Published on July 18, 2019.
This article organizes NHK’s war-related programs, including “How the Maritime Self-Defense Force Was Born,” “Why Did the Japanese Go to War?,” “The Century in Moving Images,” “The New Century in Moving Images,” “The Century in Moving Images Premium,” and ETV Special programs on the history of NHK radio.
It particularly positions “War and Radio, Part Two: The Japan-U.S. Radio-Wave War” as a valuable record showing that NHK was involved in enemy-targeted propaganda broadcasts and deceptive broadcasts during the war.

July 18, 2019.
A valuable record showing that, during the war, NHK was involved in enemy-targeted propaganda broadcasts and deceptive broadcasts.
The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
“How the Maritime Self-Defense Force Was Born: Classified Documents Revealing the Whole Picture,” 2002.
Editing: Kuze Ken.
Composition: Migita Chiyo.
Executive producers: Honbo Akira, Fujiki Tatsuhiro.
Note: The content seems to want to say that the Maritime Self-Defense Force was created by former Navy servicemen and is therefore unconstitutional.
＊If people like so-called cultured intellectuals and NHK employees had created it, the Senkaku Islands would have been invaded long ago.＊
【Series: “Why Did the Japanese Go to War?”】 2011.
“Episode 1: ‘Diplomatic Defeat’—The Road to Isolation.”
Director: Naito Seigo.
Executive producer: Sumi Hideo.
“Episode 2: The Giant Organization ‘Army’—The Mechanism of Its Runaway.”
Director: Aizawa Takayoshi.
Executive producer: Sumi Hideo.
“Episode 3: How ‘Enthusiasm’ Was Created.”
Director: Ikawa Yoshikazu.
Executive producer: Sumi Hideo.
Note: The only program that focused on the media’s war responsibility.
A good work.
“Episode 4: The Opening of War—The Leaders’ Wandering.”
Director: Naito Seigo.
Executive producer: Sumi Hideo.
“Wartime Edition: The Tragedy of Endless Expansion of the Front.”
Director: Unknown.
Executive producer: Unknown.
【Series: “The Century in Moving Images”】 1995–96.
A long-running famous series.
When using overseas footage and depicting overseas history, it is proof that NHK can also make objective programs.
However, when Japan becomes the subject, NHK suddenly turns the content into a simplistic morality play that wholly negates the prewar period.
One would like NHK to treat Japan as well with the objective stance of “The Century in Moving Images.”
“Episode 1: The Dawn of the 20th Century—The Camera Began to Capture Fragments of History.”
Editing: Moriya Minoru, Funaki Eri.
Composition: Endojo Hisashi.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 2: The Completion of Mass Slaughter—Soldiers in the Trenches Saw the Emergence of Terrifying Weapons.”
Editing: Kindaichi Kazunari, Ozaki Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Composition: Uchiyama Tatsu.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 3: It Began in Manhattan—The Outpouring Desires of Mass Society Moved the Era.”
Editing: Moriya Minoru, Funaki Eri.
Composition: Endojo Hisashi.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 4: Hitler’s Ambition—People Entrusted the Future to Nazi Germany, Which Raised the Banner of National Revival.”
Editing: Kindaichi Kazunari, Ozaki Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Composition: Uchiyama Tatsu.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 5: The World Saw Hell—Indiscriminate Bombing, the Holocaust, and the Atomic Bomb.”
Editing: Moriya Minoru, Funaki Eri, Ujii Sanae.
Composition: Tsuji Yasuaki.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 6: Under the Flag of Independence—Asia Walked a Path of Hardship toward the Unification of the Homeland.”
Editing: Kindaichi Kazunari, Ozaki Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Reporting: Inagawa Eiji.
Composition: Yamato Keisuke, Tanuma Mika.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 7: The Victors’ Division of the World—The East-West Cold War Began at the Yalta Conference.”
Editing: Moriya Minoru, Funaki Eri, Ujii Sanae.
Composition: Tsuji Yasuaki.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 8: Peace within Fear—The Leaders of East and West Faced Each Other Carrying the Ultimate Weapon, Nuclear Arms.”
Editing: Suzuki Kazuya, Funaki Eri, Tamura Ai.
Composition: Tsutsumi Keisuke.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 9: The Shock of Vietnam—American Society Began to Waver.”
Editing: Suzuki Kazuya, Funaki Eri, Tamura Ai, Ozaki Takashi.
Composition: Tsutsumi Keisuke.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 10: The Endless Tragedy of Peoples—There Were Unceasing Fires of War and the Lamentations of Wandering Peoples.”
Editing: Morimoto Mitsunori, Ujii Sanae, Funaki Eri.
Reporting: Inagawa Eiji.
Composition: Yamato Keisuke.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
“Episode 11: JAPAN—Meiji, Taisho, and Showa as Seen by the World.”
Editing: Morimoto Mitsunori, Ujii Sanae, Funaki Eri.
Composition: Uchiyama Tatsu, Tanuma Mika.
Executive producers: Kawamoto Tetsuya, Shibata Nobuaki, Ogasawara Masao.
【Series: “The New Century in Moving Images”】 2015–16.
