This year has not been kind to national broadcaster NHK, as a series of scandals have caused hundreds of thousands of households to withhold their service payments, from which NHK draws 97 percent of its income.

Fortunately, I can help.

Now, the only show I ever watch on NHK is the 7 o'clock evening news, so that is where I must aim most of my suggestions. Yet I feel confident that the entire company will benefit from the modest measures below. The funny thing is that under my plan NHK need not alter the way it operates . . . so much. It only has to apply a few subtle twists.