formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting

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. It is the parent company of the

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network and radio network . It has a 28-affiliate television network called JNN (Japan News Network), as well as a 34-affiliate radio network called JRN (Japan Radio Network). TBS produced the game show ''

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'' and has also broadcast the ''

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'' programs and '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan. TBS is a member of the

Mitsui is one of the largest '' keiretsu'' in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world. The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. ( general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industri ...

keiretsu A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. In the legal sense, it is a type of informal business group that are loosely organized alliances within the social world of Japan's business community. The ''ke ...

'' and has substantial relations with The Mainichi Newspapers Co. despite the Mainichi's lack of shareholding.

History

* May 1951 - was founded in

Kasumigaseki Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関) is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices. The name is often used as a metonym for the Japanese government bureaucracy, whi ...

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, Japan. * December 25, 1951 - KRT started radio broadcasting (1130 kHz, 50 kW, until July 1953) from Yurakucho,

Chiyoda, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile< ...

, and the frequency changed to 950 kHz. * April 1955 - KRT started TV broadcasting (JOKR-TV, Channel 6) from Akasaka-Hitotsukicho,

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. * August 1, 1959 -

Japan News Network The , or JNN, is a Japanese commercial television network run by TBS Television. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and news exchange between the stations. Its ...

(JNN) is formed. * November 29, 1960 - KRT was renamed , and the headquarters and radio studio were moved to the main building in Akasaka. * August 1961 - TBS unveils the cursive logo, after the renaming of Tokyo Broadcasting System from KRT. * 1971 - TBS Radio's transmitter power was increased to 100 kW. * March 31, 1975 - Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) dropped out JNN and

Mainichi Broadcasting System , or MBS, is a radio and television broadcasting company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN), Japan News Network (JNN) and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. It i ...

(MBS) joined the news network due to ownership issues with ABC. Since then, MBS has been an affiliated TV station of JNN in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

and

Kansai region The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolita ...

. * November 23, 1978 - The frequency for TBS Radio was moved to 954 kHz. * May 2, 1986 - TBS starts broadcasting the game show

. * 1989 - TBS became culpable in the

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Aum Shinrikyo , formerly , is a Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year. The group says ...

, resulting in complaints against the network after the case was solved several years later. * October 19, 1990 - The last-ever episode of

was broadcast on TBS. * September 20, 1991 - TBS enters into an agreement with

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in the U.S. for newscasts and satellite relays. Following a short-lived logo for 30 years. * October 3, 1994 - The present headquarters, TBS Broadcasting Center, were completed next to the old headquarters (later renamed as Akasaka Media Building until its demolition in 2003). They are called "Big Hat (ビッグハット)". Nine months after the third logo was unveiled. *April 1, 1998 - JNN News Bird starts broadcasting. In 2006, the channel was renamed TBS News Bird. * February 2000 - TBS adopts a symbol based on the Kanji symbol for "person". * March 21, 2000 - TBS founded TBS Radio & Communications Inc. (株式会社ティ・ビー・エス・ラジオ・アンド・コミュニケーションズ→株式会社TBSラジオ&コミュニケーションズ), TBS Entertainment Inc. (株式会社ティ・ビー・エス・エンタテインメント), and TBS Sports Inc. (株式会社ティ・ビー・エス・スポーツ), and founded TBS Live Inc. (株式会社ティ・ビー・エス・ライブ) the next day. On October 1, 2001, TBS succeeded the radio station to TBS Radio & Communications, and changed callsign of TV station (JOKR-TV → JORX-TV). * July 1, 2002 - TBS ch. starts broadcasting on pay television. * October 1, 2004 - TBS Entertainment merged TBS Sports and TBS Live, and changed the corporate name to Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (株式会社TBSテレビ). * October 13, 2005 - Rakuten Inc. announced that it bought 15.46 percent stake in TBS, bringing it up to 19%. * After over a month and a half of worries over a possible

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, Rakuten withdrew its bid for TBS on December 1 and planned to form a business alliance with the broadcast company instead. * April 1, 2006 - Digital terrestrial broadcasts commence. * April 1, 2009 - TBS became a certified broadcast holding company named Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.. TV broadcasting business and culture business were taken over by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. and the letters TBS became in use for the abbreviation of the subsidiary company. * March 11, 2011 - During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a news special program was broadcast without commercials from the earthquake in three days. * December 1, 2011 - TBS sold the

Yokohama BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its curren ...

