{"id":3696,"date":"2020-06-29T15:07:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T06:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2020-06-29T15:07:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T06:07:17","slug":"japanese-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/japanese-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Television is one\nof the fastest ways to gain information about a country, and to learn a foreign\nlanguage. Check out our article to learn about Japanese TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Television has\nbecome a household amenity in every country around the world. It is the fastest\nway to convey information and is one of the most practiced leisure activities.\nTelevision can have many uses outside of simple entertainment and can assist\nnew residents in becoming acclimated to the country. Japanese TV is also useful\nand can improve your time spent living there. Each country has its own way of\ncontrolling their televised media and Japan is no different. We will look at\nthe kinds of television you get there, as well as some helpful channels and\nprograms to watch for study and living purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NHK<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Japanese TV has\none main provider that is called NHK. Nippon Hoso Kyokai is the national\nbroadcasting station for all of Japan. They have multiple channels under their\nname, and they control all of the media that is shown on Japanese basic cable\nTV. If you decide to forego satellite tv this will be your only option. There\nare a set amount of programs that are shown on the channels and some of them\nare meant for specific kinds of content. You can choose from Fuji TV, NHK, NHK\nSports, Japan One, Tokyo TV, and more. Each one will contain its broadcasting\nprograms and sports to be shown. You will often see that there are national\nsports that will receive airtime on more than one channel, and that NHK has\nmore English friendly options. You can access their website for more\nprogramming options and a wide array of English supported content. They have\nprograms made for learners of Japanese as well, so you may get more help from\ntheir services than you would initially think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One thing that\nmost people who go to Japan don\u2019t know is that you will be visited by an NHK\nrepresentative if you have a TV set that can broadcast NHK channels. They will\nshow up at your doorstep every other week and ask if you have a television and\nthat you pay for the service. Technically, you are supposed to pay a small fee\nevery month for the ability to watch Japanese TV, but you will receive no\npenalties for not paying for the service. NHK cannot force you to pay for the\nuse of public television, but they will continually send workers there to try\nand get you to sign up for it. You can simply tell them that you do not want to\npay, that you don\u2019t have a TV, or if you cannot speak Japanese, you can use the\ninability to understand the language. They have begun to wise up to the\nnon-Japanese speaking resident by having their material in English, and by\nhiring workers who can use enough English to navigate the conversation. Be\npolite and let them know that you have no interest in paying and they will\neventually leave your house for the time being. They will eventually return but\nyou can stick to the same strategy as you did the previous time and you will\nget the same result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Satellite<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Satellite TV is\nthe next best option if you want more variety and more foreign channels to\nwatch. Since Japanese TV can seem restrictive in choice of content you can\nexpand to more channels by paying for satellite TV. You will have four main\nproviders to choose from and they will offer the same channels for different\nprice packages. The price models are close to their western counterparts so you\ncan use your own countries pricing system to get a good idea of how much they\nwill charge you. Satellite is a great option for most people, especially for\nthose who live in the countryside and want more options while watching TV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Popular Programming<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like other\ncountries, Japan has popular programs that it has created. These are some of\nthe most popular shows you should watch when looking at Japanese TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy Did You Come\nto Japan?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show is\nhosted by the comedy group Bananaman and is popular throughout Japan. It airs\nevery Monday on TV Tokyo and the premise is exactly what the name alludes to.\nThe show goes to various airports in Japan and asks foreigners why they came to\nJapan. Sometimes they follow the people they interviewed if they have an\ninteresting story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDowntown Now\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a popular\nvariety talk series in which the popular Downtown comedy group meets celebrities\nand popular people in izakayas and bars. They have interesting and funny\nconversations with many people from Japan, and others who have moved abroad but\nreturned to the country. It is a lot of fun to see them interact with the\nguests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSekai no Hate Made\nItte!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a popular\nseries on Nippon TV that follows comedians and celebrities as they travel\naround the world. The comedians bring a lot of fun to learning other countries\ncultures while showing how Japanese tourists see the world for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Study Study Study<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is just as\nmuch programming for learners of Japanese and learners of English. Many\nprograms are focused on language learning for beginners and advanced\npractitioners alike. Each channel has some kind of programming block during the\nweek that can help people gain different levels of mastery of Japanese and\nEnglish language. It is also a good idea to use regular programming to practice\nyour listening skills, and the regular TV programs will give you many chances\nto study basic conversation. It is a fast and easy way to improve your\nlinguistic skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese TV can\nbe beneficial for anyone that is living or visiting the country. It has lots of\ngreat programming for all levels of learners and can help you pass time on a\nslow day.  Japanese TV will show you a\nvariety of things about Japan that you may not have known before watching it,\nso please give their programming a try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Television is one of the fastest ways to gain information about a country, and to learn a foreign language. Check out our article to learn about Japanese TV. Television has become a household amenity in every country around the world. It is the fastest way to convey information and is one of the most practiced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese-apartment-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}