NHK (日本放??会, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), is Japan's public broadcaster. The NHK Asadora Drama, also known as the NHK Morning Serial Drama, is a semi-annual renzoku drama, starting with Musume to Watashi in April 1961. Today's Asadora drama contains around 150 or so 15-minute episodes, airing Monday through Saturday at 8:15am (Japan). Two drama series are introduced each year, the first series starting from early April to late September, and the second series starting from early October to late March of the following year. In past years, several series have covered an entire calendar year, the last being Haruyo, Koi in 1994, which was 307 episodes long.