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 NHK Broadcasting Center (headquarters) | |
| NHK | |
Native name | 日本放送協会 |
Romanized name | Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai |
| Formerly | Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya Broadcasting Station (1925–1926) Broadcasting Corporation of Japan (English name 1926–1950) |
| Company type | Statutory corporation chartered under the Broadcasting Act of 1950 |
| Industry | Broadcast radio, television and online |
| Predecessor | Tokyo Broadcasting Station |
| Founded | August 6, 1926 (original incarnation) June 1, 1950 (current incarnation) |
| Headquarters | NHK Broadcasting Center, , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Owner | Government of Japan |
Number of employees | 10,333 (2019)  |
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| Website | nhk.or.jp |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
The Japan Broadcasting Corporation[2] (Japanese: 日本放送協会, Hepburn: Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), also known by its romanized initialism NHK,[a] is a Japanese public broadcaster.[3][4] 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 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.[5]
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 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 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.[6] 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 the company has implemented compensation and recurrence prevention measures.[7][8] 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.[9] 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 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.[10]
- ^ "日本放送協会平成17年度業務報告書]" [NHK Business Report 2005] (PDF). p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2006.
- ^ NHKの概要
- ^ "NHK: Profile". NHK. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
- ^ Sidensticker, Edward (1990). Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake. p. 67.
- ^ "The history of Super Hi-Vision | 8K Super Hi-Vision". NHK. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023.
- ^ "NHK issues statement following Johnny & Associates news conference". NHK. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "NHK Suspends New Contracts with Johnny's Talents". nippon.com. Jiji Press. 27 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "NHK ditches Johnny's acts for year-end musical bonanza". Japan Times. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "旧ジャニーズ、新年度NHK出演当面なし レギュラー8番組も終了へ". asahi.com (in Japanese). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "NHK、旧ジャニーズのタレント起用再開 紅白出演可能に". nikkei (in Japanese). 16 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
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