Sovan, if you would like to continue receiving broadcasts, contact NHK. It might be that “you” owe NHK several months (or years) worth of subscription.

P.S. Asking for a frequency, and manually re-configuring your equipment may even be considered a serious crime.

If you mean is there a law on record that says that those who watch are legally required to pay? Yes, there is such a law.

By all means, encourage japan’s gaijin population to be anti-social, and to exploit the loopholes in the law. It’s not like they give a shit about the country.

At the moment, the NHK fee (1,395 yen a month for terrestrial broadcasts) is mandatory under the law.

Bizarrely, however, there is no penalty if you don’t pay.

But with nearly a million Japanese households refusing to put up the cash, NHK is planning some drastic measures to to crack down on delinquent TV owners who fail to pay their viewer fees to the pushy guy on the moped.

In September, it announced that it may take people to court for nonpayment.

We therefore felt it necessary to draft a list of guidelines to help those who don’t feel like forking out for NHK documentaries on cheese-making, squirrels and Finland anytime soon.

Don’t answer the door
This is an obvious solution, but not without its drawbacks.

Our (ahem) research indicates that this strategy can lead to Christmas parcels being sent back to the sorting office and potential hot dates evaporating into a frigid mist.

And you should also brace yourself for some protracted bouts of irate doorbell abuse; those moped guys are very spirited.

Lack of trust
The broadcaster has been involved in a number of damaging embezzlement scandals this year.

One producer reportedly pocketed 48 million yen yen in fictitious production funds.

As a result, when the NHK man calls to your home and demands your subscription fee, tell him you can’t be sure he won’t just spend the money you give him on pachinko, and tell him you’ll be calling round to NHK in person to drop off the money.