is a Japanese commercial television broadcasting company operated as a part of

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through its

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History

The company was originally established as on May 8, 1997, as a joint venture between

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and Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery). On September 1, 1997, the company launched the Japanese version of Cartoon Network on PerfecTV (a forerunner to what is now Sky PerfecTV Premium Service). The company officially renamed itself as Turner Japan K.K. on April 1, 2013. In July 2009, the company acquired (JIC), which owned and , from

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and . On January 1, 2014, JIC was merged into Turner Japan. On January 30, 2018, Turner Japan launched three new channels, Boomerang (a spin off channel to Cartoon Network), Tabi Tele (a spin off to Tabi Channel) and Mondo Mah-jong TV (a spin off to Mondo TV), on NTT Docomo's DTV Channel OTT multichannel television platform. On March 31, 2022, with the end of the dTV channel service, program distribution on the service ended on the same date.

TV channels

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Former / Defunct TV channels

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* Mondo Mah-jong TV * Tabi Tele

References

External links

Cartoon Network

Mondo TV

Tabi Channel
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