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Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai / Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai
日本放送協会
Type Radio, terrestrial television and satellite television broadcaster
Country Japan
Availability Nationwide and Worldwide
Founded Tokyo Broadcasting Station founded November 29, 1924; merged into Japan Broadcasting Corporation August 6, 1926; implementation of Broadcasting Act June 1, 1950
Slogan まっすぐ、真剣。 ("Straightforward, earnest")
Area Shibuya, Tokyo
Owner Publicly owned chartered by the government of Japan under the Broadcasting Act
Key people
Ryoichi Ueda, President
Launch date
March 1925 (radio)
November 1950 (February 1953) (television)
Former names
Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya Broadcasting Station (1925-26)
Callsign meaning
Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai
Official website
www.nhk.or.jp
Availability
Terrestrial
General TV Digital–Ch 1 (Tokyo, Osaka)
Digital–Ch 3 (Nagoya)
Educational TV Digital- Ch 2 (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
Satellite
NHK BS 1 Digital-Ch 101
NHK BS Premium Digital- Ch 103
NHK World nhkTV, nhkRadio Japan
Streaming media
NHK World NHK World English - www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/w/movie/
Studies of Broadcasting  
Discipline Broadcasting science
Language English
Publication details
Publication history
1963-1999
Indexing
ISSN 0585-7325
OCLC no. 474034025

NHK (Japanese: 日本放送協会 Hepburn: Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai?, official English name: Japan Broadcasting Corporation) is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.

NHK operates two terrestrial television services (NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV), two satellite television services (NHK BS-1 and NHK BS Premium, both now high-definition television services), and three radio networks (NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2, and NHK FM).

NHK also provides an international broadcasting service, known as NHK World. NHK World is composed of NHK World TV, NHK World Premium, and the shortwave radio service NHK World Radio Japan. World Radio Japan also makes some of its programs available on the Internet.

NHK is an independent corporation chartered by the Japanese Broadcasting Act and primarily funded by license fees. NHK World broadcasting (for overseas viewers/listeners) 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 12-member Board of Governors (経営委員会 keiei iinkai) that oversees NHK.


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