NHK World celebrates 80 years of radio service
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 by NHK World Radio Japan. About 50 officials from NHK, KDDI and other entities took part in the ceremony on Wednesday. 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. ...
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