'''NHK''' is a [[Japan]]ese [[TV]] station. It is also the oldest TV station in Japan, and are the governing body concerning [[license]] fees etc.
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'''NHK''' (in Japanese, '''Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai'''; in English, '''Japan Broadcasting Corporation''') is the state-owned national broadcast radio and television network in [[Japan]]. Launched in 1926 and patterned after the [[BBC]], it is also the oldest currently existing broadcasting company in Japan, and are the governing body concerning [[license]] fees etc.
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NHK owns three radio networks (NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2 and NHK FM), two television networks (NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV), four satellite TV channels and an international broadcasting service called NHK World-Japan (consisting of TV channels NHK World TV and NHK World Premium and shortwave radio service Radio Japan). It also held a monopoly on television in Japan until at least 1953, when the commercial network Nippon TV was launched. It reached out to the member stations of English-language American network [[PBS]] by producing an English-language newscast from Tokyo, ''Today's Japan'' (hosted by English-speaking anchors such as Karuna Shinsho), for airing on PBS member stations (through Boston affiliate WGBH) for several years in the 1990s.
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Like the BBC and similar state broadcasters, NHK has received criticism of [[liberal bias]] for its news and documentary programming.