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81-465: Takeshi Kitano ( 北野 武 , Kitano Takeshi , born January 18, 1947) , also known as Beat Takeshi ( ビートたけし , Bīto Takeshi ) in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. During his time as a student at Meiji University , he became

162-538: A ban prohibiting stock trading by employees, numbering around 5,700, who had access to its internal news information management system. The employees were required to pledge in writing that they would not trade in stocks, and were required to gain approval from senior staff to sell shares they already held. NHK banned short-term stock trading completed in periods of six months or less for all other employees. The ban did not extend to employees' families, nor did NHK request any reports on their transactions. On 24 July 2013,

243-600: A bit part in Kitano's 1999 film Kikujiro , as "Man at the Bus Stop". Kitano had also become a popular television host. Takeshi's Castle was a game show hosted by Kitano in the 1980s, featuring slapstick-style physical contests. It was broadcast years later in the United States under the title Most Extreme Elimination Challenge , with Takeshi renamed "Vic Romano". Many of Kitano's routines involved him portraying

324-781: A comedian at the strip theater France-za in Asakusa, Tokyo . In 1973, he formed a comedy duo called Two Beat with Kiyoshi Kaneko, who later became Beat Kiyoshi. Kitano adopted the stage name Beat Takeshi. Riding the wave of the comedy boom, he gained popularity with satirical and sharp-tongued black humor. In the 1980s, he appeared in TV shows such as Oretachi Hyōkin-zoku which recorded the highest viewership rating of 29.1%, and Takeshi's Castle which recorded 24.7%, becoming explosively popular on television. He gained recognition as an actor in director Nagisa Ōshima 's film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983). In 1989, he made his directorial debut with

405-596: A comedian. While working as an elevator operator at the Asakusa France-za strip club, he became an apprentice of its comedian Senzaburo Fukami and eventually the theater's MC . In the 1970s, he formed a comedy duo with his friend Nirō Kaneko (also called Kiyoshi Kaneko). They took on the stage names Beat Takeshi and Beat Kiyoshi ; together referring to themselves as Two Beat ( ツービート , Tsū Bīto , sometimes romanized as "The Two Beats") . This sort of duo comedy, known as manzai in Japan, usually features

486-491: A consultant and partial designer. He was the first Japanese celebrity to actively contribute to the development of a video game and starred in several commercials promoting its release. Due to the title's difficulty and confusing gameplay mechanics, it was placed first in Famitsu magazine's kusoge (shit game) ranking, and is often referred to as one of the worst video games of all time. Takeshi no Chōsenjō and its development

567-465: A gangster or other harsh characters. Kitano said that after playing comedy clubs he would be invited to drink with yakuza, who would tell him stories about the big crime bosses. His first major film role was in Nagisa Oshima 's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (cast as a tough POW camp sergeant during World War II opposite Tom Conti , Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Bowie ). Kitano said that he

648-453: A great deal of high-speed back-and-forth banter between the two performers. Kiyoshi played the straight man ( tsukkomi ) against Takeshi's funny man ( boke ). In 1976, they performed on television for the first time and became a success, propelling their act onto the national stage. The reason for their popularity had much to do with Kitano's material, which was much more risqué than traditional manzai . The targets of his jokes were often

729-580: A group of teenagers are randomly selected each year to eliminate each other on a deserted island. His 2000 film Brother was deliberately intended to be a hit abroad. Shot in Los Angeles, it starred Kitano as a deposed and exiled Tokyo yakuza setting up a drug empire in Los Angeles with the aid of a local gangster played by Omar Epps . However, the film met with tepid international response. Although in Japan it did better financially than Hana-bi . Dolls in 2002 had Kitano directing but not starring in

810-436: A house painter, with Kitano revealing that he used to live like a yakuza , while his mother was a strict disciplinarian and educator who worked in a factory. In his working-class neighborhood, the children looked up to baseball players and yakuza, with many of his neighbors being the latter. Kitano entered Meiji University and studied engineering, before dropping out at age 19. He went to the Asakusa district in 1972 to become

