JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a

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that is

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by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by

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. The station serves as the

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of the

All-Nippon News Network , or ANN, is a Japanese commercial television network run by TV Asahi Corporation. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and news exchange between the stations. ...

and its studios are located in

Roppongi is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It is ...

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Headquarters

In 2003, the company headquarters moved to a new building designed by

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currently located at 6-9-1

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, Japan. File:朝日電視台 (16202552212).jpg, Atrium of TV Asahi's HQ in Roppongi File:TV Asahi Ark Broadcasting Center 20200801.jpg, TV Asahi's Broadcasting Center at Ark Hills, not far from its headquarters since 2003 Some of TV Asahi's departments and subsidiaries, such as TV Asahi Productions and Take Systems, are still located at ''TV Asahi Center'', the company's former headquarters from 1986 to 2003. It is located at

Ark Hills is a major office development by Mori Building Company in Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 1986, the complex includes the ANA InterContinental Tokyo Hotel, the ARK Mori Building (a 37-floor, almost mixed-use tower), the world-class Suntory Hall con ...

, not far from its headquarters. View of TV Asahi

Branding

TV Asahi's current branding were created by UK design collective

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(some members work as the electronic music group

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) along with TV Asahi's in-house design department in 2003. It comprises a set of computer-generated "sticks" in white background, which changes in colour and movement along with the background music that accompanies the idents. TV Asahi also uses a brief

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of its sticks animation at the top-left of the screen after commercial breaks. The background music used for TV Asahi's sign-on and sign-off videos are Underworld's '' Born Slippy .NUXX 2003'' and ''Rez''. TV Asahi later updated its sign-on and sign-off video in 2008 with a revised version of computer-generated "sticks" animation and new background music. TV Asahi's slogan ''New Air, On Air'' appears at the top of its name. It can be seen on TV Asahi's YouTube channel, which in 2011–12, was replaced by its mascot, Go-Chan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, ''tv asahi'', in its logo and public-image materials. Normally, the station branding on-screen appears as either "/tv asahi" or "tv asahi\". The station's watermark appearance is the stick at the top with the station's name at the bottom. The fonts used by TV Asahi for the written parts are Akzidenz Grotesk Bold (English) and Hiragino Kaku Gothic W8 (Japanese).http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/vi/flash_content/index.html http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/vi/flash_content/index.html From 1991 to 2001, TV Asahi was unique among the national television networks for its English language theme song, ''Join Us'', which was used for both the startup and closedown sequences. Before that, from 1977 to 1987, another song was used for these (instrumental only from 1978, formerly with vocals).

History

Pre-launch

After NHK and Nippon TV were launched in 1953, TV has become an important medium in Japan.However, most of the programs that were aired at that time were vulgar which caused well-known critic

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to mention in a TV program that TV made people in Japan as "total idiots"; those criticisms already gave birth to the idea of opening an education-focused TV station.On February 17, 1956, the Ministry of Posts issued frequency allocations, and the Kanto Region obtained three licenses in total. Among the three, one of them is used by

NHK Educational TV , abbreviated on-screen as NHK E, is the second television service of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). It is a sister service of NHK General TV, showing programs of a more educational, cultural or intellectual nature, periodically also sh ...

, while the other two were open for private bidding. Among those bidders are film production companies Toho and Toei Company, radio broadcasters Nippon Cultural Broadcasting and Nippon Broadcasting System, and educational publishing group Obunsha.On July 4, 1957, the Ministry of Posts later decided to unify those applications into Tokyo Educational Television (as its tentative name) which was later obtained on July 8. On October 10, 1957, Tokyo Educational Television held its first shareholders meeting and changed its company name to Nippon Educational Television Co., Ltd. (NET). In November 1 of the same year, the broadcaster was later established.After Fuji TV obtained their broadcast licenses, they set an official start date of broadcast on March 1, 1959. NET advanced their start date of broadcast a month earlier (February 1, 1959).In Christmas Eve of 1958, NET began to have test signal transmissions.On January 9 of the following year, their broadcast license was approved, and test signal transmissions continued every night throughout the month.

