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Card 218 of 9852026-09-16 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-16

Where Japan’s Radio Waves Go

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Editorial interest 88/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A Japanese data explorer maps registered mobile base stations and fiber-optic coverage across 1,741 municipalities.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-16 issue.

Field notes

The explorer combines Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications records with population and fiber-coverage data, then presents the results through municipality searches, prefecture tables, and several rankings. Its current snapshot lists 665,541 registered stations across four carriers and distinguishes indoor small stations and femtocells from broader infrastructure through explanatory notes. A useful corrective runs throughout the page: these are reported facilities and estimated household coverage, not direct measurements of reception quality or connection speed.

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