A non-contact IC recording medium that operates in response to a radio
instruction from a reader/writer includes a write-protect area setting
unit that sets a write-protect area where a writing of data is
prohibited; an area determining unit that determines, when data for the
writing is received, whether an area where the data is to be written is
the write-protect area; and a write processing unit that writes, when the
area determining unit determines that the area is not the write-protect
area, writes the data in the area, and changes the area into the
write-protect area.