As Nippon Educational Television Corporation

At 9:55am on February 1, 1959, NET signed on, airing at least 6.5 hours of programming per day.By April, this figure was extended to 10 hours.With the launch of the

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and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting on March 1, 1960, NET programming started airing on those mentioned broadcasters. Shortly after the start of broadcasts, NET broadcast their first live program, which is the wedding of Crown Prince (now Emperor Emeritus)

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and Empress Michiko held on April 10 of the same year. At the time, its broadcasting license dictated that the network was required to devote at least 50% of its airtime to educational programming, and at least 30% of its airtime to children's educational programming. However, the for-profit educational television model eventually proved to be a failure. In July 1959, average ratings of the network was less than 5%. In 1960, NET began its transformation into a general-purpose television station. It began to broadcast

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and foreign movies. So as not to run afoul of the educational TV license requirements, NET justified the airing of these programs under the pretext of and . In December 1960, NET also changed its common name from Nippon Educational Television to NET TV (NETテレビ).The change also made its ratings to reach about 10% after 1963. Although it still ranks at the bottom rank of other rival broadcasters, it has greatly narrowed the gap between it and the other three. Since April 1961, the station began adding nighttime programming. Two years later, NET announced its arrival into the

race with the Toei produced ''

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''. The first of many

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productions, its premiere began a long line of animated cartoons and series that the station has aired until today. In November 1963, NET joined forces with

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for the first live via satellite telecast in Japanese TV history.

Transition from educational programming to general programming

The switch to general programming also led to an infighting among the management. In contrast to the then-president of NET TV, Hiroshi Ogawa (from Toei), who was actively promoting entertainment programs, Yoshio Akao (from Obunsha) thought that too many entertainment programs were against the original purpose of the educational TV station and was strongly dissatisfied with the vulgar programs that filled NET TV's program schedule at that time.In November 1964, Akao, together with shareholders other than Toei and

Nikkei, Inc. Nikkei, Inc. is a Japanese media company which owns ''The Nikkei'' and the ''Financial Times''. Its first publication was in 1876 with the publication of ''The Chugai Bukka Shimpo (Domestic and Foreign Prices News)''. In 1946, the company name wa ...

, succeeded in its major reorganization, forcing Ogawa to resign from the presidency.Since then, Toei's influence in NET TV has been gradually replaced by Asahi Shimbun.The following year, the Asahi Shimbun appointed to the post of station director Koshiji Miura (former Deputy Minister of Political Affairs). In the 1960s, NET TV also started airing foreign films as part of its schedule.The NET TV premiere of ''The Morning Show'' in 1964 created a trend for a news-talk format on daytime Japanese TV, causing other networks to follow suit, it was the first Japanese morning program in its format.Hyōten, NET TV's drama in 1966, had a 42.7% ratings in its finale.The success of the drama made the network to adjust its target audiences to single and married females.Despite heavily focusing on entertainment programs, they continued to broadcast educational programs, albeit on a limited number of hours every morning. In 1967, NET TV launched the Minkyokyo to strengthen the production of educational programs.In April 1967, they started to broadcast in color TV, and by 1969, all of its programs were broadcast in color.After 1968, many regional broadcasters in Japan began to pop up. This led to the broadcaster launching the

on April 1, 1970, the country's 4th national network, with NET producing national news and other nationally produced programming for the regional channels that had joined the network.With the continuous network expansion, NET TV shifted its focus on its target audience again, this time from females, to being family oriented similar to the US PBS. But the best was yet to come. One year after ANN was launched, the ground-breaking series ''

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'', created by

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and produced by Toei, made its national premiere in April 1971 on NET TV and the ANN network. This program ended the long-standing

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duopoly

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and Fuji TV then had with the then hit '' Ultra Series'' franchise almost half a decade ago on TBS and the fact that since 1958, these two were the only Japanese TV stations to air tokusatsu productions so far, TBS the first and Fuji the second. With its hit premiere, a rivalry was beginning to start between the three, with TBS seeing NET's toku programming as a threat. Toei's decision to successfully pitch the series to NET was seen by its staff as revenge for the removal of Hiroshi Ogawa from the NET TV presidency in 1964.

