Introduction
In Japan, the Telecommunications Technology Council of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Information and Communications Council under Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) drafted Japanese technical standards on limits and methods of measurement of electromagnetic interference caused by information technology equipment based on the CISPR recommendations. A set of these standards was submitted for official recognition to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications on December 2, 1985. In response, the Ministry issued to related industries a request for cooperation in controlling radio disturbance based on those standards.
On December 19, 1985 the four industry associations - the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JElDA)*, the Japan Business Machine Makers Association (JBMA)**, the Electronic Industries Association of Japan (EIAJ)*, and the Communications Industry Association of Japan (CIAJ) *** jointly established without delay the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment (VCCI) to cope with radio disturbance problems caused by personal computers, facsimile equipment ant the like. The establishment of VCCI was a result of acute discussions that concluded that the Ministry’s request be best met with industry’s voluntary measure.The purpose of this corporate body is to promote, in cooperation with related industries, the voluntary control of radio disturbances emitted from multimedia equipment (MME) on the one hand, and improvement of robustness of MME against radio disturbances on the other hand, so that the interests of Japanese consumers are protected with respect to anxiety-free use of MME.
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