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69-513: Unlike NHK General Television (NHK G), which organizes programs differently for each region, it is based on a unified programming organization throughout Japan, so in the Kanto region, the three Tokai prefectures, and Kinki region, some prefectures broadcast. It is set as a broadcasting area equivalent to the wide area broadcasting of commercial broadcasting without setting. As a result, the number of broadcasting stations that can broadcast independently

138-538: 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,

207-459: A counterweight to channels such as CNN International and BBC World. Japan International Broadcasting Company is owned 60 percent by the public service company NHK and to 40 percent of businesses with stakeholders such as Microsoft and Japanese bank Mizuho. Operations are financed for the most part by the Japanese TV license payers but also by external sponsors and advertisers. Broadcasts reach

276-747: 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 ) ,

345-463: 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

414-676: A special program was broadcast to introduce the new stations, with congratulatory messages from officials of the respective cities. The network expanded to cover Sendai , Hiroshima and Fukuoka in 1956. That same year, in preparation for the start of CBC 's television station in Nagoya, the Nagoya station moved from channel 5 to channel 3, as the old frequency was set to be used by CBC. From May 29 to December 23, 1957, further stations opened in Nagano , Shizuoka , Kanazawa , Okayama , Matsuyama and Kokura ( Kitakyushu ). The first morning broadcast

483-535: Is 41, which is less than that of NHK General TV. The structure is generally based on various educational programming, hobbies/liberal arts courses, welfare/entertainment for the disabled, and entertainment for children, but high school baseball is also broadcast. Some of them were once broadcast on NHK General TV, but they have been consolidated due to changes in media. Since the 2000s, NHK E has been lined up with popular programs that have been softened by renewing individual programs and appointing talents while following

552-456: Is Japan's first TV channel. The common name general television was given because of its generalist status in contrast to NHK Educational Television (commonly known as E-tele since 2011), which is also broadcast on terrestrial waves. Compared to ETV, which organizes programs that are almost unified throughout Japan, General Television has different programming for each region produced by NHK's regional stations. Therefore, wide-area broadcasting in

621-542: 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

690-650: Is a Japanese television company which, since 2009, has produced English-language programs about Japan and Asia for an international audience. The programs will be shown all over the world through the English channel NHK World from the Japanese public service broadcaster NHK, as well as via the player through the JIB TV's website. NHK World TV and production company Jib was started in 2009 with the purpose of disseminating information, knowledge of Japanese and Asian culture and as

759-403: 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

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828-665: 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

897-459: 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

966-515: 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

1035-880: 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 ]

1104-581: 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

1173-495: 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)

1242-571: 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

1311-603: 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

1380-722: 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

1449-789: 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

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1518-546: 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

1587-555: 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

1656-413: The Kanto area (surveyed by Video Research) was ranked first in a row for 24 years from 1963 to 1986, pushing out each commercial key station. However, in 1987, it handed over the all-day viewer rating to Fuji TV , and regained it in 1988 and 1989, but it has been far from that position since 1989. NHK conducted experimental broadcasts in 1939-1940 (interrupted due to its entry in the war), the callsign of

1725-479: 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

1794-479: The National Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (now NTT ) completed the standardization works for color TV microwave lines throughout Japan (excluding the area between Kagoshima and Naze). It is now possible to carry out color TV broadcasts via the network throughout the country, and with the exception of some remote island areas such as Amami Oshima , the development of colorization throughout

1863-623: The Scandinavian countries via Astra and Eutelsat satellites. The aim is that in future also be distributed via leading cable and IPTV operators. In order to release capital NHK moved money from radio to TV. One consequence was that the Swedish, German and Italian departments of foreign channel Radio Japan were shut down in autumn 2007. NHK The Japan Broadcasting Corporation ( Japanese : 日本放送協会 , Hepburn : Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai ) , also known by its romanized initialism NHK ,

1932-483: The analog phase was only in the Kanto wide area (1 metropolitan area and 6 prefectures), and the other 40 prefectures had prefectural broadcasting. In the digital phase, Ibaraki Prefecture moved to prefectural broadcasting in 2004, and Tochigi and Gunma prefectures moved to prefectural broadcasting in 2012, leaving only four prefectures in Southern Kanto for wide-area broadcasting. Nationally aired news programs on

2001-422: 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,

2070-484: 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

2139-453: The channel are produced by the NHK news department from Tokyo studios. At the beginning of General TV's broadcasting, it was far from popular with general households, and it was difficult to produce TV programs independently. NHK management, in order to beat up the forthcoming competitions in the months that followed the launch, decided to bring several NHK Radio programs to be adapted to the new medium. General TV's all-day audience rating in

