Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has announced the appointment of Tatsuhiko Inoue, the current Vice President, as the next President of NHK. Inoue’s three-year term will begin on January 25th 2026, taking over after the current Nobuo Inaba’s term ends.

Before Inoue, six consecutive presidents came from outside NHK, and it is the first time since 2005 that an NHK official becomes president.

Inoue joined NHK as a news reporter in 1980, beginning his career at NHK’s Nagasaki Station in southern Japan, where he spent six years covering disasters, incidents, and a wide range of local news. From 1986 onward, he specialised in political and foreign affairs reporting, later rising to become Head of the Political News Division in 2005. He subsequently served as Controller of Editing in the News Department. In June 2011, in the aftermath of the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, he assumed the role of Director of the Programming Department. In this capacity, he was entrusted with comprehensive responsibility for planning and coordinating NHK’s entire programming, including news broadcasts dedicated to safeguarding lives and delivering vital information to the public.

Inoue, who is 68, became a member of NHK’s Executive Board and was appointed Senior Director in 2014, a role that involved shaping NHK’s strategies and corporate plans. From 2016, he served for six years as President and CEO of two NHK technical affiliates—NHK I-Tech and Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT)—where he oversaw initiatives supporting broadcasting technologies and Japan’s satellite broadcasting infrastructure.

In February 2023, Inoue was appointed Executive Vice President of NHK in recognition of his extensive professional expertise, broad network of relationships both within and beyond NHK, and his considerable managerial experience.

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