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- There are all-English television channels on cable and satellite (with Japanese subtitles).

- There are 6 nationwide television networks, as follows: -
 * 1) NHK (日本放送協会 Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai). NHK is a Japanese public service broadcaster. The company is financed through "viewer fees", similar to the licence fee system used in the UK to fund the BBC. NHK deliberately maintains neutral reportings as a public broadcast station, even refuse to mention commodity brand names. NHK has 2 terrestrial TV channels, unlike the other TV networks (in the Tokyo region—channel 1 ("Sōgō" (General)) and channel 3 ("Kyoiku" (Education)).
 * 2) Nippon News Network (NNN) headed by Nippon Television (日本テレビ放送網/日テレ Nihon-Terebi/Nittere; NTV). In the Tokyo region, channel 4. Affiliated with the Yomiuri Shimbun.
 * 3) Japan News Network (JNN) headed by TBS (東京放送 Tōkyō Hōsō, Tokyo Broadcasting System). In the Tokyo region, channel 6.
 * 4) Fuji News Network (FNN) headed by Fuji Television (フジテレビジョン; Fuji TV). Affiliated with the Sankei Shimbun. In the Tokyo region, channel 8.
 * 5) All-Nippon News Network (ANN) headed by tv asahi (テレビ朝日). Affiliated with the Asahi Shimbun. In the Tokyo region, channel 10.
 * 6) TV Tokyo Network (TXN) headed by TV TOKYO (テレビ東京). Has ties with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper. In the Tokyo region, channel 12.
 * 1) NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2
 * 2) Japan Radio Network (JRN)—Flagship Station: TBS radio (TBSラジオ)
 * 3) National Radio Network (NRN)—Flagship Stations: Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (文化放送) and Nippon Broadcasting System (ニッポン放送)
 * 4) Radio Nikkei is an independent shortwave station broadcasts nationwide in two content channels.

- Much of the Japanese population own cellular phones (especially flip phones), most of which are equipped with enhancements such as video and camera capabilities. As of May 2008, 31.3% of elementary school students, and 57.6% of middle school students own a cell phone, with many of them accessing the internet through them.
 * 1) NHK-FM
 * 2) Japan FM Network (JFN)—Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.,ltd.
 * 3) Japan FM League—J-Wave Inc.
 * 4) MegaNet—FM Interwave (InterFM)