891-452: A huge hit, so huge that my producer allows me to make one film I really want to do and then come back to the sequel after I've made the film I really want to do." In September 2015, it was announced that Kitano would be contributing his voice and likeness to the character Toru Hirose in the SEGA video game Yakuza 6: The Song of Life . This collaboration marked Kitano's first involvement with

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972-611: A large quality of artifacts on the subject. Meiji University has achieved worldwide recognition in various international publications focusing on higher education. The university has been ranked 19th and 26th in 2009 and 2010 respectively in the ranking " Truly Strong Universities " by Toyo Keizai . The Nikkei Shimbun on 16 February 2004 surveyed about the research standards in engineering studies based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Meiji

1053-566: A new take on the character from Shintaro Katsu 's long-running film and TV series , Zatōichi was Kitano's biggest box office success in Japan, did quite well in limited release across the world, and won countless awards at home and abroad, including the Silver Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. Kitano revealed that he was approached by others to create the film and therefore differed from his own techniques and followed

1134-747: A reporter at NHK Metropolitan Broadcasting Center died of congestive heart failure . In May 2014, the Shibuya Labor Standards Inspection Office of the Tokyo Labor Bureau certified it as a karōshi (overwork death). Although NHK did not report on this matter, it was announced in October 2017. Ryōichi Ueda, the chairman of NHK, visited the reporter's parents' home and apologized to them. NHK has occasionally faced various criticisms for its treatment of Japan's wartime history. Katsuto Momii ( 籾井 勝人 ) ,

1215-463: A result, after a rash of NHK-related scandals including an accounting one , the number of people who had not paid the license fee surpassed one million watchers. This incident sparked debate over the fairness of the fee system. In 2006, the NHK opted to take legal action against those most flagrantly in violation of the law. This fee and how it is charged is unpopular with some citizens. This led to

1296-576: A romantic drama with three different stories about undying love, and was loosely based on a bunraku play. Following the disappointing response to the film Brother and the film Dolls , Kitano received a sequence of unsympathetic reviews from the press in the United States. Criticism was less severe in Europe and Asia though many commentators were not as lavish with their praise as they had been with his previous films. 2003's Zatōichi , directed by and starring Kitano, silenced many of these dissenters. With

1377-499: A talk show on which a large panel of Japanese-speaking foreigners from around the world debate current issues in Japanese society. He currently hosts Unbelievable , which was relaunched in 2001, and the weekly television program Beat Takeshi's TV Tackle . TV Tackle is a kind of panel discussion among entertainers and politicians regarding controversial current events. Another of his shows is Sekai Marumie TV ("The World Exposed"),

1458-412: A weekly collection of various interesting video clips from around the world, often focusing on the weird aspects of other countries. On this show, he plays a childlike idiot, insulting the guests, and usually appearing wearing strange costumes during the show. Kitano played a similarly named character in the controversial 2000 Japanese blockbuster Battle Royale , which takes place in a future in which

1539-542: Is a Japanese public broadcaster . It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee . NHK operates two terrestrial television channels ( NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV ), three satellite television channels (NHK BS; as well as two ultra-high-definition television channels, NHK BS Premium 4K and NHK BS8K ), and three radio networks ( NHK Radio 1 , NHK Radio 2 , and NHK FM ). NHK also provides an international broadcasting service, known as NHK World-Japan . NHK World-Japan

1620-403: Is also bilingual and airs on NHK General TV and the international channels and NHK World Premium. World News , a program which airs bulletins from international broadcasters interpreted in Japanese, is aired on NHK BS1 with Catch! Sekai no Top News in the morning and International News Report at night, with the latter also airing on NHK World Premium. News on NHK BS1 is aired at 50 minutes past

1701-665: Is composed of NHK World TV , NHK World Premium , and the shortwave radio service Radio Japan (RJ). World Radio Japan also makes some of its programs available on the Internet. NHK was the first broadcaster in the world to broadcast in high-definition (using multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding , also known as Hi-Vision) and in 8K . In regards to NHK's relationship with Johnny & Associates, they have stated that NHK acknowledges that sexual abuse allegations related to Johnny & Associates had repeatedly been reported for many years, but NHK also stated that they lacked awareness of

