On April 20 , 2011 , Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications confirmed , and made the resolution by the House of Councillors on June 8 , 2011 , that the analog terrestrial TV close down schedule on 24 July 2011 will be unchanged , with the exception being the close down having to be postponed by a maximum one year . Analog television shut down on March 31 , 2012 , in Iwate , Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures , which were heavily damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the nuclear accidents that followed it . Analog television stations are required to cease normal programming at noon and shut down their signals at midnight
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Digital terrestrial television