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Tokyo Broadcasting Association (Sadan Hojin) began radio broadcasting.

Osaka Broadcasting Association (Sadan Hojin) began radio broadcasting.

Nagoya Broadcasting Association (Sadan Hojin) began radio broadcasting.

Three broadcasting stations merged to form the Japan Broadcasting Association (Sadan Hojin).

Radio Station 2 began broadcasting.

International radio broadcasting began.

Established the NHK Health Insurance Association under the Health Insurance Act.

Established the Japan Broadcasting Association under the Broadcasting Act. The Sadan Hojin Japan Broadcasting Association was dissolved, inheriting all rights, obligations, and assets. No government investment was received during its establishment.

International radio broadcasting resumed.

General television broadcasting began.

Established the NHK Mutual Aid Association.

Educational television broadcasting began.

Established the NHK Welfare Cultural Foundation.

Television broadcasting was colorized.

Established NHK Academy.

FM broadcasting began.

Broadcasting center headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo was completed.

Relocation from Chiyoda Ward was completed.

Takamura Noriaki, April 1979, joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Inoue Juhiko, April 1980, joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Start of television audio multiplex broadcasting

Koike Hideo, April 1985, joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Start of television text multiplex broadcasting

Start of Satellite TV 1 and TV 2

Start of Hi-Vision practical test broadcasting

Start of international television broadcasting

Start of FM text multiplex broadcasting

Start of satellite digital television (satellite Hi-Vision broadcast, satellite TV 1, satellite TV 2), analog satellite Hi-Vision broadcast

Start of terrestrial digital television broadcasting (digital general broadcast, digital educational broadcast)

End of FM text multiplex broadcasting

End of analog satellite Hi-Vision broadcast

Satellite broadcast 2-wave (BS1, BS Premium)

End of satellite analog television broadcast

End of terrestrial analog television broadcast (excluding Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima)

End of terrestrial analog television broadcast (Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima)

The "NHK Group Work‑Style Reform Declaration" was published.

Akiji Murata, March 2018, Management Committee Member

Start of BS4K, BS8K broadcasting

Nobuko Akashi, June 2019, Management Committee Member

Seiji Isoyama, December 2019, Management Committee Member

Iri Mizuo, December 2019, Management Committee Member

Akiji Murata, December 2019, Acting Chairman of the Management Committee

Yutaka Ozaki, March 2021, Management Committee Member

Yasu Fuhara, March 2021, Management Committee Member

Hiroshi Koike, April 2022, Senior Managing Director

Tooru Oogusa, June 2022, Full-time Management Committee Member

Kazuo Sakakibara, June 2022, Management Committee Member

Kaori Maeda, December 2022, Management Committee Member

Nobuhiro Inaba, January 2023, Chairman of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Juhiko Inoue was appointed as vice‑chairman.

Juhiko Inoue, February 2023, Vice Chairman of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Hideo Koike was appointed as executive director.

Nori Yoshimura, March 2023, Special Chief of the Secretariat of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Nori Yoshimura, April 2023, Senior Managing Director

Noriyuki Takekawa, Takuya Nemoto, and Kenji Terada were appointed.

Reorganization of satellite broadcasting (NHK BS, NHK BS Premium 4K, BS8K)

The amendment to the Broadcasting Act under the Act for the Amendment of Part of the Broadcasting Act (Act No. 36 of Reiwa 6) made simultaneous and catch‑up distribution of broadcast programs mandatory.

NHK Cosmomedia (Europe) passed a special resolution for liquidation at a special shareholders' meeting and is continuing the liquidation process.

Termination of operations of BS103 channel that broadcast BS Premium

March 2024, Management Committee Member

March 2024, Chairman of the Management Committee

Kazuo Sakakibara, March 2024, Acting Chairman of the Management Committee

Yoshiyoshi Sakamoto, March 2024, Management Committee Member

Akiji Murata, March 2024, Management Committee Member

Executive director Rie Hayashi, director Tomoko Kumano, and director Masahiko Yamauchi completed their terms and resigned.

Executive Director Hideo Koike, Keio Yamana, Taichi Nakajima, and Kaeko Anbo were reappointed as directors, and Kenji Boda, Haruko Hira, and Megumi Kurosaki were newly appointed as directors. On the same day, Hideo Koike and Keio Yamana were again named Executive Directors.

In June, a governance council was established to discuss important matters concerning the association and related organizations, especially from a governance perspective, with the executive committee reviewing and deliberating. The council examined issues related to the mandatory internet business.

Compiled and announced the overall status of contracts, including the ratio of competitive contracts to discretionary contracts.

Auditor Hideo Yagihashi resigned on July 8.

On July 9, Yutaka Ozaki was appointed as an auditor, and the audit committee selected auditors for Article 39, Paragraph 6; Article 44, Paragraphs 1 and 2; Article 46‑2, Paragraph 1, Item 2; and Article 77, Paragraph 5 of the Broadcasting Act.

In August, a Chinese‑language news segment on Radio International Broadcasting included remarks by a foreign staff member of Chinese nationality that differed from the official Japanese government position on the sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, remarks that were not in the script.

Implemented measures to strengthen interview and production capabilities, prepared for mandatory internet operations, and reviewed regional support systems.

In September, a report was released to investigate the cause and consider prevention measures. Measures included switching from live to pre‑recorded broadcasts for foreign‑language news other than English, strengthening governance, and trial‑running AI voice‑reading for Chinese news.

Director Kenji Boda resigned at his own request.

Seiji Hara was newly appointed as a director.

In October, regulations were established for the delivery of program‑related information, and equipment for certification was prepared, advancing various preparations for program distribution.

In December, in accordance with the settlement conditions of a lawsuit over the disclosure of past minutes, the portion of the minutes from the October and November 2018 meetings that described the chairman’s admonition at the time, which had been kept confidential, was published on the website.

Masahiko Fujimoto, 2024, December, Management Committee Member

Based on the amendment to the Broadcasting Act, in January of the seventh year the NHK Management Plan (FY 2024‑2026) was revised and published. The revised plan indicated that the mandatory simultaneous and catch‑up distribution of programs would provide the same value and benefit whether delivered via broadcast or the internet, and that a reception contract for internet‑only distribution without a TV set would be treated as a terrestrial contract.

In March of the seventh year, when the Tokyo Broadcasting Association celebrated its 100th anniversary, it reaffirmed its role in delivering accurate and reliable information and carried out programs related to the 100th anniversary and viewer engagement activities.

In March of the seventh year, the audit implementation policy for FY Reiwa 7 was decided.

Published the "NHK Environmental Report 2024."

Changes to regulations concerning the paid internet utilization business account (effective April 1 of the seventh year).

Changes to establish implementation standards for optional distribution services necessary for the mandatory internet business under the Broadcasting Act amendment (effective October 1 of the same year).