NHK Broadcasting Center

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NHK Broadcasting Center
NHK Broadcasting Center

General information
Type	Broadcasting Center, Performance Hall, Office
Location	Shibuya, Tokyo
Coordinates	35°39′57″N 139°41′46″E / 35.665833°N 139.696111°E / 35.665833; 139.696111
Completed	March 1973 ^[1]
Owner	NHK

The NHK Broadcasting Center (NHK放送センター, Enueichikei Hōsō Sentā), the headquarters of NHK, is located in Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It includes studios and offices, as well as shops and Studio Park, which is a popular attraction for schoolchildren and tourists.

Located within the same complex is the NHK Hall, in which performances are regularly held and often televised.

The center also hosts offices of international broadcasters, including KBS of South Korea, China Central Television, the Public Broadcasting Service, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

A number of NHK-related companies have offices at buildings in nearby streets.

Overview

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Most of the nationwide network programs are produced and transmitted here, and it also serves as a base for block broadcasting for the Kanto-Koshinetsu region. There are satellite broadcasting stations that carry out satellite broadcasting and international broadcasting stations that carry out international broadcasting (NHK World TV, NHK World Radio Japan) outside of Japan.

Reconstruction on the Broadcasting Center

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The Shibuya Broadcasting Center, which is also the headquarters of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is the oldest facility, and nearly half a century has passed since its construction. Therefore, from around 2010, it was decided to consider reconstructing all facilities as a "long-term project".

On August 30, 2016, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation announced the basic plan for rebuilding the broadcasting center.^[2] According to it, construction will start in September 2020, and the first phase of construction (information building) will be completed in 2025, the 100th anniversary of the start of broadcasting.^[3] After that, the second phase of construction (production/office building and public building) will be carried out, and the entire construction will be completed in 2036. Construction costs for the building (not including broadcasting equipment costs) are expected to be 170 billion yen.

Information on the NHK Buildings

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East Building (東館)

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Completed in 1965, the oldest in the NHK Broadcasting Center.

West Building (西館)

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Construction started after the completion of the East Building. Completed in 1968 as the second building.

Main Building (High-Rise) (本館)

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The most conspicuous building in the NHK Broadcasting Center. Completed in 1972. After completion, the functions of the Tokyo Broadcasting Center (Former Headquarters) were transferred.

NHK Hall

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NHK Hall (Japanese: NHK ホール) is a multipurpose hall located in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. The architectural design is Nikken Sekkei (日建設計). It was completed in November 1972 and started operation on June 20, 1973. The current one is the second generation, and the first NHK Hall existed in the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting Center. It is operated by the NHK Service Center, an affiliated corporation of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK).

It is also the home of the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

North Building (北館)

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Completed in 1988.

References

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^ BCS賞 NHK放送センター・NHKホール Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese), Building Contractors Society
^ "NHK Broadcasting Center Reconstruction Plan: Basic Overview" (PDF). 26 August 2016.
^ "NHK New Broadcasting Center Construction Plan: Basic Overview" (PDF). 12 November 2019.

Managing Committee	Nobuyuki Koga (president) Kazuo Sakakibara（interim president） Nobuko Akashi Seiji Isoyama Toru Okusa (fulltime) Yutaka Ozaki Yuyoshi Sakamoto Yoshihiro Iki Fuwa Yasu Kaori Maeda Eri Misuo Akitsugu Murata
Former presidents	Kenzo Iwahara Shichiro Komori Hiroshi Shimomura Hachiro Ohashi Iwasaburo Takano Tetsuo Furugaki Kiyoshi Nagata Hideo Nomura Shinosuke Abe Yoshinori Maeda Yoshiro Ono Choichi Sakamoto Masato Kawahara Yoshizo Ikeda Keiji Shima Mikio Kawaguchi Katsuji Ebisawa Genichi Hashimoto Shigeo Fukuchi Masayuki Matsumoto Katsuhito Momii Ryoichi Ueda Akinori Maeda Nobuo Inaba
Former vice-presidents	Taeko Nagai Yoshinori Imai Naomichi Ono Hikaru Domoto

Services

Television channels

Television	General TV Educational TV BS BSP4K BS8K NHK World TV NHK World Premium (partially unscrambled)
Radio	Radio 1 Radio 2 FM NHK World-Japan
Other services	NHK+ NHK Net Radio Rajiru★Rajiru NHK Hybridcast Data Online
Former	UHF TV Experimental Station Hi-Vision Test Service BS2 BShi Digital Radio 8K Test Service Oneseg 2 BS1 BS Premium BS4K

