The Japanese delegation, comprising of the representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, ARIB and several private companies, visited Botswana to hold the 1st Joint Taskforce on ISDB-T broadcasting, in order to extend its support for the works on the implementation of ISDB-T and the subsequent ASO (analog switch-off), based on Japan’s experiences. During the Joint Workshop, Mr. H. Sanei from NHK, Chairman of the 7 & 8MHz ISDB-T Taskforce of DiBEG, proposed a draft of the ISDB-T Standard for the bandwidth of 8MHz[PDF 175KB/12 pages]. Both parties agreed to continue exchange of information toward the goal to diffuse efficiently the digital terrestrial TV by ISDB-T.