NHK

Also known as Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Nippon Hoso Kyokai, nhk.or.jp, NHK Television

, 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
Company.area_served: Japan Worldwide (NHK World-Japan)
Company.founded: (original incarnation and brand) (current incarnation)
Company.founder: Gotō Shinpei
Company.predecessor: Tokyo Broadcasting Station
Company.hq_location: NHK Broadcasting Center, Jinnan
Company.hq_location_city: Shibuya, Tokyo

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Employees: 10333
Official website: www.nhk.or.jp/corporateinfo
Image: NHK Broadcasting Center 2016.jpg

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Commons category: NHK
inception: 1950-06-01
Commons gallery: NHK
social media followers: 4490000
short name: NHK
name in kana: にほんほうそうきょうかい

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Contents

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).