As Asahi National Broadcasting Corporation

In November 1973, the Ministry of Posts revised its plans on how TV broadcasters would operate, which already includes abolishing education-focused TV broadcasting. Therefore, NET's transformation into a general-purpose television station was complete by that same month, when NET, along with educational channel "Tokyo Channel 12" (now

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) in

applied and received a general purpose television station license. On March of the following year, both ended their broadcasts of educational programming, completing the transition.Japan's major newspapers are also sorting out their holdings in TV stations. Nikkei Newspaper transferred its ownership of NET TV to

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, making the latter the largest shareholder of NET TV. On April 1, 1975, the

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affiliation in the Kansai Region changed hands, from

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assumed the network affiliation slot. Days later, the channel debuted another Ishinomori creation, '' Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'', yet another Toei production, and it would be a stunning success (this was the same month when Kamen Rider jumped ship to rival TBS with the season premiere of '' Kamen Rider Stronger'', the franchise would return to what is now TV Asahi in 2000). The series marked the beginning of the '' Super Sentai'' franchise and established NET as a force to be reckoned with when it came to toku productions and anime. On April 1, 1977, the corporate name of NET TV was changed to Asahi National Broadcasting Co., Ltd, with the name of its channel changed into TV Asahi.This also symbolizes that the Asahi Shimbun has the right to operate TV Asahi both in name and in essence.Since December 17, 1978, TV Asahi had been broadcasting programs with stereo audio. The corporation also started entering into different ventures such as publishing in the late 70s to gain revenue other than advertising. In 1977, thanks to his close relationship with Ivan Ivanovich, head of the Japanese Section of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Koshiji Miura was able to meet with Soviet leader

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and help TV Asahi obtain exclusive broadcasting rights for the 1980 Moscow Olympics in Japan. This was the first time that a private TV station in Japan was exclusively granted the broadcasting rights of the Olympic Games, but this was controversial as rival broadcasters including NHK opposed the move.Japan followed the Western countries in boycotting the

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.As a result, TV Asahi only aired high-profile Olympic events and the broadcaster had significant loses in its revenue.

Roppongi HQ Redevelopment

As the broadcaster expands its business, its HQ was running out of space. Since its HQ was located in a residential area, it became difficult to expand its existing infrastructure.TV Asahi collaborated with property development firm

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to redevelop the

area. While the new HQ was under development, TV Asahi temporarily moved to the newly built studios in

. In 1985, the Ark Broadcasting Center was officially completed.As Japan entered into the

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era, local residents around the Roppongi area had a negative perception towards the redevelopment of the said area, which resulted into delaying the redevelopment plan.The old headquarters was demolished in 2000. Prior to the new headquarters being rebuilt on the site, offices of TV Asahi were located in multiple locations around Tokyo, including the studios in Ark Hills.

Pre-transition to TV Asahi Corporation

The launch of the evening news program "News Station" in 1985 helped TV Asahi establish its viewership advantage at 10pm on weekdays, strengthening its position in news programs.In 1987,

had a total of 14 regional affiliated stations, much smaller than the other 3 networks ( Japan News Network and Fuji News Network had 25 each & Nippon News Network had 27). However, affected by the economic bubble at that time, Kikuo Tashiro (then president of TV Asahi), announced that it wouldn't open more regional stations which resulted in protest from the existing stations. As a result, the decision was reverted and decided to open 10 more stations.In response to the arrival of satellite TV, TV Asahi established TV Asahi Satellite Corporation in 1991. After

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started broadcasting in 1996, the number of ANN stations reached 26, announcing that the broadcaster has already completed the establishment of its national network.In June of the same year, media tycoon

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and investor Masayoshi Son planned to buy a large stake of TV Asahi, jeopardizing the status of Asahi Shimbun as the major shareholder.In this regard, Toshitada Nakae personally went to the US to meet Murdoch and asked not to increase his shareholding to TV Asahi.By the following year, Asahi Shimbun purchased the shares of Asahi TV held by Murdoch and Son.TV Asahi is listed on the

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since October 3, 2000.Multiple changes happened since 2000 after TV Asahi had been staying in the same 4th place for 10 consecutive years in TV ratings.In April 2000, major changes in its schedules, such as starting its programs a few minutes before the top of the hour and improving its entertainment programming at late-night. TV Asahi launched BS Asahi in December 2000, the satellite version of its main terrestrial channel.

