Rejoice! The superpower is with you. (Tokyo, June 08 )
I used to watch NHK World. Not anymore.
1) Because most of their news start with the three words: “In the United States.” Why do I watch NHK? I can get better information from the US through Voice of America or even Fox.
2) Because from this month they do not run news programmes originally in Japanese. I guess this is their strategy to have more people subscribe for NHK World Premium, which is more expensive. How clever. They do not realise, though, that for many it is also good to get news that was originally written in Japanese. Not only for the Japanese, but for non-Japanese people as well. Language always comes with their backgrounds, and so does the Japanese language.
After all, what many say about Japan is true: Japan is just a dog of America.
I wish all the best to NHK to promote English and news on the US. After all, it is a gov.t-run channel.
