Educational broadcasting in Japan

Both as a teacher and as a member of the educational advisory committee of a large ITV company, the author has a particular interest in radio and TV educational programmes. When in Japan last summer, his attention was drawn to the educational programmes on TV — all the more so since these were going out very late at night. Through the good offices of Japanese colleagues he was able to visit the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese State Broadcasting Corporation, NHK, for discussions with the director of educational programmes.