NHK

NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan's public company for TV, lik PBS in the Unitit States. Its name is written as 日本放送協会 or Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai in Japanese.

The NHK broadcastin station

History

NHK wis foundit in 1926, basit on the BBC in the Unitit Kinrick. Thay startit TV broadcastin in 1953. The first colour broadcast wis in 1960.

Everyone in Japan who haes a TV is askit tae pey per year tae support NHK.

TV Programs

NHK haes various types o TV programs:

• Disaster news (sic as yirdquauks an tsunamis)
• Education shows for kids
• Wather forecastin
• Sports (sic as basebaw, soccer, sumo, Go an Shogi)
• Drama

External links

• NHK Archived 2009-09-20 at the Wayback Machine