{"id":62120,"date":"2025-02-18T07:35:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62120"},"modified":"2025-02-18T07:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:35:52","slug":"nhk-world-to-end-qsl-card-confirmations-in-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/nhk-world-to-end-qsl-card-confirmations-in-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NHK World to End QSL Card Confirmations in March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Adid, who shares the following news from <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHK World<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62122\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">February 14, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Termination of NHK WORLD-JAPAN Verification Cards (confirmation cards)<\/p>\n<p>NHK WORLD-JAPAN has been issuing verification cards (confirmation cards) to people who have notified us that they are listening to our broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Please be advised that we have decided to stop issuing the Verification Cards. The cards will be sent for confirmations on broadcasts up to March 20, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your understanding and continued support.<br \/>\nYou can continue to submit your comments and requests to English language services through<\/p>\n<p>Contact Us on our website.<\/p>\n<p>Your feedback will be used to improve our broadcasts and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Adid, who shares the following news from NHK World: February 14, 2025 Termination of NHK WORLD-JAPAN Verification Cards (confirmation cards) NHK WORLD-JAPAN has been issuing verification cards (confirmation cards) to people who have notified us that they are listening to our broadcasts. Please be advised that we have decided [&hellip;]<\/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":[960,3,43],"tags":[6893],"class_list":["post-62120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-nhk-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-g9W","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":62120,"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 &quot;News&quot;","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":64728,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-reports-and-recordings-of-nhk-november-25-27-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":62120,"position":1},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Reports and Recordings of NHK (November 25 &#038; 27, 2025)","author":"Thomas","date":"November 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the following\u00a0illustrated radio listening reports of two recent NHK broadcasts. 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