Television in Japan
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Television in Japan was introduced in 1939. However, experiments date back to the 1920s, with Kenjiro Takayanagi's pioneering experiments in electronic television. Television broadcasting was halted b
Kenjiro Takayanagi, recognized in his homeland as "the father of television", was one of the pioneers in the technology that was the base for television.
A recreation of Kenjiro Takayanagi's pioneering 1926 electronic television experiment, at NHK Broadcasting Museum in Atagoyama, Tokyo
Reproduction of a street television set in the 1950s at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
The Tokyo Tower in 1961
Fuji Television
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JOCX-DTV, branded as Fuji Television or Fuji TV, is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the Fuji Network System. The station
Television in Japan
…stations and in parks, attracting large numbers of people and helping to spread television culture in the country. In the second half of the 1950s, KRT, Fuji TV and NET signed on, joining the existing NTV. By the end of 1956, NHK had perfected its television broadcasting network, reaching, in addition to Tokyo…
Headquarters of Fuji Media Holdings and Fuji Television in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo
The first Fuji Television headquarters in Yūrakuchō, circa 1961 (also shared with Nippon Broadcasting System)
The second Fuji Television headquarters in Kawadacho, circa 1961
Fuji TV OB van with the eyeball logo colored in pink