, a

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team to

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. DeNA will buy 66.92 percent of the team's stock for 6.5 billion yen from TBS. TBS will retain a 2.31 percent ownership stake in the team. * April 1, 2016 - TBS Holdings subsidiary, TBS Radio and Communications renamed

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. * April 1, 2020 - Four months after the 2019 merger of CBS and Viacom, TBS Holdings and TV Asahi Holdings repartnered with

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via WarnerMedia Studios & Networks (inc.

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, a limited liability joint venture between CBS and WarnerMedia), since

and

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partnered with JNN and

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for 56 years. Following the fourth logo unveiled for 26 years. * October 1, 2020: Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. was renamed TBS Holdings, Inc., to commemorate 70th anniversary of the company.

Coverage

Current

Broadcasting rights

Football

= Soccer

= *

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

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(including qualifiers for Europe (all matches) and Asia (selected matches) **

Japan national football team The , nicknamed the , represents Japan in men's international Association football, football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan. Japan was not a major football force until the e ...

Japan national under-23 football team The Japan national under-23 football team（Japanese: U-23サッカー日本代表）is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games an ...

Volleyball

* FIVB **

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Golf

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Multi-sport events

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Announcers

Programs

Below is a selection of the many programs that the network has broadcast. *''

Kinniku Banzuke a.k.a. ''Unbeatable Banzuke'' was a weekly Japanese television program and the premier sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). Its successors were and . They were succeeded by '' Muscle Musical''. Several sea ...

'' (''筋肉番付,

Unbeatable Banzuke a.k.a. ''Unbeatable Banzuke'' was a weekly Japanese television program and the premier sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). Its successors were and . They were succeeded by '' Muscle Musical''. Several sea ...

in America'') ''a former obstacle based game show that inspired Sasuke '' *'' Sasuke'' (''

American Ninja Warrior American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, p ...

'' in the

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) ''an obstacle course based game show that was originally part of

'' *''

Kunoichi is a Japanese cant term for . In popular culture, it is often used for female shinobi or practitioner of ninjutsu (''ninpo''). The term was largely popularized by novelist Yamada Futaro in his novel ''Ninpō Hakkenden'' (忍法八犬伝) in 1964 ...

'' Sasuke's female counterpart *''All Star Thanksgiving Festival'' (オールスター感謝祭) (Spring/Fall) *''The Best Ten'' (ザ・ベストテン) (1978-1989) *'' Another World'' (もう一つの世界) *'' Days of Our Lives'' (私たちの生活の日々) *''

Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...

'' (情熱) *''Masahiro Nakai's Friday Smarts'' (中居正広の金スマ) *''

Music Television Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from recording artists, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite, cable, or Streaming Platforms. Music television ...

'' *''Quiz ¥20,000,000 Money Drop'' (2000万円クイズ！マネードロップ) *'' Santa Barbara'' (サンタバーバラ) *'' Sunset Beach'' (サンセットビーチ) *'' Mino Monta Asa Zuba!'' (みのもんたの朝ズバッ!!) *'' Sanma's Super Karakuri-TV'' (さんまのスーパーからくりTV) *'' Tokyo Friend Park II'' (関口宏の東京フレンドパークII) *''

Count Down TV (also known as CDTV) is a Japanese late-night music television program, broadcast on TBS since 1993. The program is shown weekly, and features a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, live performances from musicians and music information. ...

