Sunday marked a nationwide transition to digital terrestrial television broadcasting, bringing to an end over five decades of analog transmissions in Japan.
The history of television broadcasting in Japan parallels the nation's postwar economic growth.
As Japan recovered from World War II, increasingly prosperous consumers could begin to afford TV sets, which quickly became household fixtures.
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