{"id":48970,"date":"2021-05-21T13:41:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48970"},"modified":"2021-05-21T13:41:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:41:25","slug":"nhk-world-celebrates-80-years-of-radio-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/nhk-world-celebrates-80-years-of-radio-service\/","title":{"rendered":"NHK World celebrates 80 years of radio service"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: NHK Radio Japan<\/a> via Rich Cuff)<\/p>\n

Radio service for overseas marks 80 years.<\/h1>\n

A ceremony has been held to mark 80 years since the start of radio service at Japan’s only station broadcasting programs overseas on shortwave bands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The KDDI Yamata Transmitting Station in Koga City in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, is used by NHK World Radio Japan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

About 50 officials from NHK, KDDI and other entities took part in the ceremony on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chief of the communications ministry’s Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications, Tsubaki Yasufumi, said remotely at the event that he honors the station’s 80 years of stable operations. He also said he hopes for continued efforts so that programs from Japan can be broadcast overseas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terada Kenji of the NHK Engineering Administration Department said shortwave broadcasting served as a lifeline on many occasions such as the 2014 coup in Thailand. He said he wants to express gratitude to all the people involved in shortwave broadcasting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the ceremony, the head of the station, Saito Toshimitsu, said it plays an important role in providing information from Japan. He added that he will keep working hard so that the station will be passed down to younger generations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to read at NHK World.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: NHK Radio Japan via Rich Cuff) Radio service for overseas marks 80 years. A ceremony has been held to mark 80 years since the start of radio service at Japan’s only station broadcasting programs overseas on shortwave bands. The KDDI Yamata Transmitting Station in Koga City in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, is used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,288,43],"tags":[1545,1805,6893,1012,4082],"class_list":["post-48970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-nhk","tag-nhk-radio-japan","tag-nhk-world","tag-richard-cuff","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cJQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65487,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/nhk-world-japan-begins-round-the-clock-shortwave-broadcasts-for-iran-coverage\/","url_meta":{"origin":48970,"position":0},"title":"NHK World-Japan Begins Round-the-Clock Shortwave Broadcasts for Iran Coverage","author":"Thomas","date":"March 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Richard D'Angelo and Richard Cuff for sharing the following press release from NHK World Japan: NHK WORLD-JAPAN Radio Begins 24-Hour Shortwave Transmission in Response to Developments in Iran Press Release March 1, 2026, Tokyo \u2013 In light of recent developments in the situation in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/NHK-World-Japan-Logo-300x300.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":58621,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/shiokaze-shortwave-radio-service-faces-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":48970,"position":1},"title":"Shiokaze Shortwave Radio Service Faces Crisis","author":"Thomas","date":"January 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following news from The Japan News: Shortwave Radio for Japanese Abductees Faces Crisis Tokyo, Dec. 31 (Jiji Press)\u2014The Shiokaze shortwave radio service for Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea faces a crisis because it will be unable to counter\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/de321dial1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/de321dial1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/de321dial1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/de321dial1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6044,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/nhk-radio-japan-to-end-shortwave-service-to-north-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":48970,"position":2},"title":"NHK Radio Japan to end shortwave service to North America","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've heard from several sources that NHK Radio Japan will end shortwave service to North America on March 31st, 2013. \u00a0No doubt, this is due to the April closing of the\u00a0Montsin\u00e9ry site in French\u00a0Guiana. 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