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2208-543: The channel from NHK's other television services, NHK Educational TV , NHK BS 1, NHK BS 2 (closed in 2011) and NHK BS HI (changed to BS Premium). Launched on 1 February 1953, NHK was Japan's only television channel prior to the launch of Nippon Television on 28 August 1953. NHK's programs are produced in accordance with the Japan Broadcasting Corporation Broadcasting Code. Opened in Tokyo on February 1, 1953, this channel

2277-479: 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

2346-512: The completion of the digitization principle, efforts are being made to reduce this by utilizing multi-organization, etc., and from 2012, the broadcasting time will be further reduced. The Tokyo station was opened on January 10, 1959 as Japan's first television broadcasting station specializing in educational broadcasting, and the Osaka station was opened on April 1, 1959. Initially, it didn't broadcast all day, being interrupted for several hours during

2415-642: The country has been completed. JOSP-TV in Saga became NHK General's first UHF station when its regular broadcasts started on March 15, 1969. After that, UHF stations opened in Takamatsu , five prefectures in the Kansai region other than Osaka, Tsu , and Gifu , and prefectural broadcasting began. On December 21, experimental broadcasting of bilingual audio multiplex broadcasting begins in Tokyo and Osaka. On October 10, 1971, NHK General began full-scale colorization of

2484-505: The day and test patterns were played. Tokyo opened on channel 1 from Tokyo Tower, which was just completed, and on April 6 of the same year, the general and educational channels that were broadcast on channel 3 from the transmission station in Chiyoda Ward (later Chiyoda Broadcasting Center) were replaced. Until then, channel 12 assigned for US military radar was used in Osaka. Even nationwide, there were relatively many areas where 12ch

2553-564: 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

2622-611: 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

2691-526: The enthronement of the new Emperor until the early hours of the January 9. The temporary all-night broadcast will end, but a regular program will be scheduled by 1am until March. On January 17, 1995, when the Great Hanshin earthquake occurs, NHK begin a special news program at 5:51pm on all broadcast channels, including Educational TV. All regular programs have been suspended. From February onwards,

2760-469: The first time in one year, two and a half months. It was only in April 1984, all weekday broadcasts end at 12am, completely ending the late-night broadcast suspension that had continued since the oil crisis. Regarding analog sound multiplex broadcasting, it was first implemented from December 1982. Teletext broadcasting (subtitled broadcasting) started later in 1985. On September 19, 1988, as Emperor Showa

2829-574: 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

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2898-487: The general vacant time slots. NHK E is the only network in Japan to have the same channel number nationwide. NHK General TV NHK General TV ( NHK総合テレビジョン , NHK Sōgō Terebijon ) , abbreviated on-screen as NHK G , is the main television service of NHK , the Japanese public broadcaster. Its programming includes news, drama, quiz/variety shows, music, sports, anime , and specials which compete directly with

2967-465: The genres that had been broadcast comprehensively until then have been transferred to educational television as part of the genre organization, coupled with the start of the main broadcast of satellite television. The children's programs that were broadcast comprehensively disappeared in the Heisei era and were concentrated on educational television. News and information programs began to be organized during

3036-517: 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

3105-512: 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

3174-433: 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

3243-399: 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

3312-615: 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

3381-456: The line operation system will be unified from Tokyo. On October 1, NHK General launched JOEP-DTV in Mito as its first digital television station since Tsu NHK General station, which was started its regular broadcast during analog days 31 years prior. Prior to that, NHK Mito relays its television station from Tokyo. Places in bold refer to where the main station of each region is located. JIB TV

3450-423: The main broadcast started, and after September 12, "Science Class" "First grade of elementary school" and "I made it" for young children are broadcast in color in Tokyo. October 5, Okaasan to Issho is broadcast stared! Okaasan to Issho as children program to all NHK Educational. Due to the influence of the first oil crisis, after January 16, 1974, 1 to 3 hours between 14:30 to 17:30 were used for an interruption, and

3519-476: The midnight broadcast was interrupted, pushing the closing time to 11pm. In 1975, the analog UHF experimental stations in Tokyo and Osaka were closed, and the experimental program "University Course" for the opening of the Open University of Japan will be broadcast. Therefore, the time saving measures due to the oil crisis were completely lifted for the first time in one year, two and a half months. While

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3588-1131: 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