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1782-459: Is funded by the Japanese government. The annual budget of NHK is subject to review and approval by the Diet of Japan . The Diet also appoints the twelve-member board of governors (経営委員会 keiei iinkai ) that oversees NHK. NHK is managed on a full-time basis by an executive board ( 理事会 , rijikai ) consisting of a president, executive vice president and seven to ten managing directors who oversee

1863-477: Is highly deadpan or a camera style that approaches near-stasis, Kitano often uses long takes during which little appears to be happening, or editing that cuts immediately to the aftermath of an event. Many of his films express a bleak worldview, but are also filled with humor and affection for their characters. Takeshi Kitano was born in Adachi, Tokyo , with two older brothers and an older sister. His father worked as

1944-943: Is sixth in Japan. The number of applicants per place was 24.9 (113,905/4,582) in the 2011 undergraduate admissions, this number of applicants (113,905) was largest in 2011. Its entrance difficulty is also very selective. Meiji university is regarded as comparable with the Tokyo-area private universities Aoyama Gakuin, Rikkyo, Chuo, and Hosei, collectively called " MARCH ". Meiji University's alumni have included: Japan's first female lawyer , 2 Japanese prime ministers , 48 national politicians , 380 professional athletes , 115 company presidents , and 264 artists . 35°41′51″N 139°45′42″E  /  35.697474°N 139.761588°E  / 35.697474; 139.761588 NHK The Japan Broadcasting Corporation ( Japanese : 日本放送協会 , Hepburn : Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai ) , also known by its romanized initialism NHK ,

2025-515: Is standardized, with discounts for office workers and students who commute, as well a discount for residents of Okinawa prefecture . For viewers making annual payments by credit card with no special discounts, the reception fee is 13,600 yen per year for terrestrial reception only, and 24,090 yen per year for both terrestrial and broadcast satellite reception. However, the Broadcasting Act specifies no punitive actions for nonpayment; as

2106-528: Is totally different from the films I've directed, I thought it was interesting that Aramaki , the role I play, is a character who gives off a peculiar vibe and, in various episodes, is set at the core of the characters' relationships. I'm looking forward to see how the movie turns out." In 2017, Kitano released the third and final installment in the successful Outrage series titled Outrage Coda . He left Office Kitano in 2018 and became affiliated with T.N Gon [ jp ]. Kitano's samurai film Kubi about

2187-880: The Gyokuon-hōsō , the surrender speech made by Emperor Hirohito , in August 1945. Following the war, in September 1945, the Allied occupation administration under General Douglas MacArthur banned all international broadcasting by NHK, and repurposed several NHK facilities and frequencies for use by the Far East Network (now American Forces Network ). Japanese-American radio broadcaster Frank Shozo Baba joined NHK during this time and led an early post-war revamp of its programming. Radio Japan resumed overseas broadcasts in 1952. A new Broadcasting Act  [ ja ]

2268-581: The 1964 Summer Olympics , the first widely televised Olympic Games. The complex was gradually expanded through 1973 when it became the headquarters for NHK. The previous headquarters adjacent to Hibiya Park was redeveloped as the Hibiya City high-rise complex. NHK began experimental satellite broadcasting with the NHK BS ;1 channel in 1984, followed by NHK BS 2 in 1985. Both channels began regular broadcasts in 1989. In April 2011, BS 1

2349-495: The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami – Iwate , Miyagi , Fukushima – where it was discontinued on 31 March 2012). From 1963 to 1999, NHK published the journal Studies of broadcasting: an international annual of broadcasting science . NHK is a dependent corporation chartered by the Japanese Broadcasting Act and primarily funded by license fees. NHK World broadcasting (for overseas viewers/listeners)

2430-519: The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . NHK broadcasts sumo wrestling , baseball games, Olympic Games , soccer games, and a range of other sports. Their broadcast of the last two days of October 1952's autumn sumo tournament became the first ever televised sports broadcast in Japan. The NHK Symphony Orchestra , financially sponsored by NHK, was formerly (until 1951) the Japanese Symphony Orchestra. Its website details