Other services

Regional broadcasting stations

Hokkaido	Sapporo Muroran Hakodate Asahikawa Kitami Obihiro Kushiro
Tohoku	Sendai Akita Yamagata Tsuruoka Morioka Fukushima Koriyama Iwaki Aomori Hirosaki Hachinohe
Kanto-Koshinetsu	Broadcasting Center (metropolitan area) Nagano Matsumoto Niigata Kofu Yokohama Maebashi Mito Chiba Utsunomiya Saitama
Chubu	Nagoya Toyohashi Kanazawa Shizuoka Hamamatsu Fukui Toyama Tsu Gifu Takayama
Kinki	Osaka Kyoto Kobe Himeji Wakayama Nara Otsu
Chugoku	Hiroshima Fukuyama Okayama Matsue Tottori Yonago Yamaguchi Shimonoseki
Shikoku	Matsuyama Kochi Tokushima Takamatsu
Kyushu-Okinawa	Fukuoka Kitakyushu Kumamoto Nagasaki Sasebo Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Saga Okinawa

Broadcast television in Kantō region

NHK

General	NHK Broadcasting Center (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa) 1 Maebashi (Gunma) 1 Utsunomiya (Tochigi) 1 Mito (Ibaraki) 1
Educational	Kanto Region - 2

Regional

Commercial	Nippon TV 4 TV Asahi 5 TBS Television 6 TV Tokyo 7 Fuji TV 8
Former	Open University 12¹

Prefectural

JAITS	Tokyo MX 9 TV Kanagawa 3 TV Saitama 3 Chiba TV 3 Gunma TV 3 Tochigi TV 3

Notes:

■ Part of Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System
■ Part of All-Nippon News Network
■ Part of Japan News Network
■ Part of TX Network
■ Part of Fuji News Network and Fuji Network System
■ Part of Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations

¹Closed since October 2018 alongside its radio operations.^[1] Currently available on satellite TV only

^ "放送大学の地上波放送が9月30日終了。BS完全移行でHD/SD 2ch同時放送" [Terrestrial broadcasting of the Open University of Japan will end on September 30, 2018, with the full transition to satellite broadcasting.]. AV Watch (in Japanese). 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

