{"id":31217,"date":"2018-03-16T07:27:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T11:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31217"},"modified":"2018-03-16T07:27:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T11:27:23","slug":"nhk-world-expands-and-rebrands-as-nhk-world-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/nhk-world-expands-and-rebrands-as-nhk-world-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"NHK WORLD expands and rebrands as NHK WORLD-JAPAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following announcement from NHK WORLD<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Expansion under a new brand
\n– NHK WORLD-JAPAN Launches in April –<\/h2>\n

NHK WORLD, the international broadcasting service of NHK, makes a fresh start as NHK WORLD-JAPAN in April. The new name is intended to establish wider global recognition for the service’s Japanese roots in advance of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. NHK WORLD-JAPAN will provide a Japanese perspective in trustworthy news coverage and programming in this part of the world. Closer coordination with NHK’s domestic services will supply even more content to satisfy the interests of the global audience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out NHK’s announcement and expanded programs on their website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following announcement from NHK WORLD: Expansion under a new brand – NHK WORLD-JAPAN Launches in April – NHK WORLD, the international broadcasting service of NHK, makes a fresh start as NHK WORLD-JAPAN in April. The new name is intended to establish wider global recognition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[4895,1805,6893,6894],"class_list":["post-31217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-nhk-radio-japan","tag-nhk-world","tag-nhk-world-japan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-87v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13159,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/nhk-radio-japans-80th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":31217,"position":0},"title":"NHK Radio Japan’s 80th Anniversary","author":"Thomas","date":"May 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who reminds us that 2015 is the 80th anniversary year of NHK Radio Japan. 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