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What Japanese TV is really like: NHK on the benefits of inconvenience

What American hackernews nerds think Japanese TV is like: NHK on the benefits of inconvenience

What Japanese TV is really like: News, weather, sports, variety shows, crime drama, period drama, standup/skit comedy, Sunday morning kid's shows/anime, late night anime...but that would be too normal to post about.

I don't think it's fair to act like navel-gazing NHK documentaries aren't a thing though. You can watch them at any time just by turning on channel 2

just like bbc (blue planet, Panorama, Louis Theroux) or pbs or any other public media thingymabobby right?

Honestly idk what it is that makes public media like that but im glad it exists. Maybe its harder to pitch this kind of project to profit hungry execs

But if anyone asks, I don’t own a TV and I don’t speak Japanese, sorry, goodbye.

Hah - every time I've been in japan its always talk shows where people are eating food with ridiculously over done expressions of how amazing and tasty it is.

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