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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,andcableoperators throughout the world, as well as online and through its mobile apps. NHK World-Japan is also available onDirecTVchannels 322 and 2049.[1]It is headquartered inTokyo.
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| Type | Broadcastingnews,discussions,state media |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | 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 NHK BS Premium 4K NHK BS8K NHK World Premium |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 1998 |
| 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 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-languagegeneral/entertainment TV service (NHK World Premium). NHK World-Japan also makes most of its programming available through its website (eitherliveoron demand).[2]A Chinese version of the channel, NHK Huayu Shijie (NHK tiếng Hoa tầm nhìn ), which essentially provides news and select programs from NHK World-Japan withMandarindubbing and/or subtitles, was launched on January 15, 2019,[3]and is only distributed online.
The branch was rebranded from its former name ofNHK Worldin April 2018.[4]
Television
editNHK World TV (rolling news channel)
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NHK World TVstarted broadcasting services for North America and Europe in 1995. On April 1, 1998, then-calledNHK World Televisionstarted broadcasting. Today's NHK World-Japan is a current affairs and cultural channel that broadcasts internationally via satellite and cable TV. Programming is produced inEnglishonly. It began as a news channel in February 2009. NHK World-Japan'sfree-to-airbroadcasts have been available inHDby satellite since then.
NHK World-Japan HD currently broadcasts fromIntelsat19 166°E, 68.5°E,Astra 19.2°E,Hot Bird13°E, 58°W, toSES-3103°W.[5] Some of the shows are produced by production studioJIB TV,which is 60% owned by NHK with the remaining 40% owned by private investors likeMicrosoftand Japanese bankMizuho.The NHK World-Japandigital on-screen graphicis not used at all when shows produced by JIB TV air as paid programming.
Programs
editTV programs by NHK World-Japan include:[6]
- Begin JapanologyandJapanology Plus:A Japanese culture and lifestyle television show withPeter Barakan.
- Biz Stream:A weekly business news program featuring the main stories of the week with guest expert analysis.
- Cool Japan:Hosted byShoji Kokamiand Risa Stegmayer; some aspects of Japanese customs are considered "cool" by foreigners.Cool Japanis a television show that illustrates the quickly changing Japanese culture and how it is perceived by the international community that have recently made Japan their home.
- J-Melo:A music program hosted byMay J.,featuring the latest developments in Japanese music, selections of hit songs, and diverse material from a wide range of different music genres: pop, rock, jazz, and classical.
- NHK Newsline:A news program with updates every hour, covering world events and business-related news, as well as providing global weather forecasts.
- Somewhere Street:A travel program which explores a different city each episode, from a tourist's perspective walking through a city.
- Today's Close-up:A current affairs program from the NHK's domestic network
Most recently, NHK World-Japan has promoting selections of theirJ-dramalineups underNHK Drama Showcase.[7]
NHK World Premium (entertainment channel)
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NHK World Premiumbroadcasts a mixture of news, sports and entertainment inJapanese languageworldwide, 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 AmericaandEurope.NHK World Premium's contents in Europe were previously shown onJSTV-branded subscription channels that were ran by NHK Cosmomedia Europe and headquartered in the UK. The service is known asテレビジャパン(TV Japan) in the US, which is run by NHK Cosmomedia America until the closure on March 31, 2024.[8]Contents generally do not carry English subtitles.
Radio
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NHK World Radio Japan(RJ) is the international radio arm of NHK. It broadcasts a weekly lineup of news, current affairs, cultural, and educativeradioprogram focusing on Japan and Asia, for a daily total of 65 hours of broadcasts.
Radio Japan provides two main feeds:
- TheGeneral Servicebroadcasts worldwide in Japanese and English.
- TheRegional Servicebroadcasts to specific geographical zones in 17 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese. Both services are available onshortwave(SW) as well as on the internet.[9]
Radio Japan's shortwave relay stations
editNHK World Radio Japan runs a domestic SW relay station on 9750 kHz from 8:00 to 16:00 UTC:[10]
It also leases some hours by several external relay stations for English service in:
Satellite and internet service
editNHK World-Japan broadcasts via C-band and Ku-band satellites around the globe.
The programs and content are also available online.
- NHK World-Japan: online news (text) and live video stream of the rolling news channel
- NHK World Radio Japan: live radio streams,podcasts,and archive programming
- Learn Japanese: re-edited versions of series, such asBasic Japanese for YouandBrush Up Your Japanese.
Only a limited number of programs are available online for free.[11]
See also
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edit- ^"NHK World News Live Stream | Watch Shows Online".DIRECTV.Archivedfrom the original on October 22, 2021.RetrievedApril 7,2022.
- ^"NHK WORLD - JAPAN Live and Programs".NHK World Japan.Archivedfrom the original on March 3, 2020.RetrievedJuly 20,2021.
- ^"New Chinese service 'NHK Huayu Shijie'"(PDF).nhk.or.jp.December 19, 2018.Archived(PDF)from the original on July 21, 2021.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"New name NHK WORLD-JAPAN"(PDF).nhk.or.jp.February 21, 2018. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on November 5, 2021.RetrievedFebruary 28,2018.
- ^Lyngsat - NHK World JapanArchivedJuly 8, 2021, at theWayback MachineAccessed July 20, 2021
- ^"Programs".NHK WORLD-JAPAN.Archivedfrom the original on July 21, 2021.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"NHK Drama Showcase".NHK WORLD-JAPAN.Archivedfrom the original on March 14, 2023.RetrievedFebruary 22,2023.
- ^"Termination of TV JAPAN Service".NHK Cosmomedia America. February 2024. Archived fromthe originalon February 21, 2024.RetrievedFebruary 21,2024.
- ^NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)."Shortwave, Medium Wave and FM Radio"(PDF).NHK WORLD.Archived(PDF)from the original on October 11, 2021.RetrievedJuly 20,2021.
- ^"A21 Shortwave Frequency List".Nagoya DXers Circle.Archivedfrom the original on July 23, 2021.RetrievedJuly 20,2021.
- ^NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)."Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)".NHK WORLD.Archivedfrom the original on July 21, 2021.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.