2511-603: The Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd protests that was criticized for its "crude" animation of protesters and its focus on economic inequality rather than police brutality. An official statement signed by Yuichi Tabata, head of NHK's International News Division, was released through NHK's official website. On 9 January 2022, NHK issued an apology over false allegations made in Director Naomi Kawase 's Tokyo Olympics documentary. Kawase

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2592-551: The Greater Tokyo Area : Surugadai , Izumi, Ikuta, and Nakano . Meiji University is the country's most applied-to university, with applications to its undergraduate degrees amounting to approximately 100,000 annually. Meiji is a part of the Top Global University Project of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology . As of 2021, 270 Meiji alumni have competed in

2673-729: The Honnō-ji Incident premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival . Kitano won the Golden Lion award at the 54th Venice International Film Festival in 1997 for his film Hana-bi . In 2008, at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival , Kitano was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. In March 2010 Kitano was named a Commander of the Order of the Arts and Letters of France. On the 29th of April 2022 he received

2754-722: The Imperial Japanese Army nationalised all public news agencies and coordinated their efforts via the Information Liaison Confidential Committee. All published and broadcast news reports became official announcements of the Imperial Army General Headquarters in Tokyo for the duration of World War II . The famous Tokyo Rose wartime programs were broadcast by NHK. NHK also recorded and broadcast

2835-789: The Japan Meteorological Agency makes NHK capable of delivering earthquake early warnings seconds after detection, as well as a more detailed report with Shindo intensity measurements within two-to-three minutes after the quake. They also broadcast air attack warnings in the event of war, using the J-Alert system. All warnings are broadcast in Japanese, with tsunami warnings also delivered in four foreign languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Portuguese (Japan has small Chinese , Korean and Brazilian populations). The warnings were broadcast in these languages during

2916-671: The Olympics , garnering 40 medals: 14 gold, 13 silver, and 13 bronze. Meiji University's baseball team belongs to the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League . Every year, rugby union and baseball matches Meisōsen ( 明早戦 ) against Waseda University attract support among its students. It also has a successful judo team. The university announced on February 26, 2009, that it would open a museum dedicated to anime and manga . It will include international research centers hosting Japanese and international scholars as well as

2997-492: The Shinsengumi . Kikujiro , released in 1999 and named after his father, was a semi-comedy featuring Kitano as a ne'er-do-well crook who winds up paired up with a young boy looking for his mother, and goes on a series of misadventures with him. He hosted Koko ga Hen da yo Nihonjin (English translation, This doesn't make sense, Japanese people! ) which was a Japanese TV show that was broadcast weekly from 1998 to 2002,

3078-546: The Taipei Times , stating, "[South] Korea's statements that Japan is the only nation that forced this are puzzling. 'Give us money, compensate us', they say, but since all of this was resolved by the Japan–Korea peace treaty, why are they reviving this issue? It's strange." It was subsequently reported by The Japan Times that on his first day at NHK Momii asked members of the executive team to hand in their resignation on

3159-555: The 21st Director-General of NHK, caused controversy by discussing Japan's actions in World War II at his first press conference after being appointed on 20 December 2013. It was reported that Momii said NHK should support the Japanese government in its territorial dispute with China and South Korea. He also caused controversy by what some describe as the playing down of the comfort women issue in World War II, according to

3240-661: The Filmmaker! (appearing as Beat Takeshi), and a third in 2008, titled Achilles and the Tortoise . In between these films, Kitano appeared in a number of other television projects and smaller projects. In 2007 he appeared in Dots and Lines (a TV mini-series) as Jūtarō Torikai. Also in 2007, Kitano appeared in To Each His Own Cinema as the projectionist (in the segment "Rencontre unique") as Beat Takeshi, and in

3321-1012: The Golden Mulberry Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Far East International Film Festival of Udine 2022, in Italy. 1988–2018.3: Office Kitano Office Kitano Inc. ( 株式会社オフィス北野 , Kabushiki-Gaisha Ofisu Kitano ) is a Japanese talent management company founded in February 1988 by Kitano. In March 2018 Kitano left Office Kitano in order to become independent. Following this the company changed its name to TAP on January 1, 2020. 2018.4-: T.N Gon . In 2015, Kitano established T.N Gon ( 株式会社T.N Gon , Kabushiki-Gaisha T N Gon ) . Meiji University As of May 2023, Meiji has 32,261 undergraduate students and 2,635 postgraduate students. The university consists of 10 undergraduate, 12 graduate, and 4 professional graduate schools, and operates on four campuses around