“Episode 1: World War I—A Hundred Years of Tragedy Began Here.”
Editing: Kindaichi Kazunari, Hidaka Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Reporting: Ikegami Atsuko, Takashima Kazuki.
Director: Kishi Kensuke.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Endojo Hisashi.
“Episode 2: The Emergence of the Superpower America—Great Families, New Rulers.”
Editing: Morimoto Mitsunori, Hidaka Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Director: Kasuga Masato.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Endojo Hisashi.
Note: A good work.
“Episode 3: World War II—The Era Sought Dictators.”
Editing: Umemoto Kyohei, Hidaka Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Reporting: Hayama Natsuko.
Director: Ikawa Yoshikazu.
Executive producers: Ito Jun, Terazono Shinichi, Endojo Hisashi.
“Episode 4: The Cold War—The World Was Covered in Secrets and Lies.”
Editing: Kindaichi Kazunari, Hidaka Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Directors: Kishi Kensuke, Takashima Kazuki.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Endojo Hisashi.
Note: A good work.
“Episode 5: The Turbulent 1960s—Youth Rebellions Chained across the World.”
Editing: Morimoto Mitsunori, Hidaka Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Reporting: Katsura Yuriko, Ikegami Atsuko, Namba Hiroko.
Director: Kasuga Masato.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Endojo Hisashi.
“Episode 6: The Tide of the 21st Century—Your One Shot Changes the World.”
Editing: Umemoto Kyohei, Hidaka Takashi, Funaki Eri.
Reporting: Ikegami Atsuko, Kobayashi Nozomi, Sasaki Aimi.
Directors: Ikawa Yoshikazu, Hayama Natsuko.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Endojo Hisashi, Ito Jun.
【Series: “The Century in Moving Images Premium”】 2016 onward.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 1: Artists Who Shook the World.”
Director: Hayama Natsuko.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 2: War—Scientists’ Sins and Courage.”
Editing: Umemoto Kyohei.
Reporting: Ikegami Atsuko, Fujisawa Satoshi.
Director: Hayama Natsuko.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 3: Women Who Changed the World.”
Director: Goto Senya.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 4: The Glory and Tragedy of Heroes.”
Directors: Kishi Kensuke, Takashima Kazuki.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Endojo Hisashi.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 5: Great Families—One Hundred Years of Giant Financial Conglomerates.”
Editing: Hidaka Takashi.
Reporting: Ikegami Atsuko, Fujisawa Satoshi.
Director: Maeda Aki.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
Note: A good work.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 6: Asia—The Battle for Freedom.”
Editing: Hidaka Takashi.
Reporting: Ikegami Atsuko, Fujisawa Satoshi.
Director: Hashimoto Yo.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 7: Challengers to the Extreme.”
Editing: Hidaka Takashi.
Reporting: Ikegami Atsuko, Fujisawa Satoshi.
Director: Goto Senya.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 8: America—Secrets and Lies of the Land of Freedom.”
Editing: Hidaka Takashi.
Reporting: Ikegami Atsuko, Fujisawa Satoshi.
Director: Negoro Yukiko.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
Note: If one condemns the newspaper king Hearst, who stirred up the Spanish-American War, as fake news, one should also criticize Henry Luce, the owner of the magazines Life and Time, which created the causes of the Japan-U.S. war through pro-China and anti-Japanese reporting bordering on fake news, but there is no such criticism.
Why?
Because the Second World War is a “good war.”
Many modern wars have been caused by the media.
It was not only Hearst who was fake news.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 9: The Madness of Three Dictators.”
Editing: Hidaka Takashi.
Reporting: Ikegami Atsuko, Fujisawa Satoshi.
Director: Oshima Takayuki.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
“The Century in Moving Images, Episode 10: Refugees—A Journey toward Hope.”
Director: Goto Senya.
Executive producers: Terazono Shinichi, Ikawa Yoshikazu.
【ETV Special: The History of NHK Radio】
It clarifies the role played by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation before the war, during the war, and after defeat.
“Voices Left Behind: The Pacific War Conveyed by Radio,” 2004.
Composition: Ota Koichi, Shigehara Yuji, Nomura Masao.
Executive producers: Anzai Takashi, Ito Jun, Shiota Jun.
Production cooperation: Slowhand.
Note: It devotes considerable time to interviews with the families of Korean special-attack corps members.
“War and Radio, Episode 1: What Did Broadcasting Tell the People?” 2009.
Director: Omori Atsuro.
Executive producer: Shiota Jun.
“War and Radio, Episode 2: The Japan-U.S. Radio-Wave War,” 2009.
Director: Watanabe Ko.
Executive producer: Shiota Jun.
Note: A valuable record showing that, during the war, NHK was involved in enemy-targeted propaganda broadcasts and deceptive broadcasts.
“Defeat and Radio: How Did Broadcasting Change?” 2010.
Director: Omori Atsuro.
Executive producers: Masuda Hideki, Hara Yumiko (Broadcasting Culture Research Institute).
Note: It depicts the figure of NHK employee Maruyama Tetsuo, the elder brother of the famous political scientist Maruyama Masao, who after defeat became a running dog of GHQ and gleefully indulged in attacking the Japanese government.