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    NHK to send 2,000 reminders to all prefectures next fiscal year: "We will thoroughly ensure fair payment of reception fees"
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    NHK to send 2,000 reminders to all prefectures next fiscal year: “We will thoroughly ensure fair payment of reception fees”


    On Jan. 28, NHK announced that it will be sending out a record of 2,000 payment reminders for reception fees in all prefectures.

    Next fiscal year, NHK plans to implement civil procedures to demand payment in all prefectures, expanding the number of cases nationwide to a record high of over 2,000 per year. NHK has stated that it will continue to "ensure fair payment of reception fees."

    https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2433066/full/

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    8 Comments

    1. laurent_ipsum on

      Every household in Japan should send NHK a box of old junk via 着払い in protest at this decades-long extortion racket. 

    2. Former-Casual on

      So NHK claims each and every owner of a device that can receive signals must pay their NHK fee, but what about companies using TVs to display adverts in stores, or offices using TVs as a digital display? What about schools and their use of TVs? Are they exempt? Do they have to pay an NHK license fee for each of those devices? The devices technically can receive the NHK signal, it’s just not connected to anything.

    3. MagazineKey4532 on

      Good thing I don’t have a TV. They came and I told them that I don’t have one and asked if they wanted to check. They came in and found no tv and left.

    5. lostllama2015 on

      To make it fair, they should do the same as the UK does and only charge fees for people who *watch* broadcast TV, not people who merely own equipment that might be capable of viewing NHK programmes (since that technically includes laptops and smartphones).

    7. jferrisjapan on

      When I lived in a nice tower mansion in Roppongi NHK never came once. The security in the building was wild.

      They would need to call you from outside to enter the building, then once inside the concierge would need to call you and get your permission to issue a security key which would be used to access the elevator hall and would only allow the elevator to stop at your floor.

      Maybe the building paid NHK? But I like to think that NHK collectors tried a few times and were rejected at the security checks.

    8. Hazzat on

      reddit hate for NHK is unreal… A public broadcaster is a good thing to have, you guys. NHK is not perfect, but it is far from the government mouthpiece that some people here try to portray it as.