The Japanese Public Broadcaster NHK and Its Related Policy: The Origin of Public Broadcasting and Changing Policy Environment in the Digital TransformationĢ A History of the Prewar and Postwar Period of the Public Broadcaster NHKģ A Uniqueness of NHK’s Public Broadcasting in Terms of RegulationĤ The NHK Initiative for the Development of Broadcasting During the Postwar Restoration and High Economic Growth Until the 1970sĥ The New Development Stage for NHK in Transition: For the Firm Foundation Building of Public StatusĦ Preparation Period of Satellite Broadcasting to Expand Public Broadcasting Statusħ NHK’s Brave New World and Direct Broadcasting Satellite in the 1980sĨ Seeking a Harmonization in Dual Structure: Overcoming the Tension Between Public and Commercial Broadcastersĩ The Age of Satellite Broadcasting and the Road to Introducing New Receiving Feesġ0 Changing Environment in NHK’s Management of Finance and Deregulation in the Early 1990sġ1 Political Impact on the Public Broadcasting Policy and NHK’s Operation Until the MPT Announcement of Digital Transition of Satellite and Terrestrial Broadcastingġ2 Playing a Central Role Before and After Broadcast Digitization and Some Ethical Stumbling Blocksġ3 Continuation of the NHK’s Leadership as Public Broadcaster and Toward the Future Policy-Making 3.4 General Rules on Editing of Broadcast ProgramsĤ Outline on Digitization of Terrestrial Broadcasting