, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
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NHK is Japan's public broadcasting company, similar to the BBC in the United Kingdom, and operates as a statutory corporation funded by fees that Japanese television viewers are required to pay. It matters because it provides publicly funded media programming to Japan's population, independent of commercial advertising pressures.
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Key facts
- Company.name
- Japan Broadcasting Corporation
- Company.type
- Statutory corporation chartered under the Broadcasting Act of 1950
- Company.trade_name
- NHK
- Company.logo
- NHK logo 2020.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2020
- Company.image
- NHK Broadcasting Center 2016.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters at the NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo
- Company.industry
- Broadcast radio, television and online
- Company.native_name
- 日本放送協会
- Company.native_name_lang
- ja
- Company.romanized_name
- Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai
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35 sectionsContents
- History
- Radio broadcasting
- Satellite broadcasting
- Digital television
- ''Studies of Broadcasting''
- Organization
- Subsidiaries
- Former subsidiaries
- Services
- Radio
- Television
- License fee
- TV programming
- News
- Emergency reporting
- Sports
- Music
- Drama
- Children
- Criticism and controversies
- Insider trading ban
- Overwork death
- Relationship with Johnny & Associates and Starto Entertainment
- Criticism over comments about Japanese wartime history
- Black Lives Matter video
- Olympics documentary claims
- COVID-19
- Arrest of NHK Office Head in Tehran
- Logo history
- See also
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- General sources
- External links
, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, 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 two radio networks (NHK AM and NHK FM).
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