NHK’s New President: Public Broadcaster Should Meet Expectations for Worthy Programs |
Editorial
16:09 JST, December 10, 2025
NHK faces a severe business environment, including a growing tendency for people not to watch television and a decline in subscription contracts. It is hoped that the broadcaster’s new president will resolve each issue and also reexamine the fundamental role a public broadcaster should play.
The NHK Board of Governors has decided to appoint its executive vice president, Tatsuhiko Inoue, who has headed NHK’s political news division and its programming department, among other posts, as the successor to President Nobuo Inaba, whose term expires in January.
NHK presidents had been appointed from outside the organization for six consecutive terms since 2008, including Inaba, who had been an executive director of the Bank of Japan. This marks the first appointment from within the organization in 18 years,........