Receiving Contract and Receiving fees
Article 64(1)

Persons who installed reception equipment capable of receiving NHK
broadcasts (excluding the following equipments; hereinafter referred to as"specified reception equipment" in this paragraph and paragraph (3), item (ii))
must conclude a reception contract with NHK pursuant to the provisions of theterms (hereinafter referred to as "approved contract terms" in this paragraph) of
the reception contract for which the approval set forth in paragraph (3) wasreceived (meaning a contract for receiving NHK broadcasts; hereinafter thesame applies in this Article and Article 70, paragraph (4)); provided, however,that this does not apply to the case in which specified reception equipment isinstalled in a residence (including a location prescribed in the approved contract
terms as a location deemed to be a residence) and another person who shares
the residence and livelihood has already executed a reception contract pursuant
to the main text of this paragraph for other specified reception equipment
installed in the residence, and the cases prescribed in the approved contract
terms as cases where it is not necessary to execute another reception contract
pursuant to the provisions of the main text of this paragraph:(i) Reception equipment not intended for the reception of broadcasts; or(ii) Reception equipment only capable of receiving radio broadcasts (meaningbroadcasts comprising of sounds such as voices, that do not fall undertelevision broadcasting or multiple broadcasting; the same applies in Article
126, paragraph (1)) or multiple broadcasting(2)

NHK must not exempt the fees for receiving broadcasts to be collected frompersons who have concluded a reception contract pursuant to the provisions of
the main text of the preceding paragraph unless the exemption is pursuant tothe standards for exemption of fees for receiving broadcasts which have beenauthorized by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in advance.

(3)

NHK must stipulate the following and obtain authorization from the Minister ofInternal Affairs and Communications in advance with regard to the terms of thereception contract. The same applies when making amendments thereto:(i) Matters relating to units of reception contracts;(ii) Matters relating to methods and deadlines for applying for reception
contracts (including matters that NHK should be notified of on upon thatapplication, such as the day of installation of specified reception equipment);(iii) Matters related to the timing and methods of the payment of fees forreceiving broadcasts;(iv) Amount of fees for receiving broadcasts and surcharges that NHK cancollect in the below cases and other matters relating to the collection of
those fees for receiving broadcasts and those surcharges:(a) Cases where the payment of fees for receiving broadcasts is avoided
through illicit means; or(b) Cases where an application for a reception contract is not made by thedeadline specified in item (ii) without a legitimate reason; and(v) Other matters prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications(4)

The amount of fees for receiving broadcasts specified in item (iv) of the preceding
paragraph shall be the amount individually provided for in the following items inaccordance with the cases set forth in the cases given in those items. The amountof surcharges specified in item (iv) of the same paragraph shall be an amount tonot exceed the amount individually provided for in the same items in accordancewith the cases set forth in the cases given in those items multiplied by the multiple
prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications:(i) Cases that come to fall under cases provided for in item (iv) (a) of the preceding
paragraph: Amount of fees for receiving broadcasts for which payment wasavoided; or(ii) Cases that come to fall under cases provided for in item (iv) (b) of thepreceding paragraph: Amount equivalent to the amount of fees for receiving
broadcasts that should be paid by the day prior the date when the reception
contract was actually executed if reception contract was executed on the dayon which the deadline specified in item (ii) of the same paragraph arrived(5)

Broadcasts which are simultaneous un-edited re-transmissions of NHK
broadcasts are deemed to be NHK broadcasts, and the provisions of thepreceding paragraphs apply to the broadcasts.