[mouseboy33]

Its so strange that NHK does a "normal" set for their NHK World channel, but Japan has some of the "strangest" news presentation any where. And the oddest sets. Their graphics are pretty rudimentary as well. One of the big channels in South Korea just relaunched its news programme and its very "normal". So it cant be a regional thing.  If we take the world has a whole, most countries have a similar look for newscasts, of course to varying to degrees. But Japan by far the oddest and no other country comes close in my opinion. Sets, lighting, music, graphics, it all seems so ...different.....but then NHK builds that in New York.  Its almost like they are saying "Yeah we know our domestic news has weird presentation....here is our attempt at being like everyone else". Not a criticism persay...but could you imagine the BBC presenting the news from one of those weirdly complicated sets