Recent decision it overturns win in landmark case.
Nothing is more annoying to those who live in Japan than opening the door just to reveal a licensing fee collector for NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster. Famous for their persistence and sometimes brutal tactics, NHK licensing fee collectors are universally despised. In fact, many people have come up with a variety of ways to avoid coughing up technically necessary fees, which could cost up to 24,800 yen per year ($ 233.57).
Some individuals even went so far as to challenge the broadcasting organization’s fees through court. There aren’t many success stories, but for the first time, a woman in Tokyo in the summer of 2020 managed to avoid paying de facto mandatory taxes. While the court initially decided in her favor and the case was seen as a major victory against NHK coverage on 24 February, The highest court in Tokyo annulled the reference decision.
▼ There’s my extra money for Famichikis …
The reason? Initially, the argument that won the woman’s case highlighted how the TV had a pre-installed signal blocker and can’t expect a private citizen to inherently know how to uninstall one. However, the new ruling now claims that, technically, women’s television in Tokyo could have a signal amplifier installed with the appropriate tools involved. In essence, as long as the electronic device can receive or it can be adjusted to receive a broadcast signal, then it is a fair game for NHK when it comes to collecting taxes from people.
▼ Do not open the door of the NHK license fee collector with your smartphone in hand, as some fee collectors may insist that your smartphone counts for collecting fees!
▼ And, of course, the Party leader intervened to learn how not to pay the NHK reception fee, commenting that the recent overthrow was “above all else that the Japanese judicial system is rotting”.
The obligation of the contract to install the television that cannot watch NHK … Tokyo Court Judgment #ldnews https://t.co/y5LGvCVAUT
Judges in this country are rotten, above all– Takashi Tachibana[Partid care învață cum să nu plătești taxa de recepție NHK]NHK Abbreviation The NHK party leader is destroyed! (@tachibanat) February 24, 2021
Meanwhile, the Tokyo woman’s lawyer reported her intention file an appeal. Although it is too early to say what the end result of this extraordinary case will be, we hope that things come to light for the woman in question, because even the recent downgrade of the NHK tax is stingy at best.
Source: Jiji via Livedoor News via Jin
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