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3402-479: The NHK brand is common for the whole country. All of them can also be tuned through the Internet, within the national territory. It also has one exclusive satellite channel, as well as two in ultra-high definition. NHK is funded by reception fees ( 受信料 , jushinryō ) , a system analogous to the license fee used in some English-speaking countries. The Broadcasting Act which governs NHK's funding stipulates anyone with equipment able to receive NHK must pay. The fee

3483-698: The TV movie Wada Akiko Satsujin Jiken . In 2008, he did the voice-over in The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit , for Take-Majin, a heroic monster based on Kitano. In 2010, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris held a one-man show displaying his paintings and installations. A room in the basement played a 12-hour loop of his work as a TV host. Kitano's 2010 film Outrage

3564-422: The areas of NHK operations. The executive board reports to the board of governors. It maintains three radio stations available nationwide: All of them can also be tuned through the Internet, within the national territory. It manages two open signal channels through digital terrestrial television. Since Japan has a television network system, it schedules territorial disconnections in each of its centers. However,

3645-484: The broadcasting industry" when it comes to using performers who best fit program content and production. The public broadcaster added that it did not fully acknowledge the sexual abuse matter despite various weekly magazine articles about the allegations and a Tokyo High Court ruling in 2004. A few weeks later, NHK announced that it would suspend new contracts with Johnny's performers–including for their annual New Year's Eve television special Kōhaku Uta Gassen –until

3726-557: The common filmmaking process in order to please them and make a pure-entertainment film. From April 2005 to 2008, Kitano was an instructor at the Graduate School of Visual Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts . Kitano's film, Takeshis' was released in Japan in November 2005, as the first installment in his surrealist autobiographical series. This was followed in 2007, by his second surrealist autobiographical film Glory to

3807-479: The company has implemented compensation and recurrence prevention measures. In February 2024, the company announced a strict policy of terminating the appearance of talents formerly affiliated with Johnny & Associates on its programs and not allowing them to appear on new programs after FY2024. In October 2024, NHK Chairman Nobuo Inaba announced at a regular press conference that, he had confirmed efforts of Smile-Up to compensate victims and prevent recurrence and

3888-564: The documentary should be removed. Some activists were concerned that the misinformation was spread by NHK to silence those who opposed the Tokyo Olympics during the pandemic. NHK denied that the footage was deliberately fabricated to mislead the public. On 13 January 2022, the NHK Osaka director Terunobu Maeda apologized during a press conference, admitting that the captions "should not have been included". Once again, he denied that

3969-611: The end of April, its members would freeze their licence fee payments for half a year. While Momii did not resign, he was not reappointed and retired after serving only one term of three years. On 17 October 2014, The Times claimed to have received internal NHK documents which banned any reference to the Nanjing Massacre , to Japan's use of wartime sex slaves during World War II, and to its territorial dispute with China in its English-language broadcasting. On 10 June 2020, NHK apologized and took down an 80-second video about

4050-470: The film Violent Cop after Kinji Fukasaku stepped down. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his film Hana-bi (1997), becoming the third Japanese director to receive this honor after Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Inagaki . In October 2017, Kitano completed his Outrage crime trilogy with the release of Outrage Coda . He is also known internationally for hosting

4131-607: The film adaptation of William Gibson 's 1995 Johnny Mnemonic , credited by the mononym "Takeshi", although his on-screen time was greatly reduced for the American cut of the film. After his motorscooter accident, Kitano took up painting. His paintings have been published in books, featured in gallery exhibitions, and adorn the covers of many of the soundtrack albums for his films. His paintings were featured prominently in his most critically acclaimed film, 1997's Hana-bi . Although for years already Kitano's largest audience had been

