A letter from NHK confirms the following services of Radio Japan will be discontinued in October, 2007:
Japanese language broadcasts to Europe and North America
Spanish and French language broadcasts to Europe
All Italian, Swedish, German and Malaysian language broadcasts.
The International Planning & Broadcasting Department at NHK World explains “changes are taking place within the general policy framework of shifting the focus of international broadcasting from radio to television” and asks for understanding as “these decisions have only been made with the very deepest regret”.
(Source: Italradio.org/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)