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, anchored mainly by Masayuki Sanjo and Nachiko Shudo, from the

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studios at NHK Broadcasting Center in

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. It debuted in April 1993 replacing ''NHK Morning Wide''. The weekend editions are anchored by Jiro Inoue and Erika Morishita. This program airs weekdays from 4:30–8:00a.m. JST. The weekend editions air from 6:00–8:00a.m.JST (Saturdays), 7:00–7:45a.m.JST (Sundays), or 7:00–8:00a.m.JST (National Holidays). It is simulcast on

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to countries other than Japan (except weekday edition, from 4:30–6:00a.m.JST).

Format

The weekday edition of the program is divided into two parts. The first part airs from 4:30–6:00a.m. JST only domestically on NHK General TV. It features live news, weather forecasts, special-interest stories and market information. The second part airs from 6:00–7:45a.m.JST both domestically and internationally, featuring news, sports, interviews, and segments such as "Koko ni Chumoku (Focus on This!)" (featuring in-depth political or economical topics by NHK's specialist on the field.), "Machikado Jōhōshitsu (Street Information Room)" (featuring inventions that help make people's daily life more convenient), "Sekai no Media Zapping" (featuring selected

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or television program clips from news bulletins all over the world), "Check! Entamé" (featuring pop culture and entertainment news, and viral videos), and "Ohayō Vitamin" (featuring a mix of entertainment, lifestyle and human-interest stories). The Saturday edition begins at 6:00a.m.JST, featuring live news, sports, weather forecasts, market information, and some short stories until 8:00a.m.JST. The Sunday edition, airing from 7:00–8:00a.m.JST, features news, sports and weather forecasts.

Notable personalities

Main presenters

* Masayuki Sanjo - weekdays (2017 – 2019, 2022 – present) * Nachiko Shudo - weekdays (2006 – 2010, 2022 – present) * Marie Morita - weekdays, biweekly (2022 – present) * Ayumi Sato - weekdays, biweekly (2022 – present) * Tomohiro Hatta - weekdays, triweekly (2022 – present) * Shunkichi Sato - weekdays, triweekly (2021 – present) * Jiro Inoue - weekend (2022 – present) * Erika Morishita - weekend (2022 – present)

Sports

* Nahoko Hori - weekdays, biweekly (2021 – present) * Futoshi Nishisaka - weekend (2022 – present)

Weather information

*Yasuhiro Hiyama - weekdays (2018 – present) *Nao Kondo - weekdays (2021 – present) *Toshiyuki Minami - weekend (2007 – present)

Correspondents

*Shinya Kuroda *Hiroki Yamada *Keiichi Tokunaga

Former personalities

Weekdays

*Isamu Akashi (1993 – 1994) *Yoshinari Imai (1993 – 1995) *Maoko Kotani (1993 – 1994) * Mitsuyo Kusano (1993 – 1994) *Nobuo Murakami (1994 – 1995) *

Yumiko Udo is a Japanese journalist, television reporter, television personality, and former NHK Announcer. Early years Udo was born in Ijūin Town (now Hioki City), Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. At an early age she moved to Osaka, where she grew up. Fai ...

(1994 – 1997, 2009 – 2010) *Hirohide Ito (1995 – 2000) *Norio Ishizawa (1995 – 1997) *Yukiko Ito (1996 – 1997) *Masaiku Nomura (1997 – 2000, 2004 – 2006) *Tamio Miyake (1997 – 2004) *Aiko Doden (1997 – 1999) *Toko Takeuchi (1997 – 2002) *Mariko Takai (1999 – 2001) *Koichi Sumida (2000 – 2003) *Seiko Nakajo (2001 – 2005) *Misuzu Takahashi (2002 – 2006) *Kaku Kakinuma (2003 – 2005) *Junichi Tosaka (2004 – 2005) *Yutaka Hoshino (2004 – 2005) *Takehiko Ito (2005 – 2006) *Toshiyuki Terazawa (2005 – 2006) *Tsuyoshi Matsuo (2005 – 2008) *Yuriko Shimazu (2005, 2008 – 2012) *Mihoko Kitago (2006) *Tadashi Goto (2006 – 2007) *Taisuke Yokoo (2006 – 2007) *Takashi Mashimo (2006 – 2007) *Tomoko Kogo (2006 – 2008, 2016 – 2019) *Tetsuya Kaneko (2007 – 2008) *Akira Kamioka (2007 – 2008) *Takeshige Morimoto (2007 – 2012) *

Kozo Takase is a Japanese announcer and news anchor for NHK. Early years Born and raised in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, Takase graduated from Waseda University. He belonged to a glee club as an undergraduate. Career Takase was hired by NHK in Ap ...

(2008 – 2010, 2017 – 2022) *Ryubun Sato (2008 – 2009) *

Wataru Abe Wataru is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Wataru can be written using several kanji characters. Here are some examples: *渉, "ford" *渡, "ferry over" *亘, "extend across" *航, "navigate" *和, "harmony" *亙, "extend acro ...