Return to Roppongi and renaming to TV Asahi Corporation

On September 29, 2003, TV Asahi moved back its head office from its Ark Hills Studio to Roppongi Hills. And on October 1 of the same year, the station was renamed TV Asahi Corporation, with the name presented as TV asahi on-screen.As part of digital broadcasting, TV Asahi started to broadcast on digital TV, being designated to channel 5. In 2004, TV Asahi's ratings reached 7.5% ranking third among the commercial broadcasters in the Kanto Region after a lapse of 32 years.The ratings would further improve by the following year, ranking first in late-night TV ratings.However, in 2008, affected by the global recession, TV Asahi recorded its first annual loss of revenue.In 2009, Hiroshi Hayakawa became the president of the broadcaster, being the first president of TV Asahi who had been serving the broadcaster since its inauguration. Between April and June 2012, TV Asahi won in the Triple Crown ratings for the first time with 12.3% in primetime, 12.7% in evening time, and 7.9% for whole day. On May 10, 2011, TV Asahi launched its mascot "Go-chan" which was designed by

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. The transmission of international aquatics competitions, World Cup football matches, and creation of popular late-night TV programs contributed to a rise in ratings for TV Asahi, and lifted the TV station from its popularly ridiculed "perpetual fourth place" finish into second place, right behind Fuji TV, by 2005. The station also launched its own

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, , also known as Gō-chan is currently seen on TV Asahi's opening sign-on ID.

Coverage

Current

Broadcasting rights

Football

= Soccer

= *

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** National teams *** Men's : ****

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*** Women's : ****

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* JFA **

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* AFC **

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Basketball

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Golf

* U.S. Open * Open Championship

Wrestling

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Multi-sport events

* FINA ** FINA World Aquatics Championships *

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Programs

TV Asahi contains not only original anime, but also in particular foreign cartoons, some shows dubbed in Japanese language (like ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', '' CatDog'') and some shows in original and subtitled (like ''

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'', '' Freakazoid!'', '' Iznogoud'').

TV broadcasting

Since 2004, the funding of this station is through sponsorship.

Analog

(until July 24, 2011, only for 44 out of 47 prefectures) JOEX-TV – TV Asahi Analog Television (テレビ朝日アナログテレビジョン) * Tokyo Tower – VHF Channel 10 ; Tokyo :* Hachiōji – Channel 45 :* Tama – Channel 57 ; Islands in Tokyo :* Chichijima – Channel 59 ;

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:* Mito – Channel 36 :* Hitachi – Channel 60 ;

Tochigi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi). Tochigi ...

:* Utsunomiya – Channel 41 ;

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:* Maebashi – Channel 60 ;

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:* Chichibu – Channel 38 ;

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:* Narita – Channel 59 :* Tateyama – Channel 60 ;

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:* Yokohama-minato – Channel 60 :* Yokosuka-Kurihama – Channel 35 :* Hiratsuka – Channel 41 ;

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:* Kita-Daito – Channel 48 :* Minami-Daito – Channel 60

Digital

JOEX-DTV – TV Asahi Digital Television (テレビ朝日デジタルテレビジョン) * Remote controller ID 5 * Tokyo Sky Tree – UHF Channel 24 ; Ibaraki Prefecture :* Mito – Channel 17 ; Tochigi Prefecture :* Utsunomiya – Channel 17 ; Gunma Prefecture :* Maebashi – Channel 43 ; Kanagawa Prefecture :* Hiratsuka – Channel 24

Networks

, Analog Channel 6, Digital Channel 15 D: 6- Headquartered in

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, broadcasts in the

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area *

Nagoya Broadcasting Network JOLX-DTV, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 22), branded as is the Chūbu region flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network, owned by the , with its headquarters in Nagoya. It is broadcast in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and ...

, Analog Channel 11, Digital Channel 22 D: 6- Headquartered in

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

, broadcasts in the Chukyo area * Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, Analog Channel 35, Digital Channel 23 D: 6- Headquartered in

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

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Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

Asahi Broadcasting Aomori , also known as ABA, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. It broadcasts to Aomori Prefecture from studio facilities located in Aomori City. 220px, Asahi Broadcasting Aomori Headquarters *125-1, Arakawa aza Shibata, Aomori Ci ...

, Analog Channel 34, Digital Channel 32 D: 5- Headquartered in

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

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Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...

, Analog Channel 31, Digital Channel 22 D: 5- Headquartered in

Morioka is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 290,700 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . ...

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Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at , with a population of 1,210,534 (as of October 1, 2020). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefectur ...

