NHK might run commercials in overseas broadcasts: vice minister
Kyodo news summary -3- Feb 20, 2006 </a>
TOKYO --- Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Shogo Hayashi said Monday the ministry will consider accepting advertisers' sponsorships to fund programs that Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, airs abroad.
Hayashi's remark came in response to a view expressed earlier this month by Foreign Minister Taro Aso, who said it might be necessary to run commercials if the public broadcasting system is to increase its overseas programs in order to disseminate more information about Japan.
