NHK World-Japan

NHK World-Japan
Type	Broadcasting news, discussions, state media
Country	Japan
Broadcast area	Worldwide (except North Korea)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Programming
Language(s)	Japanese, English
Picture format	1080i 16:9 (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Government of Japan
Parent	NHK
Sister channels	NHK General TV; NHK Educational TV; NHK BS; NHK BS Premium; NHK BS Premium 4K; NHK BS8K; NHK World Premium
History
Launched	1 April 1998
Former names	NHK World
Links
Website	www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television; (United States)	List ; Channel 9.4 ; Utah (KUEN); Channel 11.2 ; Honolulu (KHET); Channel 12.4 ; Denver (KBDI); Channel 22.3 ; San Francisco (KRCB); Channel 60.3 ; San Francisco (KPJK); Channel 24.4 ; Orlando (WUCF); Channel 28.2 ; Tacoma-Seattle (KBTC); Channel 28.3 ; Los Angeles (KCET); Channel 30.2 ; Atlanta (WABE-TV); Channel 42.2 ; Charlotte (WTVI); Channel 56.2 ; Chicago (WYIN); Channel 57.2 ; Plattsburgh (WCFE); Channels x.2 ; New Jersey (NJ PBS); Channels x.4 ; Maryland (Maryland); Channel 8.4 ; Houston (Houston); ;
Zuku TV (Kenya)	Channel 570
Streaming media
NHK World-Japan	Watch live (available worldwide)
NHK World Radio Japan	Listen live (available worldwide)

NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-service broadcasters, such as the British BBC (BBC World Service, BBC World News, etc.), France 24, or the German DW. Contents are broadcast through shortwave radio, satellite, and cable operators throughout the world, as well as online and through its mobile apps. NHK World-Japan is also available on DirecTV channels 322 and 2049. It is headquartered in Tokyo.

NHK World-Japan currently provides three main broadcast services: an English-language current affairs TV channel (NHK World TV), a multilingual radio service (NHK World Radio Japan), and a Japanese-language general/entertainment TV service (NHK World Premium). NHK World-Japan also makes most of its programming available through its website (either live or on demand). A Chinese version of the channel, NHK Huayu Shijie (NHK华语视界), which essentially provides news and select programs from NHK World-Japan with 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.

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