NHK Newsline

NHK Newsline
Presented by Various anchors
Country of origin Japan
Original language(s) English
Production
Location(s) NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Running time 30 minutes (weekdays)
10 minutes (weekends and holidays)
Release
Original network NHK World TV
Picture format 480i and 576i (4:3 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release 2 April 2000 – present
Chronology
Preceded by NHK Newswatch
News Today 30 Minutes
External links
Website

NHK Newsline is a foreign news program aired on Japanese International English language news and information TV channel NHK World TV. This program broadcasts on the hour, 24 hours a day for 10 or 30 minutes.

History

NHK Newsline started off as Day Line Japan in April 1997, with a length of 10 minutes, and airing several times a day. In 2000, the program's name was changed to Newsline. The English spoken portions of the program would gradually expand with time. On January 30, 2009, News Watch 9 - an English-dubbed news program - was removed from the NHK World line-up. On February 2, 2009, Newsline was re-formatted in order to fill the gap left by News Watch 9, by changing to a news and information program. Newsline's time slot also changed, and now broadcasts at the top of every hour, 24 times a day. The length of the program is typically 30 minutes during the week with 10 minutes during weekends and on Japanese holidays.

The program has been referred to as NHK Newsline since April 2016.[1]

Format

NHK Newsline updates viewers on the latest hard news every hour, with a focus mainly on Japan, the rest of Asia, and then finally around the world. Feature segments follow, with business news and a global weather forecast. NHK Newsline is anchored by established NHK news presenters. The anchors speak entirely in English. English dubbing or occasional English subtitling if needed (previously just English subtitles until after 2011) are used in video footage when the spoken language is other than English. All measurements, including temperatures, are given in metric. Monetary figures are measured in Japanese yen, and figures in United States dollars are often also included.

Anchors and Reporters

News

Weekdays (30 minute program):
2300 UTC - 0200 UTC Catherine Kobayashi
0300 UTC - 0900 UTC Minori Takao / Miki Yamamoto (Every other week)
1000 UTC - 1700 UTC James Tengan
1800 UTC - 2200 UTC Ross Mihara / Raja Pradhan (Every other week)

Weekends (10-minute program):
2300 UTC - 0200 UTC Keiko Kitagawa
0300 UTC - 1000 UTC Kanako Sachno
1100 UTC - 2200 UTC Keikichi Hanada (Saturday) / Hiro Morita (Sunday) / Yoko Nishimura (One Sunday in Monthly)

National Holidays / New Year or End of Year (10-minute program):
2300 UTC - 0200 UTC Catherine Kobayashi / Keiko Kitagawa
0300 UTC - 1000 UTC Kanako Sachno / James Tengan
1100 UTC - 2200 UTC Raja Pradhan / Ross Mihara

Politics

Masayo Nakajima - Senior political Commentator with role as Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Tokyo Headquarters, NHK
Akihiro Mikoda - Senior Political/Economics Commentator, NHK
Miki Ebara - Editor-in-Chief, Bureau of Washington, NHK
Mayuko Ambe - A Reporter for Politics, NHK
Tomoko Kamata - A Reporter for Politics, NHK
Kimberly Gale - A Contract Reporter for Politics, CBC News / NHK World

Business

Ai Uchida - Anchor
Gene Otani - Anchor
Terry Ruggles - Anchor
Yuko Fukushima - Anchor
Ramin Mellegard - Anchor / Reporter / TSE
Mayumi Yoshida - Reporter / TSE
Giang Nguyen - Reporter / TSE
Aika Nanao - Reporter / TSE
Akiko Okamoto - Reporter
Kyoko Fujita - Reporter
Phoebe Amoroso - Reporter / TSE
John Radue - Reporter / TSE

Weather

Sayaka Mori - Meteorologist
Mai Shoji - Weather Presenter - currently on Maternity leave
Robert Speta - Meteorologist
Jonathan Oh - Meteorologist

Other Anchors

Hiro Morita (On Saturdays or Sundays, Every other weeks, 1100 UTC - 2200 UTC)
Yoko Nishimura (One Sundays in Monthly, 1100 UTC - 2200 UTC)
Hideshi Hara (Occasionally in August–September, when is as Main Anchors instead of a temporary absence ones, and/or Special Coverage. Mainly appearance by 0300 UTC - 2200 UTC)

Ratings

NHK Newsline is rated as one of the top English language news programs in the Asia Pacific region. NHK Newsline competes in the Asian news market with China's CCTV-9 News on Chinese International TV, CCTV-9, South Korea's Arirang News on South Korean international T.V., Arirang TV, Singapore's Primetime News on Singaporean English TV, Channel NewsAsia, Philippines' The World Tonight on Filipino news broadcaster ABS-CBN News Channel and Australia Network News on the Australia Network.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NHK World FY 2016 Press Kit" (PDF). NHK World TV. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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