Skyscrapers and towers in Tokyo

List of tallest structures in Tokyo

Completed

Over 300 m	Tokyo Skytree (634 m, 2012) Tokyo Tower (333 m, 1958) Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower (325 m, 2023)
200–300 m	Toranomon Hills Station Tower (266 m, 2023) Toranomon Hills Mori Tower (255 m, 2014) Midtown Tower (248 m, 2007) Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 (243 m, 1991) Sunshine 60 (240 m, 1978) NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building (240 m, 2000) Tokyo Midtown Yaesu Yaesu Central Tower (240 m, 2022) Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (238 m, 2003) Shinjuku Park Tower (235 m, 1994) Tokyo Opera City Tower (234 m, 1996) Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower (231 m, 2016) Shibuya Scramble Square (229 m, 2019) Tokyu Kabukicho Tower (225 m, 2023) Shinjuku Mitsui Building (225 m, 1974) Shinjuku Center Building (223 m, 1979) Saint Luke's Tower (221 m, 1994) Shiodome City Center (216 m, 2003) Dentsu Building (213 m, 2002) Shinjuku Sumitomo Building (210 m, 1974) Toshima Incineration Plant (210 m, 1999) Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower (207 m, 2012) GranTokyo North Tower (205 m, 2007) GranTokyo South Tower (205 m, 2007) Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (204 m, 2008) Shinjuku Nomura Building (203 m, 1978) Izumi Garden Tower (201 m, 2002)
180–200 m	Yomiuri Shimbun Building (200 m, 2013) JP Tower (200 m, 2012) Otemachi Tower (200 m, 2014) Otemachi One Tower (200 m, 2020) Shin-Marunouchi Building (198 m, 2007) Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower (196 m, 2011) Harumi Island Triton Square Tower X (195 m, 2001) Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower (195 m, 2005) Sannō Park Tower (195 m, 2000) Sky Tower West Tokyo (195 m, 1989) Sompo Japan Building (193 m, 1976) Nittele Tower (193 m, 2003) Sea Tower (192 m, 2008) Mid Tower (192 m, 2008) Kachidoki View Tower (192 m, 2010) Tomihisa Cross (191 m, 2015) Acty Shiodome (190 m, 2004) Brillia Tower Ikebukuro (189 m, 2015) Shinjuku I-Land Tower (189 m, 1994) Owl Tower (189 m, 2011) Atago Green Hills Mori Tower (188 m, 2001) Capital Gate Place (187 m, 2015) Cerulean Tower (184 m, 2001) Sumitomo Real Estate Shinjuku Oak Tower (184 m, 2002) Shibuya Hikarie (182.5 m, 2012) Nihonbashi 2-Chōme Redevelopment Block E (180 m, 2017) Century Park Tower (180 m, 1999) NEC Supertower (180 m, 1990) JA Building (180 m, 2009) Park City Toyosu Building A (180 m, 2008) Keio Plaza Hotel North Tower (180 m, 1971) Tokyo Garden Terrace (180 m, 2016) Shibuya Stream (180 m, 2018)
160–180 m	Akasaka Biz Tower (179.3 m, 2008) Sumitomo Fudosan Mita Twin Buildings (179.3 m, 2006) Marunouchi Building (179 m, 2002) W-Comfort Towers (178.5 m, 2004) Marunouchi Trust Tower Main Building (178 m, 2008) Toshiba Building (165.9 m, 1984) Shiodome Media Tower (172.6 m, 2003) Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Tower (175.8 m, 2007) World Trade Center (Tokyo) (162.6 m, 1970) Tokyo Shiodome Building (173.2 m, 2005) Park Axis Aoyama 1-chome Tower (172.4 m, 2007) Royal Park Shiodome Tower (172 m, 2003) City Towers Toyosu The Twin (171.2 m, 2009) Marunouchi Park Building (170.1 m, 2009) JT Building (169.7 m, 1995) Bay City Harumi Sky Link Tower (169 m m, 2009) Central Park Tower La Tour Shinjuku (167.8 m, 2010) Capital Mark Tower (167.3 m, 2007) Sapia Tower (167.2 m, 2007) Yebisu Garden Place Tower (167 m, 1994) Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower (166.5 m, 2011) Naka-Meguro Atlas Tower (165 m, 2009) Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building (147.4 m, 2004) Tokyo Twin Parks (165 m, 2002) Triton View Tower (165 m, 1998) Toyosu Center Building (165 m, 1992) Tokyo Building (164.1 m, 2005) Akasaka Tower Residence (162 m, 2008) Shinjuku Maynds Tower (161.1 m, 1995) Shibaura Island Cape Tower (161 m, 2006) Nippon Seimei Marunouchi Building (160 m, 2004)