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4212-541: The film in which Kitano defined his style with long takes, minimal camera movement, brief dialogue, sly humor, and sudden violence. Kitano's third film, A Scene at the Sea , was released in 1991. It follows a deaf garbage collector who is determined to learn how to surf after discovering a broken surfboard. Kitano's more delicate, romantic side came to the fore here, along with his trademark deadpan approach. The film garnered numerous nominations and awards, including Best Film at

4293-611: The foreign arthouse crowd, Hana-bi cemented his status internationally as one of Japan's foremost modern filmmakers. Although it was not a big success financially, it won the Golden Lion award at the 1997 Venice Film Festival . Kitano himself said it was not until he won this award that he was accepted as a serious director in Japan; prior his films were looked at as just the hobby of a famous comedian. Among his most significant acting roles were Nagisa Oshima's 1999 film Taboo , in which he played Captain Hijikata Toshizo of

4374-574: The formation of the NHK Party ( NHK党 , NHK tō ) , also known as N-Koku ( N国 ) , a single-issue political party , which has protested this fee with representatives in the upper house . NHK broadcasts a variety of programming. NHK offers local, national, and world news reports. NHK News 7 airs daily and is broadcast bilingually with both Japanese and English audio tracks on NHK General TV and NHK's international channels TV Japan and NHK World Premium . The flagship news program News Watch 9

4455-452: The game show Takeshi's Castle (1986–1990) and starring in the film Battle Royale (2000). He has received critical acclaim for his idiosyncratic cinematic work, winning numerous awards with Japanese film critic Nagaharu Yodogawa having once dubbed him "the true successor" to influential filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. Many of Kitano's films are dramas about yakuza gangsters or the police. Described by critics as using an acting style that

4536-517: The grounds they had all been appointed by his predecessor. A number of civil society groups protested against Momii's continued tenure as Director-General of NHK. On 27 January 2014, the Viewers' Community to Observe and Encourage NHK ( NHKを監視・激励する視聴者コミュニティ ) issued a public letter calling for Momii's resignation on the grounds that the remarks he made at his inaugural press conference were explosive. The letter stated that if Momii did not resign by

4617-512: The hour except during live sports events. NHK also offers news for the deaf (which airs on NHK Educational TV), regional news (which airs on NHK General TV) and children's news. Newsline is an English-language newscast designed for foreign viewers and airs on NHK World . In his book Broadcasting Politics in Japan: NHK and Television News , Ellis S. Krauss states: 'In the 1960s and 1970s, external critics of NHK news were complaining about

4698-433: The incident was a fabrication. In December 2023, Japan's Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization (BPO) concluded that NHK had breached broadcasting ethics in its "News Watch 9" program, where people believed to have died from COVID-19 vaccine injury were treated as if they had died from COVID-19. Regarding the incident as an inappropriate way of reporting, NHK stated that it would take measures to avoid

4779-399: The issue at that time and chose not to follow up or cover the issue entirely. In addition, they stated that they failed in their role as a news media organization, and simply sat idle as many minors became sexual abuse victims. On 8 September, 2023, NHK , said in a statement that they took the matter seriously, and that they would "work harder to ensure that human rights are more respected in

4860-615: The leadership of Count Gotō Shinpei . Tokyo Broadcasting Station, along with separate organizations in Osaka and Nagoya , began radio broadcasts in 1925. The three stations merged under the first incarnation of NHK in August 1926. NHK was modelled on the BBC of the United Kingdom , and the merger and reorganisation was carried out under the auspices of the pre-war Ministry of Communications . NHK's second radio network began in 1931, and

4941-1131: The orchestra's history and ongoing concert programme. Since 1953, NHK has broadcast the Kōhaku Uta Gassen song contest on New Year's Eve, ending shortly before midnight in PIX System . A sentimental morning show , a weekly jidaigeki and a year-long show, the Taiga drama , spearhead the network's fiction offerings. NHK is also making efforts at broadcasting dramas made in foreign countries as overseas drama ( 海外ドラマ , Kaigai Dorama ) . The longest running children's show in Japan, Okaasan to Issho ( おかあさんといっしょ , With Mother ) , started broadcasting in 1959 and still airs to this day Monday to Friday at 17:36–18:00  JST , Sunday at 17:30–17:54 JST, with rebroadcasts Tuesday to Sunday at 5:00–5:24 JST on NHK World Premium. In 2007, three employees of NHK were fined and fired for insider trading . They had profited by trading shares based on exclusive NHK knowledge. On 11 July 2008, NHK introduced

