NHK World Premium is a TV news and entertainment broadcasting service offered by

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, the international arm of Japan's public broadcaster

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. The service is aimed towards overseas Japanese and the overseas market, similar to worldwide national channels such as

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, and broadcast through subscription TV providers around the world. The purpose of NHK World Premium is to make original, general television content produced by NHK available to an international audience. It provides a mixture of news, sports and entertainment shows in

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language, all of which are

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or previously shown on NHK's domestic TV networks in Japan ( NHK G, NHK E, NHK BS 1, NHK BS Premium, NHK BS4K, and

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). The service is marketed as a pay satellite or cable TV channel with that name Across Asia Pacific, Africa (Except North Africa Arabic Speaking Countries) & Latin America, except for in Europe, North Africa and North America. In Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the service is broadcast under the

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JSTV is a Japanese television broadcasting company serving viewers in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Launched in March 1990 and broadcasting from London, it carries the programming from the NHK World Premium service in the regions serve ...

, and in the US and Canada, it is known as

TV Japan TV Japan is a 24-hour Japanese-language television channel geared towards the Japanese diaspora in the USA and Canada. It is the North American carrier of the NHK World Premium service. The channel is owned by NHK CosmoMedia America Inc., a s ...

. Unlike the regular NHK World Premium service, both JSTV and TV Japan offer some additional programming from other major Japanese TV broadcasters such as

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among others, in addition to Mostly NHK's Original shows. Contents generally do not carry English subtitles or dubbing, while a few of them, especially news, have bilingual audio (a feature kept from their original, domestic broadcast in Japan, where it is offered as well for Newscast Only).

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) * ''

AKB48 Show! ''AKB48 Show!'' is a TV variety show produced by NHK in Japan, and aired weekly on BS Premium and NHK World Premium from October 5, 2013 to March 24, 2019. The show featured songs, comedy skits and short dramas performed by AKB48 and sister groups ...

'' * ''Everyday Tips'' * ''Fudoki'' * ''Fun with English'' * ''Go Focus'' * '' Good Morning, Japan'' * ''International News Report'' * ''Mini Program'' * ''Morning Market'' * ''News'' (carry news from NHK General TV) * ''News & Weather'' (from NHK General TV) * ''

News Watch 9 , stylized as ''NEWS WATCH 9'' is the flagship evening news program of the public Japanese broadcaster, NHK. It airs weekdays on NHK General Television and worldwide on NHK World Premium and is also available on the networks video-on-demand servi ...

'' * ''NHK News'' (carry news from NHK BS 1 which usually airs at 50 minutes past the hour) * ''

NHK News 7 is the early evening news program broadcast domestically on NHK General TV and internationally on NHK World Premium. It has been on the air daily since April 5, 1993, from 7:00pm to 7:30pm ( JST).

'' * ''NHK Premap'' (program highlights) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Science for Everyone'' * ''

Shounen Club is a Japanese music variety show that airs on NHK BS Premium. The show premiered on NHK BS 2 on April 9, 2000 and continues to this day. Worldwide, it airs on NHK World Premium and TV Japan (US) as Pop Music Club It features the juniors of Joh ...

'' * ''Sports Plus'' * ''

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'' * '' With Mother'' * ''World Weather''

Internet service

NHK World Premium programs and contents are available online but for the linear channel, which mostly aired NHK titles including live events, were available on selected countries, including Asian countries outside Japan. The European service

also offers an Internet broadcast of NHK World Premium through their JSTV 2 channel, which is a simulcast of NHK World Premium.https://jstv.uk/

References

* https://nhkworldpremium.com/faq/

External links

*{{Official website, nhkworldpremium.com/ 24-hour television news channels in Japan English-language television stations Cable television in Hong Kong Television channels and stations established in 1998

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Internet service

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