Former Postcard Writer Turned Personality Chronicles 100 Years of Radio History with Love and Culture: 'The World of Radio You Should Know as Culture' to be Released on April 17 (Fri)

Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing Co., Ltd. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Junichi Sugimoto) will release the book 'The World of Radio You Should Know as Culture' on Friday, April 17, 2026.

The book will explain various aspects of radio, from its origins to the behind-the-scenes stories of long-running programs and the legends of famous personalities.

Contents of This Book

Japanese radio broadcasting, which began with the words "Ah, ah, can you hear me?" in Shibaura, Tokyo, in the late Taisho era, will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2025.

Today, radio is not only familiar to seniors who cherished it as a source of information in their youth but also to listeners in their teens and twenties. Young listeners, mainly in their 20s, have participated in radio program events held at Tokyo Dome, and the utilization rate of "radiko," a service launched in 2010 that allows radio to be enjoyed on smartphones, is steadily increasing, bringing radio into the spotlight.

This book, written by an author who was a regular contributor to All Night Nippon and later became a personality, explains how to enjoy radio from a unique perspective in an easy-to-understand manner.

• The origins of radio and changes in how it is listened to
• The relationship between live sports broadcasts, the English conversation boom, and radio
• How idol DJs and anime radio were born
• What are some of the long-running programs of major radio stations?
• Who are the famous personalities who left their mark on radio history? And more.

This book condenses the profound world of radio into a single volume.

There's no doubt that the more you read, the more you'll want to listen to the radio.

Includes Live Voices from the Field

It also introduces "little-known anecdotes" through interviews with producers and personalities of popular programs.

• Yumiko Udo, personality of "Udo no Radio"
• Jun Nagahama, Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.