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  "slug": "japan-radio-radiation-protection-guidelines",
  "name": "Japan Radio Radiation Protection Guidelines (電波防護指針)",
  "summary": "Japan's radio-wave protection values, made binding by the Radio Law Enforcement Regulations: 27.5 V/m from 30 to 300 MHz and 61.4 V/m above 1.5 GHz for the general environment, six-minute averaged.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
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    "aliases": [
      "RRPG",
      "電波防護指針",
      "Japan EMF limits",
      "MIC radio-wave protection guidelines"
    ],
    "organization": "Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省), Japan",
    "edition": "Radio Radiation Protection Guidelines 1990/1997; enforced through 電波法施行規則 art. 21-3 and appended table 2-3-2 (as amended 2017)",
    "jurisdiction": [
      "JP"
    ],
    "kind": "regulatory",
    "scope": "The 'general environment' table applies where the public has normal access: an operator whose station exceeds it must fence the area off, with exemptions for stations under 20 mW average power, mobile stations and temporary emergency stations. A second table gives instantaneous (non-averaged) values for 10 kHz–10 MHz. Handsets used against the head are regulated separately at 2 W/kg local SAR over 10 g. Power-frequency fields are not covered here — they fall under METI's electrical-facility ordinance.",
    "frequencyRange": {
      "minHz": 10000,
      "maxHz": 300000000000
    }
  },
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      "id": "japan-radio-law-table",
      "title": "電波法施行規則 第21条の3 および別表第2号の3の2 — 電波の強度の値 (Radio Law Enforcement Regulations, art. 21-3 and appended table 2-3-2: permitted radio-wave field strengths)",
      "publisher": "総務省 電波利用ポータル (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan)",
      "url": "https://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/j/sys/ele/medical/system/laws/index.htm",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "japan-mic-rrpg",
      "title": "Possible Health Effects on the Human Body from Radio Wave Exposure — Radio Radiation Protection Guidelines",
      "publisher": "Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan",
      "url": "https://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/e/sys/ele/body/index.htm",
      "kind": "government",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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