150–160 m	Concieria Nishi-Shinjuku Tower's West (159.8 m, 2008) Tornare Nihombashi-Hamacho (159.7 m, 2005) Roppongi Hills Residences (159 m, 2003) Brillia Tower Tokyo (158.9 m, 2006) Prudential Tower (158.4 m, 2002) Park Court Akasaka The Tower (157.3 m, 2009) Atago Green Hills Forest Tower (157 m, 2001) Kasumigaseki Common Gate East Tower (156 m, 2007) Kasumigaseki Building (156 m, 1968) Plaza Tower Kachidoki (155.2 m, 2004) The Toyosu Tower (155 m, 2008) Tokyo Dome Hotel (155 m, 2000) Tokyo Gas Co. Headquarters (155.7 m, 1984) KDDI Otemachi Building (155.4 m, 1990) Takanawa The Residence (153.9 m, 2005) Toranomon Towers Residence (153.5 m, 2006) Ark Mori Building (153.3 m, 1986) Toyosu 3-Chome Area 8-4 Plan (153 m, 2010) Station Garden Tower (153 m, 2008) Tokyo Sankei New Building (152.4 m, 2000) JPower Headquarters (153 m, 1987) Park Tower Gran Sky (152.9 m, 2010) Garden Air Tower (152.6 m, 2003) Shinagawa East One Tower (151.6 m, 2003) Shiba-Koen First Building (151.2 m, 2000) Futako-Tamagawa Rise Tower & Residence Tower East (151.1 m, 2010) Odakyu Southern Tower (150.8 m m, 1998) Air Rise Tower (150.5 m, 2007) JR East Japan Building (150.2 m, 1997) Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters Building (150 m, 2009) Kudanshita 3rd Government Building - Chiyoda Ward Office (150 m, 2007) Taiyo Seimei Shinagawa Building (150 m, 2003) Granpark Tower (150 m, 1996)
140–150 m	Shinagawa Grand Central Tower (149.8 m, 2003) Pacific Century Place (149.8 m, 2001) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Building (148.5 m, 2003) Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation Head Office (148.4 m, 2003) Canon S Tower (147.7 m, 2003) Shiroyama JT Trust Tower (147.7 m, 1991) Akihabara Dai Building (147.5 m, 2005) Toyosu Center Building Annex (147.4 m, 2006 BEACON Tower Residence (147 m, 2009) Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building (146.8 m, 2004) Fujisoft Akihabara Building (146.7 m, 2007) Bunkyo Civic Center (145.7 m, 1994) Canal First Tower (145.5 m, 2008) NTT DoCoMo Shinagawa Building (145.1 m, 2003) River City 21 East Towers (144.9 m, 2000) Sumitomo Fudosan Aobadai Tower (144.5 m, 2009) Shinagawa Intercity Towers (144.5 m, 1998) Hotel New Otani Tokyo Tower (144.5 m, 1974) Toyosu Ciel Tower (144.4 m, 2006) Apple Tower (143 m, 2007) Shinagawa V-Tower (143 m, 2003) Shinagawa Prince Hotel New Tower (143 m, 1994) Mizuho Bank Headquarters (142.5 m, 1980) Regale Nihombashi-Ningyocho (142.2 m, 2007) Shirokane Tower (141.9 m, 2005) Hikifune Station Front Area 1 Redevelopment (141.6 m, 2009) Akasaka Park Building (141 m, 1993) City Tower Shinagawa (140.9 m, 2008) ThinkPark Tower (140.5 m, 2007) Shinjuku Kokusai Building - Hilton Tokyo (141 m, 1984) NHK Broadcasting Center (140.1 m, 1973)
130–140 m	Station Plaza Tower (139.9 m, 2009) Sumitomo Fudosan Nishi-Shinjuku Building (139.9 m, 2009) World City Towers (139.9 m, 2007) Olinas Tower (139.3 m, 2006) Kokusai Shin-Akasaka East Building (139.3 m, 1980) Toyosu ON Building (139 m, 1992) River City 21 Skylight Tower (139 m, 1990) Shibuya Cross Tower (134.1 m, 1975) World City Towers Aqua Tower (138.7 m, 2006) The Tower Grandia (138.7 m, 2004) Tokyo Times Tower (138.5 m, 2004) Roppongi T-CUBE (138.5 m, 2003) Venasis Kanamachi Tower Residence (138.2 m, 2009) Royal Parks Tower Minami-Senju (138 m, 2008) Kawadacho Comfo Garden (138 m, 2003) Otemachi Nomura Building (138 m, 1997) Proud Tower Chiyoda Fujimi (137 m, 2009) Cosmopolis Shinagawa (137 m, 2005) Bay Crest Tower (136.6 m, 2005) Renaissance Tower Ueno-Ikenohata (136.5 m, 2005) Nippon Express Headquarters (136.5 m, 2003) Crest Prime Tower Shiba (136.4 m, 2007) Century Tower (136 m, 1991) Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters (135.6 m, 1973) Chiyoda First Building West (135 m, 2004) NTT DoCoMo Sumida Building (135 m, 2003) Akasaka Intercity (134.8 m, 2005) Hotel New Otani Garden Court (134.7 m, 1991) Vanguard Tower (134.6 m, 2007) Riverside Sumida Center (134.4 m, 1994) The Garden Towers (134.3 m, 1998) Yoyogi Seminar Tower Obelisk (134 m, 2008) Nakano-Sakaue Sun Bright Twin (134 m, 1996) Moon Island Tower (133.8 m, 2002) Shinjuku NS Building (133.7 m, 1982) Shiodome Building (133.5 m, 2007) Tokyo ANA Tower (133 m, 1986) Kogakuin University Shinjuku Building (132.9 m, 1989) Sumitomo Realty Shiba-Koen Tower (132.6 m, 2001) NTT Data Shinagawa Building (132.3 m, 2003) River City 21 River Point Tower (132 m, 1989) Shin-Gofukubashi Building (132 m, 1979) City Tower Shinjuku Shintoshin (130.6 m, 2005) The Center Tokyo (130 m, 2007) River Harp Tower Building 2 (130 m, 2000) Tomin Tower Shinonome (130 m, 1996) Sunshine City Prince Hotel (130 m, 1980)