NHK

The Japan Broadcasting Corporation, 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... Wikipedia

  • Native name:  日本放送協会
  • Romanized name:  Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai
  • Formerly called:  Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya Broadcasting Station (1925–1926)
  • 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)
  • Area served:  Worldwide
  • Key people:  Nobuo Inaba (president), Tatsuhiko Inoue (executive vice president)
  • Owner:  Government of Japan
  • Subsidiaries:  NHK Media Holdings, Japan International Broadcasting, NHK Publishing, NHK Technologies, NHK Culture Center
  • Website:  nhk.or.jp
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo