IC tag issuing apparatus

An IC tag issuing apparatus for writing identification data to IC tags, the IC tags arranged in multiple rows aligned on an IC tag continuous body, the IC tag issuing apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of writing row antennas arranged to face each row of the IC tags arranged in multiple rows, respectively, and configured to write the identification data to the IC tags via electromagnetic induction;
• an electric wave antenna arranged at a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the IC tag continuous body from the plurality of writing row antennas, and configured to write the identification data to the IC tags via an electric wave;
• and
• a writing controller configured to determine whether or not the identification data is successfully written to each of the IC tags by the plurality of writing row antennas,
• wherein a communication region of the electric-wave antenna is wider than a communication region of each of the plurality of writing row antennas, and
• wherein the electric-wave antenna is configured to write the identification data to the IC tags for which the writing controller determines that the identification data was not successfully written by the plurality of writing row antennas.