'' *''The World Heritage'' (THE 世界遺産) *''

Dragon Zakura is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norifusa Mita. Serialized in ''Weekly Morning'' from 2003 to 2007, it was released into 21 ''tankōbon'' by Kodansha between October 22, 2003, and August 23, 2007. It was adapted into l ...

'' (ドラゴン桜) *''

Princess Resurrection is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasunori Mitsunaga. The manga was serialized in '' Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' magazine and published by Kodansha. A 26-episode anime series by Madhouse aired on TBS in 2007. Both the ma ...

'' *'' Japan Cable Awards'' (発表!日本有線大賞) *''

Japan Record Award is a major music awards show, held annually in Japan that recognizes outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association. Until 2005, the show aired on New Year's Eve, but has since aired every December 30 on TBS Japan at 6:30 P.M JST a ...

s'' (輝く!日本レコード大賞) *''

Tokyo Music Festival The Tokyo Music Festival was an international music contest that ran from 1972 to 1992. It was organized by the Tokyo Music Festival Association. The first edition of the Tokyo Music Festival took place on 13 May 1972 with 12 participating countri ...

'' (東京音楽祭) *'' Food Battle Club'' *''It's 8 o'clock! Everyone's Gathered'' (８時だｮ！全員集合) (1969-1985) *''

'' (風雲!たけし城) *''Newscope'' (ニュースコープ) → ''JNN Evening News'' (JNNニュースの森) → '' Evening 5'' (イブニング・ファイブ) → ''THE NEWS'' (総力報道! THE NEWS) → ''N Studio'' (Nスタ) *''Karei-naru Ichizoku (華麗なる一族) - TBS 55th anniversary drama starring

Takuya Kimura is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia. A 1996 television drama series, ''Long ...

(

SMAP SMAP was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori. The group was created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates, originally as a six-pi ...

) *''

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'' (リンカーン) *''

Utaban was a Japanese music variety show, broadcast weekly from October 15, 1996 until March 23, 2010 on TBS. The name of the show is an abbreviation of , meaning "music program". A special version of the show, running for two hours, was occasionally ai ...

'' (うたばん) → ''The Music Hour'' (ザ・ミュージックアワー) *''Samurai Baseball'' (侍プロ野球) -

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games *''

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'' *''Quiz Derby'' *''We asked 100 people'' (クイズ100人に聞きました) (1979-1992) *'' Toray Pan Pacific Open'' *''

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'' *''

'' (since 1997,

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Official Broadcaster) *''

Happy family plan is a Japanese game show that aired on TBS Television from 30 April 1997 to 13 September 2000 and was hosted by Akiko Wada and Ichiro Furatachi. International versions External links * 1997 Japanese television series debuts 2000 Jap ...

'' (しあわせ家族計画) *'' Survivor'' (サバイバー) *'' Ah, You're really Gone Now''. This TV film was selected at the 49ème

Festival de télévision de Monte-Carlo The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. The opening ceremony inaugurates each new edition, introdu ...

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in June 2009. It obtained the special commendation of the

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Jury. *'' Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika'' (2005) *''

Japanese Americans are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asi ...

'' (2010) *''南極大陸～神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語～'' (2011) *''Ginayon'' (1985-2012 (present)) *

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(2019)

Anime programming

* '' The Idolmaster''

Criticism

Sakamoto family murders

TBS was accused of failing to protect its sources in October 1989, when it taped an interview with

Tsutsumi Sakamoto On November 5, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto (坂本堤 ''Sakamoto Tsutsumi'' April 6, 1956 – November 5, 1989), a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult in Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and ...

regarding his investigations into the

sect. The network secretly showed a video of the interview to Aum members without Sakamoto's knowledge. Aum officials then pressured TBS to cancel the planned broadcast of the interview, but Sakamoto, his wife and child were murdered by Aum members on 3 November.

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References

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