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The Japan Broadcasting Corporation, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers’ payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestrial television channels, four satellite television channels, and three radio networks. (Wikipedia)
Because of the swing to the right in the last Dutch national elections, NHK Europe correspondent Yasuko Takeda covers the European elections in the Netherlands. The reportage zooms in on the rise of the Freedom Party from Geert Wilders that won the elections and that… Read More
Preceding the Dutch Lower House elections, the war between Hamas and Israel is slowly starting to play more of a role in the campaign. A Dutch political reporter: “It is inevitable that parties will pay attention to it in the campaign; the conflict dominates the… Read More
The Dutch is Cabinet working on regulation of life termination for children up to 12 years of age who are suffering unbearably and hopelessly. The current Dutch Late Termination of Pregnancy and Life Termination of Newborns regulation will be amended and expanded to include life… Read More
From restrictions on Airbnb and listings to outright bans on certain activities, Amsterdam is having to adapt in order to deal with mass tourism. According to current estimates, Amsterdam attracts over 15 million visitors per year. This massive influx of tourists impacts daily life in… Read More
The Ukraine Accountability Conference is organized by the Netherlands, the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the European Commission. The conference aims to ensure that those committing war crimes in Ukraine are brought to justice. The Dutch military police is just back from a mission in… Read More
After Russia invaded Ukraine, the Netherlands wants to become less dependent on gas from Russia. The Dutch government is taking measures to end the import. Governments, households and companies can do their bit by using less energy and extra LNG terminals are purchased and transported… Read More
Russian gas supplies via Poland to Germany remain suspended and geopolitical tensions over Ukraine continue to run high. President Vladimir Putin has assembled a large force near the Ukrainian border and the United States is reckoning with a Russian invasion. As a result, gas prices… Read More
Ahead of the climate conference in Glasgow the Japanese public TV channel NHK send reporter Ginga Tamura to the Netherlands to report for several programs on how the Netherlands is threatened by climate change. For two weeks the reporter travels around in the Netherlands with… Read More
Japanese public TV Europe correspondent Yasushi Kudo needs information for coverage about the clean air policy from the Dutch capital Amsterdam, about the Dutch general elections and about Dutch plans to build a new nuclear power plant.
Cars and motorbikes running on petrol or diesel will be banned from driving in Amsterdam from 2030. The city’s council plans to phase in the change as part of a drive to clean up air pollution, which the authorities blame for shortening the life expectancy… Read More
Serres Séparées is a Covid-19-inspired extension of the Amsterdam art centre Mediamatic’s restaurant. Waterfront greenhouses have been transformed into private dining rooms. The name was inspired by the French chambre séparée; a room in a bar or restaurant that suggests a sexy form of intimacy…. Read More
For a second documentary about the corona virus the Japanese public channel NHK wants to give more attention to the Dutch 100 families research and to the fact that in the Netherlands youth can restart sport training again. A father and a son explain how… Read More