NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese state-controlled

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. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-service

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, etc.),

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DW. Contents are broadcast through

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operators throughout the world, as well as online and through its mobile apps. NHK World-Japan is also available on

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. NHK World-Japan currently provides three main broadcast services: an English-language current affairs TV channel of the same name, a multilingual radio service (

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), and a

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general/entertainment TV service (

NHK World Premium NHK World Premium is a TV news and entertainment broadcasting service offered by NHK World-Japan, the international arm of Japan's public broadcaster NHK. The service is aimed towards overseas Japanese and the overseas market, similar to worldwid ...

). NHK World-Japan also makes most of its programming available through its website (either

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). A Chinese version of the news TV channel, NHK华语视界 (''NHK Huayu Shijie''), which essentially provides news and select programs from NHK World-Japan in Mandarin dubbing and/or subtitles, was launched on January 15, 2019, and is only distributed online. The branch was rebranded from its former name of ''NHK World'' in April 2018.

Television

NHK World TV (rolling news channel)

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only. It began as a news channel in February 2009. NHK World-Japan's

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broadcasts have been available in HD by satellite since then. NHK World-Japan HD currently broadcasts from

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13°E, 58°W, to SES S.A. 3 103°W. Some of the shows are produced by production studio JIB TV, which is 60% owned by NHK with the remaining 40% owned by private investors like

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and Japanese bank

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. The NHK World-Japan DOG logo is not used at all when shows produced by JIB TV are aired as a paid programming.

Programs

TV programs by NHK World-Japan include: * ''

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. *'' Biz Stream'': A weekly business news program featuring the main stories of the week with guest expert analysis. * ''Cool Japan'': Hosted by

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and Risa Stegmayer; some aspects of Japanese customs are considered "cool" by foreigners. ''Cool Japan'' is a television show that illustrates the quickly changing Japanese culture and how it is perceived by the international community that have recently made Japan their home. * ''Japan-easy'': An educational program used to learn basics of the Japanese language using English language. The program is available in two curriculums, the latter known as ''Japan-easy II''. Each curriculum has 24 episodes. * '' J-Melo'': A music program hosted by

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, featuring the latest developments in Japanese music, selections of hit songs, and diverse material from a wide range of different music genres: pop, rock, jazz, and classical. * ''

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'': A news program with updates every hour, covering world events and business-related news, as well as providing global weather forecasts. *''

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'': A travel program which explores a different city each episode, from a tourist's perspective walking through a city. * '' Today's Close-up'': A current affairs program from the NHK's domestic network

NHK World Premium (entertainment channel)

broadcasts a mixture of news, sports and entertainment in

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worldwide, via satellite and cable providers, as a subscription service mostly targeted at

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s. It is marketed with that very name in several regions of the world, including

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and

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. In

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, NHK World Premium's contents are shown instead on

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-branded subscription channels run by NHK Cosmomedia Europe and headquartered in the UK. The service is known as テレビジャパン (

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) in the US, which is run by NHK Cosmomedia America. Contents generally do not carry English subtitles.

Radio

NHK World Radio Japan (RJ) is the international radio arm of NHK. It broadcasts a weekly lineup of news, current affairs, cultural, and educative

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program focusing on Japan and Asia, for a daily total of 65 hours of broadcasts. Radio Japan provides two main feeds: * The ''General Service'' broadcasts worldwide in Japanese and English. * The ''Regional Service'' broadcasts to specific geographical zones in 17 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese. Both services are available on

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(SW) as well as on the internet.

Radio Japan's shortwave relay stations

NHK World Radio Japan runs a domestic SW relay station on 9750 kHz from 8:00 to 16:00 UTC: * Yamata It also leases some hours by several external relay stations for English service in: *

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* Vatican State -

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Satellite and internet service

NHK World-Japan broadcasts via C-band and Ku-band satellites around the globe. The programs and content are also available online. * NHK World-Japan: online news (text) and live video stream of the rolling news channel * NHK World Radio Japan: live radio streams,

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s, and archive programming * Learn Japanese: re-edited versions of series, such as ''Basic Japanese for You'' and ''Brush Up Your Japanese''. Only a limited number of programs are available online for free. * NHK is available on

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References

External links

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NHK World-Japan on YouTube

NHK World Radio Japan interval signal
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