ABSTRACT
The first stage of reform of the Japanese telecommunications policy began in 1948 with the reorganization of the Ministry of Communications into the Ministry of Postal Services and the Ministry of Telecommunications. The second stage of reform involved three laws: the Radio Wave Law, the Broadcasting Law, and the Radio Regulatory Commission Law. The third stage of reform, different from the second, had to do with monopoly of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT). Three laws enacted in 1953, the Wire Telecommunications Law, the Public Telecommunications Law, and the NTT Public Corporation Law, were intended to change the government monopolies to public monopolies. Although the Telecommunications Business Law contains 144 articles, the content of the legislation is a straightforward, it’s crucial point being as follows: Type One businesses, facilities owners, and Type Two businesses, facilities lessors, are distinguished and administered differently.
