Abstract
Instructed by GHQ, censored by GHQ, the radio during the occupation was, in a word, an “American radio.” The first part of this series examined the two aspects of “American radio.” On one hand radio was a driving force for democracy, and on the other hand it embodied the nature of the occupation forces, which did not allow atomic bombing damages or crimes committed by US soldiers to be reported. Interviewees who were at the actual broadcasting sites vividly talked about their experience.
This second part focuses on the transformation in the US occupation policies as well as how the end of occupation influenced broadcasting. When the wartime radio broadcasting demised, both theoretically and practically, towards what direction did NHK start walking?