3657-481: The output of its commercial counterparts. The channel is well known for its nightly newscasts, regular documentary specials, and popular historical dramas. Among the programs NHK General TV broadcasts are the annual New Year's Eve spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen , the year-long Taiga drama , and the daytime Asadora . The name is often abbreviated in Japanese to Sōgō Terebi ( 総合テレビ ) ("GTV" and "NHK G" are also used). The word Sōgō (general) serves to differentiate

3726-402: The past program structure. For example, "Go/Shogi", "Persons with disabilities", "Classical music", "Language", "Tanka/Haiku", etc. are not only treated purely, but are also made as "cultural programs close to variety shows". The editing of the program also makes heavy use of telops and wipes, and is close to that of commercial broadcasting. In "Today's Menu", language courses and hobby programs,

3795-914: The program returned to its normal format, but until the end of February (until the end of March in the Kansai region) the program focused on reporting on the earthquake disaster. In April 1996, NHK General begins 24 hours transmissions on weekends (Fridays and Saturdays late at night). Also, the weekday broadcast time has been expanded to 2am. The following year, it started 24 hours transmissions, except early Monday morning. In April 2000, NHK General started simultaneous subtitle broadcasting of live broadcast programs using teletext. It will also be broadcast all night on Sundays. On December 1, 2003, NHK General started broadcasting terrestrial digital television at each broadcasting station in three metropolitan areas. In March 2004, NTT Communications ' relay lines completely transitioned from analog lines using microwaves to digital lines using optical fiber. In conjunction with this,

3864-416: The program. Due to this colorization, black-and-white broadcasting excluding reruns of past works has disappeared from Japanese TV programs. Due to the influence of the first oil crisis , after January 16, 1974, the midnight broadcast was suspended. In 1975, the analog UHF experimental stations in Tokyo and Osaka were closed. Therefore, the time saving measures due to the oil crisis were completely lifted for

3933-425: The promotion of the program text is always inserted at the end of the program. The theme of "Sunday Art Museum" is that special exhibitions are held at museums in Japan, and artists and genres that are timely for industrial use, such as "XX Anniversary", are given priority. There used to be a 24-hour broadcast, but due to various reasons, it was canceled and the average daily broadcast is around 21 hours. However, with

4002-482: 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

4071-561: The start of colorization of the broadcast itself was around the same time as the NHK General, full-scale colorization of the program wasn't complete even after the consolidation of bases in Tokyo to the broadcasting center in Shibuya was completed in October 1977. Due to this colorization, black-and-white broadcasting excluding reruns of past works has disappeared from Japanese TV programs. Regarding analog sound multiplex broadcasting, it

4140-702: The station in Tokyo was J2PQ, video frequency 4.5 MHz, output 500W. In 1950, following the end of occupation, an experimental VHF service started in Tokyo on channel 3 (similar experiments were also carried out in Nagoya and Osaka ) one hour a day, three days a week. The first regular broadcast was carried out on February 1, 1953 from Tokyo, under the JOAK-TV callsign. The first stations outside Tokyo to sign-on were JOBK-TV in Osaka (March 1, 1954 at 8 A.M.) and JOCK-TV in Nagoya (the same day at 11am). At 2 P.M. that day,

4209-656: 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

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4278-511: 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,

4347-499: Was assigned to analog broadcasting on educational television. Until Educational TV was made available nationwide, some school broadcast programs were broadcast on NHK General TV in areas where only NHK General TV broadcast. Color broadcasting began around the same time as NHK General TV. According to the NHK Archives program guide search, there is a description in the program "Kacchan" for young children on September 10, 1960, when

4416-500: 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

4485-463: Was first implemented in the three major metropolitan areas from October 1990, and the others from March 21 the following year. Both were considerably slower than NHK General TV and commercial broadcasters in Tokyo and Osaka. Teletext broadcasting (subtitled broadcasting) started later in 1999. However, with the launch of these services, the restrictions on the organization of educational television gradually decreased. As if to match this movement, some of

4554-531: Was in critical condition, all-night broadcasts began in the form of fillers, reporting on his condition from time to time. When the Emperor died on January 7, 1989, NHK has suspended all programs except for educational broadcasts, including the serial asadora Jun-chan no ōenka and the Taiga drama Kasuga no Tsubone , and will continue to broadcast special programs in memory of Emperor Showa and special programs for

4623-427: Was on October 7, 1957 and the first experimental color broadcast in Tokyo, on December 28. On November 29, 1958, the Osaka station moved from channel 4 to channel 2 in anticipation for the start of MBS 's television station, and on April 6, 1959, the Tokyo station moved from channel 3 to channel 1 to accommodate NHK Educational 's main station in Tokyo, to achieve better coverage in the Kanto area. On March 20, 1966,

4692-930: 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

4761-582: 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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