NHK

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Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai
日本放送協会

Logo since March 2020
NHK Broadcasting Center (headquarters)
Type	Radio, terrestrial television and satellite television broadcaster
Branding	NHK
Country	Japan
Availability	Nationwide and Worldwide
Founded	Tokyo Broadcasting Station founded 29 November 1924; merged into Japan Broadcasting Corporation on 6 August 1926
Motto	"まっすぐ、真剣。" ("Honest, seriousness")[1]
Headquarters	NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan (35°39′54″N 139°41′45″E / 35.66500°N 139.69583°E / 35.66500; 139.69583)
Broadcast area	Japan
Owner	Government of Japan (statutory corporation chartered under the Broadcasting Act of 1950)
Key people	Nobuo Inaba (president) Tatsuhiko Inoue (executive vice president)
Launch date	March 1925 (radio) November 1950 (February 1953) (television)
Former names	Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya Broadcasting Station (1925–1926)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) 2160p 4K UHD (NHK BS Premium 4K) 4320p 8K UHD (NHK BS8K)
Callsign meaning	Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai
Official website	nhk.or.jp

The Japan Broadcasting Corporation^[2] (Japanese: 日本放送協会, Hepburn: Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster.^[3] NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese,^[4][a] 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]

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