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Basic Facts About NHK
| Name | Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) ※ English : Japan Broadcasting Corporation |
| Headquarters | NHK Broadcasting Center 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8001, Japan TEL: +81-(0)3-3465-1111 |
| President | INABA Nobuo |
| Foundation | June 1, 1950 (Date of re-establishment of NHK as Japan’s public broadcaster) - NHK’s predecessor, Tokyo Broadcasting Station, broadcast its first radio program in March 1925. - NHK was founded in 1926 through the merger of three broadcasting stations, including Tokyo Broadcasting Station. NHK was later re-established as a public broadcaster under the terms of the Broadcast Law. |
| Services | Domestic Broadcasting Terrestrial TV channels: General TV and Educational TV
International Satellite/Shortwave BroadcastingSatellite TV channels: BS, BS Premium 4K, and BS8K Radio channels: Radio 1, Radio 2, and FM NHK WORLD-JAPAN(English TV channel and Radio service for 17
languages)
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NHK WORLD PREMIUM(Japanese TV channel) NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN(Japanese Radio service) |