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| Type | Broadcastingnews,discussions,state media |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide (International) |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Japanese, English |
| Picture format | 1080i16:9 (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Government of Japan |
| Parent | NHK |
| Sister channels | NHK General TV NHK Educational TV NHK BS NHK BS Premium 4K NHK BS8K |
| History | |
| Launched | April 1, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-04-01) |
| Former names | NHK World |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television (United States) | List
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| Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 570 |
| Streaming media | |
| NHK World-Japan | Watch live (available worldwide) |
| NHK World Radio Japan | Listen live (available worldwide) |
NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply asNHK World) is the international arm of the Japanesepublic broadcasterNHK. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-servicebroadcasters, such as the BritishBBC (BBC World Service,the international feed of the BBC News channel, etc.),France 24, or the GermanDW. Contents are broadcast throughshortwave radio,satellite, andcable operators throughout the world, as well as online and through its mobile apps. It is headquartered inTokyo.
NHK World-Japan currently provides three main broadcast services: an English-language current affairs TV channel (NHK World TV), a multilingual radio service (NHK World Radio Japan), and aJapanese-language general/entertainment TV service (NHK World Premium). NHK World-Japan also makes most of its programming available through its website (eitherlive oron demand).[1] A Chinese version of the channel, NHK Huayu Shijie (NHK华语视界), which essentially provides news and select programs from NHK World-Japan withMandarin dubbing and/or subtitles, was launched on January 15, 2019,[2] and is only distributed online.
NHK World changed to its current name in April 2018, as an effort to "establish wider global recognition" as a service with "Japanese roots".[3]
On March 30, 2020, NHK World-Japan implemented a new policy for referring toJapanese names, following the common practice in theJapanese language of listing thesurname first followed by thegiven name, in line with "moves in Japan in general".[4]
NHK World TV started broadcasting services for North America and Europe in 1995. On April 1, 1998, then-calledNHK World Television started broadcasting. Today's NHK World-Japan is a current affairs and cultural channel that broadcasts internationally via satellite and cable TV. Programming is produced inEnglish only. It began as a news channel in February 2009. NHK World-Japan'sfree-to-air broadcasts have been available inHD by satellite since then.
NHK World-Japan HD currently broadcasts fromIntelsat 19 166°E, 68.5°E,Astra 19.2°E,Hot Bird 13°E, 58°W, toSES-3 103°W.[5] In the United States, NHK World-Japan is available onDirecTV channels 322 and 2049.[6]
Some of the shows are produced by production studioJIB TV, which is 60% owned by NHK with the remaining 40% owned by private investors likeMicrosoft and Japanese bankMizuho. The NHK World-Japandigital on-screen graphic is not used at all when shows produced by JIB TV air as paid programming.
NHK World TV in HD Version is also currently available on Rogers Cable channel 122 inWestern Canada including Rogers Ignite TV.
TV programs by NHK World-Japan include:[7]
Most recently, NHK World-Japan has promoting selections of theirJ-drama lineups underNHK Drama Showcase.[8]
NHK World Premium broadcasts a mixture of news, sports and entertainment inJapanese language worldwide, via satellite and cable providers, as a subscription service mostly targeted atJapaneseexpatriates.
It is marketed with that very name in several regions of the world, includingAsia,Oceania,Latin America andEurope. NHK World Premium's contents in Europe were previously shown onJSTV-branded subscription channels that were run by NHK Cosmomedia Europe and headquartered in the UK. The service was known asテレビジャパン (TV Japan) in the US, which was run by NHK Cosmomedia America until it closed on March 31, 2024; its replacement streaming service, named Jme, carries an NHK World Premium stream.[9] Contents generally do not carry English subtitles.
NHK World Radio Japan (RJ) is the international radio arm of NHK. It broadcasts a weekly lineup of news, current affairs, cultural, and educativeradio program focusing on Japan and Asia, for a daily total of 65 hours of broadcasts.
Radio Japan provides two main feeds:
NHK World Radio Japan runs a domestic SW relay station on 9750 kHz from 8:00 to 16:00 UTC:[11]
It also leases some hours by several external relay stations for English service in:
NHK World-Japan broadcasts via C-band and Ku-band satellites around the globe.
The programs and content are also available online.
Only a limited number of programs are available online for free.[12]
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