Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications quits calling the committee Japan's equivalent of FCC

Kazuhiro Haraguchi, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, said Tuesday at the 57th national convention of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB) that he is thinking of quitting referring to the committee of communications and broadcasting as Japan's equivalent of FCC.

The idea of establishing the committee originally arose from the DPJ's manifesto that claims the need for an administrative body addressing matters concerning communications and broadcasting that is independent from the government control.

Haraguchi added that the term of Japan's equivalent of FCC would make people confuse the committee with the U.S. FCC too much.

He emphasized that he is trying to create a stronghold for speech, broadcasting, and expression, rather than a regulatory body.

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