Editing NHK World-Japan (section)

== Television ==
=== NHK World TV (rolling news channel) ===
[[File:NHK World-Japan TV.svg|170px|right]]

'''NHK World TV''' started broadcasting services for North America and Europe in 1995. On April 1, 1998, then-called '''NHK World Television''' started broadcasting. Today's NHK World-Japan is a current affairs and cultural channel that broadcasts internationally via satellite and cable TV. Programming is produced in [[English language|English]] only. It began as a news channel in February 2009. NHK World-Japan's [[free-to-air]] broadcasts have been available in [[High-definition television|HD]] by satellite since then.

NHK World-Japan HD currently broadcasts from [[Intelsat]] 19 166°E, 68.5°E, [[Astra 19.2°E]], [[Hot Bird]] 13°E, 58°W, to [[SES-3]] 103°W.<ref>[https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/jp/NHK-World-Japan.html ''Lyngsat - NHK World Japan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708023830/https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/jp/NHK-World-Japan.html |date=July 8, 2021 }} Accessed July 20, 2021</ref> In the United States, NHK World-Japan is available on [[DirecTV]] channels 322 and 2049.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NHK World News Live Stream {{!}} Watch Shows Online |url=https://www.directv.com/Channels/Infomercial-Channel-322-322 |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=DIRECTV |language=en |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022164023/https://www.directv.com/Channels/Infomercial-Channel-322-322 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Some of the shows are produced by production studio [[NHK General TV#JIB TV|JIB TV]], which is 60% owned by NHK with the remaining 40% owned by private investors like [[Microsoft]] and Japanese bank [[Mizuho Financial Group|Mizuho]]. The NHK World-Japan [[digital on-screen graphic]] is not used at all when shows produced by JIB TV air as paid programming.

==== Programs ====
TV programs by NHK World-Japan include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/programs/|title=Programs|website=NHK WORLD-JAPAN|access-date=21 July 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721195038/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/programs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* ''[[Begin Japanology]]'' and ''Japanology Plus'': A Japanese culture and lifestyle television show with [[Peter Barakan]].
* ''[[Biz Stream]]'': A weekly business news program featuring the main stories of the week with guest expert analysis.
* ''Cool Japan'': Hosted by [[Shoji Kokami]] 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.
* ''[[J-Melo]]'': A music program hosted by [[May J.]], 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.
* ''[[NHK Newsline]]'': A news program with updates every hour, covering world events and business-related news, as well as providing global weather forecasts.
* ''[[Somewhere Street]]'': A travel program which explores a different city each episode, from a tourist's perspective walking through a city.
* ''[[Today's Close-up (Japanese TV programme)|Today's Close-up]]'': A current affairs program from the NHK's domestic network

Most recently, NHK World-Japan has promoting selections of their [[Japanese television drama|J-drama]] lineups under ''NHK Drama Showcase''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/dramashowcase/|title=NHK Drama Showcase|website=NHK WORLD-JAPAN|access-date=22 February 2023|archive-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314153953/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/dramashowcase/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== NHK World Premium (entertainment channel) ===
[[File:NHK WORLD PREMIUM logo.png|alt=|270x270px|right]]

{{Main|NHK World Premium}}
'''[[NHK World Premium]]''' broadcasts a mixture of news, sports and entertainment in [[Japanese language]] worldwide, via satellite and cable providers, as a subscription service mostly targeted at [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[expatriate]]s.

It is marketed with that very name in several regions of the world, including [[Asia]], [[Oceania]], [[Latin America]] and [[Europe]]. NHK World Premium's contents in Europe were previously shown on '''[[JSTV]]'''-branded subscription channels that were ran by NHK Cosmomedia Europe and headquartered in the UK. The service was known as '''テレビジャパン''' ('''[[TV Japan]]''') in the US, which was run by NHK Cosmomedia America until it closed on March 31, 2024; its replacement streaming service, named Jme, carries an NHK World Premium stream.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 2024|url=https://tvjapan.net/en/termination/|title=Termination of TV JAPAN Service |publisher=NHK Cosmomedia America|access-date=February 21, 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240221172456/https://tvjapan.net/en/termination/|archive-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref> Contents generally do not carry English subtitles.