"NHK Kōhaku uta-gassen (men vs woman singing contest by the NHK)" started in 1951.
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NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, which official translation is "Year-end Song Festival", is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK network and by some overseas (mainly cable) broadcasters who buy the program
