convention, regulations and agreements, contract with international radio wave monitoring organizations concerning the monitoring the correction of radio wave and exchange of data with them; 5, Calibration of radio crystals and frequency measuring instrument.

(Local Radio Branch Offices) Article 37. Radio Regulatory Offices shall be established as the local branch office of the Radio Regulatory Agency. 2 Titles, locations and jurisdictions of the Radio Regulatory offices shall be as follows: Title Location Jurisdiction Kanto-Radio Regulatory Office Tokyo Metropo lis Tokyo Metropolis, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gumma, Chiba, Ibaragi, Tochigi and Yamanashi Prefectures Shin-etsu Radio Regulatory Office Nagano City Nagano and Niigata Prefectures Tokai Radio Regulatory Office Nagoya City Aichi, Mie, Shizuoka and Gifu Prefectures Hokuriku Radio Regulatory Office Kanazawa City Ishikawa, Fukui and Toyama Prefectures Kinki Radio Regulatory Office Osaka City Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga and Wakayama Prefectures Chugoku Radio Regulatory Office Hiroshima City Hiroshima, Tottori, Shimane, Okayama and Yamaguchi Prefectures Shikoku Radio Regulatory Office Matsuyama City Ehime, Tokushima, Kagawa and Kochi Prefectures Kyushu Radio Regulatory Office Kumamoto City Kumamoto, Nagasaki Fukuoka, Oita, Saga, Miyazaki and Kagoshima Prefectures Tohoku Radio Regulatory Office Sendai City Miyagi, Fukushima, Iwata, Aomori, Yamagata and Akita Prefectures Hokkaido Radio Regulatory Office Sapporo City Hokkaido 3 The Radio Regulatory Office shall take charge of a part of the business of the Radio Regulatory Agency, the scope of which shall be specified by Cabinet Order. 4 Sub-divisions of the Local Radio Regulatory office shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Telecommunications Ordinance. 5 Branch offices may be established to take a part of the business of the Local Radio Regulatory Office in such places as deemed necessary by the Minister of Telecommunications. 6 Title, locations jurisdiction, business and detail of organization of the branch office mentioned in 5 shall be determined by the Ministry of Telecommunications ordinance.

(Powers of the Radio Regulatory Agency) Article 38. The Radio Regulatory Agency shall, in performing businesses under its jurisdiction, exercise powers listed in Item 1 to Item 14 inclusive 18, Item 20 and Item 22 to Item inclusive 33 of Article 5. 2 The Radio Regulatory Commissionner may, with the approval of the Minister of Telecommunications, entrust a part of the business under the jurisdiction of the Radio Regulatory Agency to the sub-divisions mentioned in Article 7, in case such entrusting in deemed more economical.

Section 2. Aeronautical Aids Agency

(Duty and Head of Aeronautical Aids Agency) Article 39, The duty of the Aeronautical Aids Agency is to conduct the business related to the aeronautical aids service. 2 The head of the Aeronautical Aids Agency shall be called the Director of Aeronautical Aids Agency.

(Divisions) Article 40. The Aeronautical Aids Agency shall have divisions as follows: Administration Division Technical Division

(Business of the Administration Division) Article 41. The Administration Division shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Confidential matters; 2. Determination and custody of the official seals; 3. Filing and storage of official documents; 4. Coordination between Divisions; 5. Establishment of Section; 6. Administrative inspection; 7. Investigation and statistics (excepting those under the jurisdiction of the Technical Division); 8. Drafting laws and regulations 9. Preparation and execution of plans for training of personnel; 10. To dispose of matters relating to the compensation and status of personnel such as appointment, removal, service condition, duty regulation, work performance and personnel records;negotiation and dealing with groups of personnel and take necessary action for the compliants established by personnel; 11. Welfare and sanitation, houses and living quarters for the personnel; 12. Disposal of businesses in compliance with such laws and regulations providing for financial and accounting, methods, the investigation and determination of revenue and disbursement; 13. Supply of equipments, apparatus, articles and materials; 14. Supply and administration of lands, buildings, structures and water-borne crafts and administration thereof; 15. Administration of national properties; 16. Besides those listed above, matters not in dharge of the Technical Division.

(Business of the Technical Division) Article 42. The Technical Division shall take charge of the following businesses: 1. Construction, maintenance, operation and administration of aeronautical aids facilities; 2. Establishment of plans for construction and maintenance of aeronautical aids facilities; 3. Establishment and enforcement of procedures for the operation of aeronautical aids facilities; 4. Preparation of plans for the requirements for apparatus, articles and materials for the construction and maintenance of the service;receipt, delivery and storage thereof; 5. Preparation of specifications for apparatus, articles and materials mentioned in Item 4 above;designing and surveillance of manufacture thereof; 6. Repairing apparatus and articles mentioned in Item 4 above; 7. Designing and execution, or contract and surveillance of works relating to the construction, maintenance and repair of aeronautical aids facilities; 8. Establishment of technical standards for the construction, maintenance, and operation of aeronautical aids facilities; 9. Investigation, research, experiment and model making for the improvement of aeronautical aids facilities, or to entrust the above to auy research organization outside the Agency in accordance with Item 18 of Article 5; 10. Representation to international conferences to be held for the cooperation of countries for world-wide aeronautical aids service; 11. Training of the personnel.