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5022-437: The position of executive in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is 25th. Meiji graduates have been ranked fifth in Japan in the number of successful national CPA exam applicants. Its graduates have been also ranked ninth in Japan in the number of successful Architect Registration exam applicants. Furthermore, the number of Members of Parliament who graduated Meiji

5103-427: The prestigious Blue Ribbon Awards . It also started a long-running collaboration with composer Joe Hisaishi , which would last until 2002. Although 1993's Sonatine did poorly in Japan, it received rave reviews in Europe when it was shown at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival . Kitano plays a Tokyo yakuza who is sent by his boss to Okinawa to help end a gang war there. He is tired of gangster life, and when he finds out

5184-619: The producers wanted him to make a third Outrage film depending on the box office. On 7 March 2013, Minkei News of Hong Kong reported that Kitano won the Best Director award for Outrage Beyond at the 7th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. On 10 August 2013, in an interview reported by John Bleasdale, Kitano revealed his current plans for a sequel to Outrage Beyond and an untitled personal film project. As Kitano stated, "Ideally what would happen would be this: Outrage Beyond becomes

5265-467: The rankings of "Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and/or with continental links" in Japan. Meiji University is one of the top 10 private universities in Japan. According to the Weekly Economist 's 2010 rankings, graduates from Meiji University have the 35th best employment rate in 400 major companies The university is also ranked sixth in Japan for the number of alumni holding

5346-482: The separation of management from Starto Entertainment is steadily progressing, and that requests to perform–including Kōhaku Uta Gassen for current Starto celebrities would resume. Commercial broadcasters had already announced on the resumption of new appointments to celebrities belonging to Starto. NHK's earliest forerunner was the Tokyo Broadcasting Station ( 東京放送局 ) , founded in 1924 under

5427-473: The socially vulnerable, including the elderly, the handicapped, the poor, children, women, the ugly and the stupid. Complaints to the broadcaster led to censorship of some of Kitano's jokes and the editing of offensive dialogue. Kitano confirmed in a video interview that he was forbidden to access the NHK studios for five years for having exposed his body during a show when it was totally forbidden. Although Two Beat

5508-656: The strict neutrality, the lack of criticism of the government, and the 'self-regulation in covering events'. Krauss claims that little had changed by the 1980s and 1990s. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, NHK was criticised for underplaying the dangers from radioactive contamination . Under the Broadcasting Act, NHK is under the obligation to broadcast early warning emergency reporting in times of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis . Their national network of seismometers in cooperation with

5589-511: The third radio network (FM) began in 1937. NHK began shortwave broadcasting on an experimental basis in the 1930s, and began regular English- and Japanese-language shortwave broadcasts in 1935 under the name Radio Japan , initially aimed at ethnic Japanese listeners in Hawaii and the west coast of North America . By the late 1930s, NHK's overseas broadcasts were known as Radio Tokyo , which became an official name in 1941. In November 1941,

5670-467: The video game industry in 30 years since the 1986 release of Takeshi no Chōsenjō . Takeshi co-starred in the live action adaptation of the manga Ghost in the Shell , marking his return to American cinema nearly twenty years after Johnny Mnemonic in 1995. Although he has expressed his dislike of anime and manga in the past, he accepted the role because "even though this stylish piece of entertainment

5751-520: The whole mission is a ruse, he welcomes what comes with open arms. All four of his films were screened at the 1994 London Film Festival . In August 1994, Kitano was involved in a motorscooter accident and suffered injuries that caused partial paralysis of the right-side of his face. As reported by Dan Edwards, Kitano later said that the accident was an "unconscious suicide attempt". Kitano made Kids Return in 1996, soon after his recovery. The 1995 release of Getting Any? ( Minna Yatteruka! ), which