(2008 – 2017) *Yuko Isono (2008 – 2009) *Nami Morimoto (2009 – 2010) *Tomoki Muto (2010 – 2011) *Shie Ezaki (2010 – 2014) *

Naoko Suzuki is a Japanese news anchor and television personality for NHK. She is the anchor of NHK's morning talk show '' Asaichi''. Early years Suzuki was born in ''Yokohama'', Japan. She attended Hosei University and received a bachelor's degree in ...

(2010 – 2015) *Takeshi Takigawa (2011 – 2014) *Kei Koyama (2011 – 2012, 2013 – 2016) *Tomohiko Katayama (2011 – 2012) *Yasuhiko Eto (2012 – 2013) *Yoji Itoi (2012 – 2015) *Noriko Kamijo (2012 – 2014) *Masaaki Arita (2013 – 2014) *Naoki Ninomiya (2014 – 2015) *Yosuke Nakayama (2014 – 2015) *Aiko Terakado (2014 – 2015) *Masanobu Horikoshi (2015 – 2016) *Ryuichi Yoshikawa (2015 – 2017) *Akiko Gobaru (2015 – 2016) *

Mayuko Wakuda is a Japanese female announcer and news anchor for NHK. Wakuda previously is one of the anchors hosting NHK General TV's primetime news program ''News Watch 9''. Early years Wakuda was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. At age two, she moved ...

(2015 – 2020) *Takuya Tadokoro (2016 – 2018) *Keiko Nakamura (2016 – 2017) *

Yurie Omi is a Japanese former announcer and news presenter, news anchor for NHK. She left NHK in March 2021. She was famous for being the co-host of NHK's morning talk show ''Asaichi'' as well as its geological television series ''Bura Tamori''. Early ...

(2016 – 2018) *

Nonoka Akaki is a Japanese female announcer and newscaster for NHK. Early years Born and raised in Okayama, Japan, Akaki graduated from Keio University. During college, she won the Runner Up title in the Yukata Beauty Contest, Tokyo's local beauty pageant ...

(2017 – 2018) *Yohei Morita (2017 – 2018) *Seita Sato (2017 – 2019) *Mitsuki Uehara (2017 – 2018) *Katsuki Sato (2018 – 2021) *Yoshiki Iwano (2018 – 2019) *

Risa Hayashida is a Japanese announcer, news anchor, television reporter, and television personality for NHK. She is the anchor for NHK's weekday evening news show ''NHK News 7''. She was the co-host for NHK's geological TV series ''Bura Tamori'', as well as ...

(2018 – 2020) *

Sayuri Hori is a Japanese announcer, television reporter, television personality, and news anchor for NHK. She is a former correspondent for NHK's morning infotainment program '' Asaichi'', as well as a former newsreader for morning news show ''NHK News O ...

(2018 – 2020) *Shinji Shioda (2019 – 2022) *Shinya Tonegawa (2019 – 2022) *Kana Nakayama (2020 – 2021) *Erika Morishita (2020 – 2022) *

Maho Kuwako is an announcer and news anchor at NHK, Japan's public broadcaster. She currently anchors NHK's ''Close-up Gendai'' current affairs program. Kuwako was born, raised, and educated in Kawasaki, Japan, and graduated from the School of Language an ...

(2020 – 2022) *Takanobu Hayasaka (2020 – 2022) *Keiichiro Ebara (2021 – 2022) *Izumi Yamauchi (2021 – 2022)

Weekends

*Satoshi Hatakeyama (1993 – 1994) *Ayumi Kuroda (1993 – 1995) *Yutaka Hoshino (1994 – 1995) *Nobuo Murakami (1995 – 1997) *Keiko Hirano (1995 – 1997) *Hirohide Ito (1997 – 1999) *Kaoru Ishii (1997 – 1998) *Mariko Takai (1998 – 1999) *Atsuko Sueda (1999 – 2000) *Masaiku Nomura (1999 – 2000) *Masao Sueda (2000 – 2004) *Takako Zenba (2000 – 2004) *Tsuyoshi Matsuo (2004 – 2005) *Yuriko Shimazu (2004 – 2005) *Yutaka Hoshino (2005 – 2007) *Masako Takishima (2005 – 2007) *Takashi Mashimo (2007 – 2008) *Yuko Isono (2007 – 2008) *Takeshige Morimoto (2008 – 2012) *Nachiko Shudo (2008 – 2010) *Nami Morimoto (2010 – 2011) *Sawako Watanabe (2011 – 2012) *Shie Ezaki (2012 – 2014) *Kei Koyama (2012 – 2013) *Yuichi Chikada (2013 – 2017) *

(2014 – 2015) *Noriko Kamijo (2015 – 2016) *Hidekazu Arai (2016 – 2022) *Tomoko Kogo (2016 – 2019) *Naoki Ninomiya (2017 – 2018) *Tomomi Hirose (2019 – 2022) *Asa Ishibashi (2019 – 2021) *Rika Kawasaki (2021 – 2022) *

Minori Chiba is a Japanese female announcer for NHK. She was born in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Career Graduating from Hosei University, Chiba was hired by NHK in 2012 as Announcer. She worked for NHK Yamagata Branch from 2012 to 2015, and NHK Sendai Branch ...

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References

External links

Official Website
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