For this year’s New Year’s Eve “Kohaku” broadcast, Okinawan rockers Orange Range are back after 19 years, while new-kawaii J-Pop group Fruits Zipper are set to make their debut. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/14/entertainment-news/kohaku2025-masaaki-sakai-j-pop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #kohakuutagassen #nhk #idols #jpop #japanesetv #newyear #oshogatsu #chanmina
Police arrested Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group that criticizes NHK, in a libel case that involved the suicide of a Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/politics/anti-nhk-political-group-head-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takashitachibana #nhk #hyogo #japanesepolice #misinformation
NHK and newspapers are considered the most trustworthy news sources, according to the Japan Press Research Institute. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/online-news-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #newspapers #media #surveys #television #nhk
Katsuji Ebisawa, the former president of public broadcaster NHK, has died. He was 91. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/media/nhk-ex-president-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #media #katsujiebisawa #nhk #obituary
Haruki Murakami’s world of quakes, cults and odd encounters resurfaces in Tsuyoshi Inoue’s feature “After the Quake.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/25/film/after-the-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #harukimurakami #afterthequake #311 #earthquakes #greathanshinearthquake #nhk #japanesefilm #literature
Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered a Chinese man who previously worked for NHK to pay the public entity ¥11 million in compensation for making unscripted remarks during its Chinese-language radio news program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/media/chinese-man-order-nhk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #media #china #media #nhk #japanesecourts #senkakus #japanesetv #television