(Operational Offices) Article 43. The Minister of Telecommunications may establish operational offices listed in the first column of the table below, the purpose of the offices shall be as listed in the second column: Title Purpose Safety Office To construct, operate and maintain aeronautical aids facilities (excepting those in charge of the Aeronautical Radio Range Station) Aeronautical Radio Range Station To operate and maintain aeronautical range facilities and aeronautical radio communication facilities 2 Titles, locations and detail of the organization of the Air Safety Office and Aeronautical Radio Range Station shall be determined by the Minister of Telecommunications Ordinance. 3 The Minister of Telecommunications may, if necessary, establish branch offices to take charge of a part of the business of the local organizations mentioned in 1 above of which title, locations and businesses shall be determined by the Minister of Telecommunications.

(Powers of the Aeronautical Aids Agency) Article 44. The Aeronautical Aids Agency shall, in performing businesses under its jurisdiction, exercise powers listed in Item 1 to Item 14 inclusive, Item 18, Item 20 and Item 33 of Article 5.

Chapter IV. Subsidiary Organizations

(Subsidiary Organizations) Article 45. Besides those prescribed in Article 51, subsidiary organizations to be set up in the Ministry of Telecommunications shall be as follows: Advisory Council for the Minister of Telecommunications Hospitals, Clinics and Sanatoriums Personnel Training Schools Radio Observatory Stations

(Advisory Council for the Minister of Telecommunications) Article 46. The advisory Council shall be an organization to ensure the sound and efficient operation of the businesses mentioned in Article 4. 2 The Council shall investigate and deliberate on matters inquired by the Minister of Telecommunications (those to be inquired to the Radio Correction Committee shall be excluded) related to the business mentioned in Article 4 and advise the Minister of Telecommunications. 3 The Council may, if necessary, advise the competent ministers concerning important matters related to the business mentioned in Article 4. 4 Organization, business, member and other personnel of the Council shall be prescribed by the Cabinet Order.

(Communication Hospital, etc.) Article 47. The Communication Hospital, Communication Clinics and Communication Sanatoriums shall be the organization to preserve the health of the personnel of the Ministry, including their dependents.

(Telecommunication Training Schools) Article 48. Telecommunication Training Schools shall be the organization for the training of the personnel of the Ministry.

(Radio Observatory Stations) Article 49. Radio Observatory Stations shall be the organization for the observation of the propagation of radio wave in connection with the research and development made dy the Laboratory.

(Title, etc.) Article 50. Titles, locations and the details of organization of the subsidiary organizations mentioned in Article 45 (Advisory Council for the Minister of Telecommunications shall be excepted) shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Telecommunications Ordinance.

(Other Subsidiary Organizations) Article 51. Organizations listed in the first column of the table below shall be established as the subsidiary organization of the Ministry of Telecommunications;the purpose thereof shall be as stated in the second column: Title Purpose The Ministry of Telecommunications Mutual Aids Association Investigation Committee In case any dispute arises between the association and its member concerning the collection of dues or the amount of presentation decided by the association, to investigate into the matter and make fair decision as an arbitrator. Advisory Council for the management of the Ministry of Telecommunications Mutual Aids Association. To deliberate and investigate into matters relative to the management of the Ministry of Telecommunications Mutual Aids Association Radio Wave Correction Committee To deliberate and investigate into matters relating to the radio wave correction technics Central Emergency Radio Communication Committee To deliberate and investigate into matters relating to the operation of Emergency Radio Communication Qualifying Committee for Radio Operators. To deliberate and investigate into matters relating to qualifying examination for persons to be engaged in the service operation or technical operation of radio frepuency facilities 2 Mattets related to the organization, business member and other personnel of the subsidiary organizations listed in 1 shall be specified by cabinet order except otherwise provided by other law (including order authorized by law).

Chapter V. Personnel

(Personnel) Article 52. Personnel to serve in the Ministry of Telecommunications shall conform to the National Public Service Law.

(Authorized Number of Personnel) Article 53. Number of personnel authorized for the Ministry shall be stipulated by other law.

Chapter VI. Miscellaneous Provisions

(Delegation of Power) Article 54. The Minister of Telecommunications may, by providing in the Instruction for the Performance of Duties, delegate powers prescribed in this law concerning matters of detail to respective sub-division of the Ministry of Telecommunications, its local organizations and subsidiary organizations;the Radio Regulatory Agency and its local offices, and Aeronatotical Aids Agency.

(Detail of Organization) Article 55. Detail of the organization of the Ministry of Telecommunications shall, besides those prescribed in this law, be stipulated by Cabinet Order, or by the Minister of Telecommunications authorized by Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions: The present Law shall come into force as from April 1, 1949. Minister of Communications FURUHATA Tokuya Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru