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Survey: Japanese uncertain over 2021 Olympics

A survey conducted by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK says that 66 per cent of Japanese are in favour of further postponing or cancelling the 2021 Olympics. The Games are scheduled to open next July, a year from now and a year later than originally planned. The NHK poll also suggests that respondents are less interested […]

July 22, 2020

NHK loses ‘modified TV licence fee’ case

Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has lost a court action concerning its annual licence fee. It is the first time than NHK has lost such an action. The case concerned a viewer who had modified his TV with a signal filter to not receive signals from NHK and was thus not required to pay the license […]

June 29, 2020By Chris Forrester