5832-529: Was cast as the lead in Violent Cop . When director Kinji Fukasaku stepped down over scheduling conflicts with Kitano, due to Kitano's TV commitments, the distributor suggested the comedian direct it at his own pace. He also rewrote the script heavily, and this marked the beginning of Kitano's career as a filmmaker. Kitano's second film as director and first as screenwriter was Boiling Point ( 3-4X10 October ) released in 1990. Mark Schilling cited it as

5913-500: Was enacted in 1950, which made NHK a listener-supported independent corporation and simultaneously opened the market for commercial broadcasting in Japan. NHK started television broadcasting in 1953, followed by its educational TV channel in 1959 and color television broadcasts in 1960. NHK opened the first stage of its current headquarters in Japan's capital city 's special ward Shibuya as an international broadcasting center for

5994-526: Was filmed before the accident, showed Kitano returning to his comedy roots. This Airplane! -like assemblage of comedic scenes, all centering loosely around a Walter Mitty -type character trying to have sex in a car, met with little acclaim in Japan. Much of the film satirizes popular Japanese culture, such as Ultraman or Godzilla and even the Zatoichi character that Kitano himself would go on to play eight years later. That year Kitano also appeared in

6075-486: Was happy with his performance and snuck into a showing of the film to see how the audience would accept him as a serious actor instead of a comedian. He was devastated when the audience burst into laughter upon his appearing on screen, but vowed to stick to serious and dark characters in film. In 1986, Kitano worked on the Family Computer video game Takeshi no Chōsenjō (translated as Takeshi's Challenge ), as

6156-471: Was later the subject of the first episode of GameCenter CX , a gaming variety show hosted by Osaka comedian Shinya Arino . In 1988, he published a memoir, Asakusa Kid . He has also published a number of novels and other books which have been translated into French. He co-founded the Agency Office Kitano with Masayuki Mori . After several other acting roles, mostly comedic, in 1989 he

6237-413: Was one of the most successful acts of its kind during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kitano decided to go solo and the duo was dissolved. Together with Sanma Akashiya and Tamori , Kitano is said to be one of the " Big Three " television comedians ( owarai tarento ) of Japan. Some autobiographical elements relating to his manzai career can be found in his 1996 film Kids Return . Beat Kiyoshi has

6318-533: Was placed 37th in this ranking. Meiji has filed the 62nd highest number of patents in the nation as its research outcomes. Meiji Law School is considered one of the top Japanese law schools, as Meiji's number of successful candidates for Japanese bar examination has been 14th and 20th in 2009 and 2010 respectively. It is one of the strongest department in this university as the cumulative number of people qualified as lawyer and prosecutor has been historically sixth after WW2. Eduniversal ranked Meiji as fourth in

6399-877: Was rebranded while BS 2 channel ceased broadcasting and was replaced by "BS Premium" which broadcasts on the channel formerly used by BShi. International satellite broadcasts to North America and Europe began in 1995, which led to the launch of NHK World in 1998. It became free-to-air over the Astra 19.2°E ( Astra 1L ) and Eurobird satellites in Europe in 2008. NHK began digital television broadcasting in December 2000 through BS Digital, followed by terrestrial digital TV broadcasts in three major metropolitan areas in 2003. NHK's digital television coverage gradually expanded to cover almost all of Japan by 24 July 2011, when analog transmissions were discontinued & ended (except in three prefectures that were heavily affected by

6480-564: Was screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival . He admitted he tried something different for Outrage by adding a lot of dialogue, stepping back as the main character to make an ensemble piece, and having the feel of a nature documentary watching the characters kill each other. A sequel, 2012's Outrage Beyond , was screened in competition at the 69th Venice International Film Festival . He also appeared in Yasuo Furuhata's 2012 film, Dearest . In September 2012, Takeshi Kitano said that

6561-582: Was selected by the IOC in 2018 to cover Japanese reactions to the event and later during the COVID-19 pandemic . Footage and captions in the documentary alleged that protesters were being paid money to attend anti-Olympics rallies. One of the men interviewed later stated he was "unsure" if he had actually attended any anti-Olympics rallies. NHK Osaka cited "editorial oversights" and "deficiencies in research", issuing an apology. Some anti-Olympic activists demanded that

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