Japan Broadcasting Corporation
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NHK logo, known as "the NHK eggs", in use since 1995. |
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| Type | Radio, terrestrial television and satellite television broadcaster |
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| 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 |
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Key people
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Ryoichi Ueda, President |
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Launch date
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March 1925 (radio) November 1950 (February 1953) (television) |
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Former names
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Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya Broadcasting Station (1925-26) |
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Callsign meaning
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Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai |
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Official website
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www |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| General TV | Digital–Ch 1 (Tokyo, Osaka) Digital–Ch 3 (Nagoya) |
| Educational TV | Digital- Ch 2 (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya) |
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| NHK BS 1 | Digital-Ch 101 |
| NHK BS Premium | Digital- Ch 103 |
| NHK World | nhkTV, nhkRadio Japan |
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| NHK World | NHK World English - www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/w/movie/ |
| Discipline | Broadcasting science |
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| Language | English |
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Publication history
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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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