Nihon Hoso Kyokai, also known as Japan Broadcasting Corporation or NHK, is a state-owned entity headquartered in Japan. Founded in 1926, the company operates with approximately 1,640 employees and reported $4.0B in revenue as of 2025. It is a part of Japan Consortium and has NHK Cosmomedia as a subsidiary. The company specializes in broadcast television and radio. Functioning as Japan’s sole public broadcaster, it introduced a radio service in 1925 and a television service in 1953. NHK is financed by the receiving fee paid by each household that owns a television set, a system designed to maintain its independence from governmental and private organizations and to ensure the opinions of viewers and listeners are prioritized.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1926

Headcount

1,636

Headquarters

Japan

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

State Owned

Deployments

2
Nihon Hoso Kyokai offers 8 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Nihon Hoso Kyokai's product portfolio comprises of broadcast television and radio and media and TV services.
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Nihon Hoso Kyokai's revenues were over $1B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Nihon Hoso Kyokai's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is government-funded broadcasting. For full access to Nihon Hoso Kyokai's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Nihon Hoso Kyokai has partners like Vietnam Television. Examples of Nihon Hoso Kyokai's suppliers include SES Satellites, Associated Press and Vistex.

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Nihon Hoso Kyokai currently holds 22 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including multi-sport, motorsports, ice hockey, cycling, climbing, soccer | association football, basketball, tennis, aquatics and swimming, curling, sumo wrestling, winter sports, baseball and triathlon.

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