NHK Chairman Arata Maeda's Inaugural Conference “Leading the Way with Reform” January 27 18:19
NHK Chairman Akinori Maeda will hold an appointment at the inauguration meeting and express his aspirations, "To fulfill the mission of public broadcasting, we will operate an organization that is firmly aligned and take the lead in pursuing reform of the NHK Group." Was.
Mr. Maeda is 75 years old. He has served as President and Chairman of Mizuho Financial Group, and has been appointed NHK's Chairman.
At a press conference, Chairman Maeda said, "We will provide NHK, a public broadcaster, with accurate, fair and impartial information and a wide range of rich and high-quality programs, contributing to the sound development of democracy and the improvement of culture in Japan. In order to fulfill this mission, we want to operate an organization that is firmly focused on the axis. "
Mr. Maeda announced that the “simultaneous simultaneous distribution” and “missing program distribution” services to the Internet of television broadcasting starting in April and the “highest standards of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in the summer of Kotoshi” Broadcasting and services ".
Then, "How NHK will play a role as a public broadcaster and public media by efficiently and effectively using the reception fee received from viewers and the people and producing high-quality programs is a matter of management. The most important thing is to listen to the various opinions of the viewers humbly, respond with speed, and respond to expectations and trust firmly. I want to push for reforms. "
Mr. Maeda asked reporters about his awareness of the distance from politics, but said, "It is natural that power is criticized by the press, and that is democracy. It is my belief that both the ruling and opposition parties are at equal distances, and that they are not biased towards either. "