On June 12, 1926, the Japan Ama­teur Radio League (JARL) was found­ed by 37 pio­neer­ing mem­bers, and a his­toric mes­sage was trans­mit­ted to the world:

“We have the hon­our of inform­ing that we ama­teurs in Japan have orga­nized today the Japan­ese Ama­teur Radio League. Please QST to all sta­tions.”

In Sep­tem­ber 1927, the sta­tion JXAX was autho­rized. It was the first licensed ama­teur radio sta­tion in Japan. This marked the begin­ning of a new era.

JARL cel­e­brates its 100th anniver­sary in 2026, and ama­teur radio in Japan marks 100 years in 2027. We are enter­ing a spe­cial 16-month com­mem­o­ra­tive peri­od. Togeth­er with man­u­fac­tur­ers, part­ner orga­ni­za­tions, and ama­teur radio oper­a­tors across Japan, we all are proud to announce we are cel­e­brat­ing this mile­stone and tak­ing our first steps into the next cen­tu­ry.

Our goal is not only to look back to the past, but to pio­neer the future of the cul­ture of Ama­teur Radio.

Because “nor­mal” is just bor­ing
We live in times where we can eas­i­ly con­nect with peo­ple around the world.

The tech­nol­o­gy progress has made every­thing con­ve­nient,
but have you ever felt some­thing is miss­ing?
Because every­thing is so easy, we don’t have to look for new ways.

What we have lost by accept­ing this new nor­mal
is the path of explo­ration or encoun­ters with the unknown.
The explo­ration of new ways, it’s so excit­ing for us.
You want to car­ry your radio waves even far­ther,
you want to com­mu­ni­cate with Antarc­ti­ca or out­er space,
you want to pur­sue the depths of tech­nol­o­gy to cre­ate the per­fect radio.

With Ama­teur Radio activ­i­ties, we are expe­ri­enc­ing some­thing that we can­not touch or even see.
So now, let’s go on adven­tures that are far beyond our dai­ly lives!

That’s why “nor­mal” is just bor­ing.

https://100th.jarl.org/en/