A government panel Monday began discussing ways to increase government and business cooperation for enhancing Japan's international television broadcasting capabilities and its ability to send information abroad, the communications ministry said.
The advisory committee to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry kicked off the series of meetings as part of a government plan to improve Japanese telecommunications and broadcasting sector operations, it said.
The plan, announced Friday by communications minister Heizo Takenaka, urges public broadcaster NHK to strengthen its international TV broadcasting services.