Higashinippon Broadcasting , also known as KHB, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Miyagi Prefecture. History *October 1, 1975: It was set up as Miyagi Prefecture's fourth broadcasting station. *June 18, 2006: Their ...

, Analog Channel 32, Digital Channel 28 D: 5- Headquartered in

Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...

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Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...

* Akita Asahi Broadcasting, Analog Channel 31, Digital Channel 29 D: 5- Headquartered in Akita, broadcast in

Akita Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its ge ...

Yamagata Television System , also known as YTS, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Yamagata Prefecture. History JOYI-TV (also known as YTS) signed on as the primary FNN affiliate for Yamagata Prefecture on 1 April ...

, Analog Channel 38, Digital Channel 18 D: 5- Headquartered in Yamagata, broadcast in

Yamagata Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Yamagata Prefecture has a population of 1,079,950 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 9,325 km² (3,600 sq mi). Yamagata Prefecture borders Akita Prefecture to the north, ...

Fukushima Broadcasting , also known as KFB, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Kōriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture. History Pre-launch Prior to its launch, there were already 2 stations set up in the prefec ...

, Analog Channel 35, Digital Channel 29 D: 5- Headquartered in Kōriyama, broadcast in

Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...

The Niigata Television Network 21 is a TV station affiliated with All-Nippon News Network (ANN) in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-la ...

, Analog Channel 21, Digital Channel 23 D: 5- Headquartered in Niigata, broadcast in Niigata Prefecture * Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting, Analog Channel 25, Digital Channel 23 D: 5- Headquartered in

Kanazawa is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Overview Cityscape File:もてな ...

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Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...

* Asahi Broadcasting Nagano, Analog Channel 20, Digital Channel 18 D: 5- Headquartered in

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

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Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

* Shizuoka Asahi Television, Analog Channel 33, Digital Channel 18 D: 5- Headquartered in

Shizuoka Shizuoka can refer to: * Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture * Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture * Shizuoka Airport * Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain, a predecessor of Shizuoka Prefecture ...

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Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

* Hiroshima Home TV, Analog Channel 35, Digital Channel 22 D: 5- Headquartered in

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

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Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

* Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting, Analog Channel 28, Digital Channel 26 - Headquartered in Yamaguchi, broadcast in

Yamaguchi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). Y ...

Setonaikai Broadcasting is a TV station broadcasting in Kagawa and Okayama Prefectures. It is a member station of the All-Nippon News Network (ANN). History * November 22, 1967: Established as Shin-nihon Broadcasting * April 1, 1969: Analog TV Broadcasting started ...

, Analog Channel 25, Digital Channel 30 - Headquartered in Takamatsu, broadcast in

Kagawa may refer to: * , the smallest prefecture of Japan by area, located on the island of Shikoku * , a district in Kagawa Prefecture * , a town located in Kagawa District * , train station in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture * Kagawa (surname) Kagawa (w ...

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Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...

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Ehime Asahi Television , also known as eat, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. History *1995 April 1- Station starts operations as the fourth TV station in Ehime Prefecture. *2006 Oc ...

, Analog Channel 25, Digital Channel 17 D:5- Headquartered in Matsuyama, broadcast in

Ehime Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...

* Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, Analog Channel 1, Digital Channel 31 D: 1- Headquartered in

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

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Saga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasak ...

s * Nagasaki Culture Telecasting, Analog Channel 27, Digital Channel 19 D: 5- Headquartered in

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...

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Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 Square kilometre, km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders ...

Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting , also known as KAB, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Kumamoto Prefecture. History Pre-launch In the 1980s, following the Ministry of Post's (currently Ministry of Internal Affairs and ...

, Analog Channel 16, Digital Channel 49 D: 5- Headquartered in Kumamoto, broadcast in

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to ...

Oita Asahi Broadcasting , also known as OAB, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Oita Prefecture. The Headquarters * 12 Shinkawa-nishi Oita-city, OITA 870-8524 JAPAN History *1993 October 1: It was set up as Oita ...

, Analog Channel 24, Digital Channel 32 D: 5- Headquartered in Ōita, broadcast in

Ōita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumam ...

* Kagoshima Broadcasting Corporation, Analog Channel 32, Digital Channel 36 D: 5- Headquartered in

Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern wor ...

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Kagoshima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,599,779 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto P ...

* Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting, Analog Channel 28, Digital Channel 16 D: 5- Headquartered in

Naha is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area i ...

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