Business Jan 13, 2021
The fee cut by NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., will likely result in a decline of about 10% in its viewer fee revenue.
National Nov 30, 2020
Life-size moving Gundam statue unveiled to media in Yokohama
Visitors can climb to observation decks from 15 meters to 18 meters high on the Gundam-Dock Tower to have close-up views of the anime icon.
National Nov 7, 2020
Government to abandon collecting NHK fees from all households
The ministry concluded that it is difficult to win understanding of the plans from citizens at a time when the number of users of NHK's online service is limited, the sources said.
National Oct 17, 2020
NHK wants to make it mandatory for households to report whether they have a TV
The broadcaster has also requested that it be allowed to ask for the names of residents at homes from which reports have not been submitted.
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Oct 3, 2020
The media’s role in helping Suga become Japan’s prime minister
by Philip Brasor
A funny thing happened between the day Shinzo Abe said he was stepping down as Japan's prime minister and the day Yoshihide Suga was elected the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Abe's presumptive successor. Prior to Abe's Aug. 28 announcement, ...
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Sep 5, 2020
Competing interests of labor unions laid bare at TV Asahi
by Philip Brasor
When a company's workforce contains both journalists and news program workers, conflict can arise.
Business / Corporate | FOCUS Jul 12, 2020
Competition between streaming services heating up in Japan amid pandemic
Online subscription-based streaming of films and television programs has seen an uptick in Japan in recent years, and with the coronavirus pandemic keeping more people at home, that trend appears to be intensifying. The growth in the market is led by foreign companies globalizing operations ...
Our Lives | BLACK EYE Jun 10, 2020
'No justice, no peace': The sentiment that resonates in America, Japan and all over the world
by Baye McNeil
The mainstream Japanese media continues to mess up on issues of race. It's time for a new generation of talking heads.
National Jun 10, 2020
Japan broadcaster NHK under fire over flawed video on anti-racism movement
by Magdalena Osumi
Public broadcaster NHK has apologized for its attempt to educate viewers on the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, after its video on anti-racism demonstrations came under fire for lacking context on racial injustice and the police brutality that had spurred such ...
National Apr 13, 2020
Yuta Tomikawa, a main anchor of TV Asahi Corp.'s "Hodo Station" evening news program, has been infected with the novel coronavirus, the broadcaster said Sunday. Tomikawa, who has been hospitalized in Tokyo, did not have a fever, cough or sense of fatigue as of Sunday, ...