NHK loses court case to Tokyo woman who can’t watch it because her TV has a blocker installed

One small victory for man- (and woman-) kind! Living in Japan is great, except for the NHK collectors. These door-to-door “salesmen”, as one might call them, regularly come knocking on people’s doors asking for them to pay the NHK public broadcasting organization’s mandatory fee of 14,000 to 26,000 yen (US$130 to $240) per year. Since they […]