Originally published on July 21, 2019.
This essay criticizes what it sees as the anti-Japanese bias, distortion, victorious-nation historical perspective, and accommodation toward the Korean Peninsula in NHK’s historical documentaries, and argues for the need to verify the names of those who produce such programs.
Using NHK Special, ETV, and BS programs as examples, it questions the fact that the names of directors and executive producers can only be confirmed in program end credits, and stresses the importance of examining production responsibility within NHK.

2019-07-21
Who on earth is making anti-Japanese programs and biased programs at NHK?
The names of directors and executive producers are not listed even on NHK’s website, and can only be confirmed in the end credits of the programs.
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Who Is Making NHK’s Anti-Japanese Documentaries?
There are probably many people who are irritated by the biased nature of the historical documentaries NHK produces using, as if pouring water, the reception fees it forcibly collects from the public.
Japanese people are serious and obedient to rules, so even while snapping, “I will no longer pay the reception fee!” there are many cases in which they continue paying somehow, as if out of inertia.
However, NHK’s anti-Japanese programs are given English, Chinese, and Korean translations and are widely viewed overseas, so the concern is not merely that they are unpleasant, but that they may seriously damage the national interest.
The characteristic of the historical documentaries produced by NHK is the thorough demonization of the Japanese military and praise for postwar democracy.
As former NHK member Ikeda Nobuo has pointed out, deviating from the victorious-nation view of history has become taboo, so NHK probably has no choice but to depict defeated Japan badly.
However, even toward America, the victor, NHK has repeatedly produced programs exposing war crimes regarding the atomic bombings and incendiary bombing attacks on cities.
The problem is that there are almost no programs denouncing the Soviet Army, the Chinese Nationalist Army, or the Eighth Route Army, and Koreans are often enshrined as pitiful “victims.”
When Japanese people are depicted as “victims,” the “perpetrator” is limited to the Japanese military or the U.S. military, and there are almost no programs denouncing the Soviet Union, China, or Korea as “perpetrators.”
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Historical themes NHK absolutely never handles.
・The Venona documents.
・The Institute of Pacific Relations, IPR.
・Brainwashing, press control, and purges from public office by GHQ.
・Jung Chang’s Mao: The Unknown Story.
・Cases in which Japanese people were massacred, such as the Nikolayevsk Incident, the Tongzhou Incident, the Tonghua Incident, and the Dunhua Incident.
Who on earth is making anti-Japanese programs and biased programs at NHK?
The names of directors and executive producers are not listed even on NHK’s website, and can only be confirmed in the end credits of the programs.
After watching NHK’s antiwar special last summer, I was surprised by NHK’s recent bias, and after that, I watched programs one after another on the Internet and made notes of the names of the directors and executive producers.
When put into a list, it becomes clear at a glance who likes to produce what kind of programs, so I would like to publish it for reference.
In the future, when there is a terrible program, it would be good to confirm the producer’s name, search this summary, and check the programs that person has made in the past.
If you search for videos on Google, you can also watch them.
It should be noted that among the producers listed here, there are also people who are not regular NHK employees, such as employees of production companies or freelancers.
Of course, there are also objective and excellent works such as The Century in Moving Images, but that is because they use overseas footage; the more a program is an original one made through NHK’s own interviews, the more it tends to become, like street interviews, a tear-jerking morality play that picks only convenient statements.
The programs listed below include not only NHK Special but also ETV and BS, but the more it is NHK Special, which probably has the largest audience, the more one can see through the intention of guiding viewers ignorant of history in a certain direction.
On the other hand, perhaps because ETV and BS have almost no viewers, they include many quite specialized programs, and among them there are some cases where, although biased, useful materials and footage can be found.
【ETV Special Series “Japan and the Korean Peninsula: Two Thousand Years”】 2009–2010.
A series that explains the intertwined history of Japan and the Korean Peninsula while using outlandish Korean historical dramas as teaching materials and consistently accommodating the claims of the Korean side.
2009 Galaxy Award Special Prize.
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Art Encouragement Prize.
“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 1: Ancient Times: People Crossed the Strait.”
Reporter: Fueki Yuko.
Directors: Jeon Yong-seung, Hamada Yuzo.
Executive Producer: Shiota Jun.
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“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 2: The Mystery of the ‘Mimana Nihon-fu.’”
Reporter: Hiruma Ryoji.
Director: Hamada Yuzo.
Executive Producer: Shiota Jun.
“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 3: The Transmission of Buddhism: Asuka Culture Brought by Immigrants.”
Reporter: Fueki Yuko.
Director: Jeon Yong-seung.
Executive Producer: Shiota Jun.
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Jeon Yong-seung （not an NHK employee）.
Born in Seoul, South Korea; he apparently once became the subject of weekly-magazine coverage over a violent incident.
“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 4: From the Defeat at Baekgang to the Ritsuryo State.”
Reporter: Omomo Miyoko.
Directors: Hamada Yuzo, Arai Taku.
Executive Producers: Shiota Jun, Masuda Hideki.
“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 5: Exchanges with the Phantom Kingdom of Balhae.”
Reporter: Sugiura Yuki.
Director: Arai Taku.
Executive Producers: Shiota Jun, Masuda Hideki.
“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 6: The Shock of the Mongol Invasions: Sambyeolcho and the Kamakura Shogunate.”
Reporter: Sasabe Yoshiko.
Director: Ono Kenji.
Executive Producer: Masuda Hideki.
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“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 7: Light and Shadow of the East China Sea: Searching for the True Image of the Wako.”
Reporter: Yoon Son-ha.
Director: Jeon Yong-seung.
Executive Producer: Masuda Hideki.
“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 8: Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Invasion of Korea.”
Reporter: Omomo Miyoko.
Director: Oshima Arata.
Executive Producers: Masuda Hideki, Makino Nozomu.
Note: Calling the Bunroku and Keicho campaigns an “invasion” is also typical of NHK.
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“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 9: Korean Envoys: For Reconciliation.”
Reporter: Jeon Wol-sun.
Director: Unknown.
Executive Producer: Unknown.
Note: The Korean envoys are outwardly presented as a symbol of Japan-Korea reconciliation, but on the Korean side there is a hidden aim of appealing that “Korea taught culture to backward Japan” and “Korea was the more advanced country,” making them a prop to wash away the humiliation of Japan’s annexation of Korea.
NHK obediently accommodates such childish deception.
“Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Episode 10: The Road to ‘Leaving Asia’: From the Ganghwa Island Incident to the Sino-Japanese War.”
Reporter: Omomo Miyoko.
Director: Hamada Yuzo.
Executive Producer: Shiota Jun.
This essay continues.