Hulu Japan
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Hulu Japan is a Japanese subscription streaming service owned and operated by Nippon TV. Launched in September 2011, it is the Japanese counterpart to the American service with the same name.[2] The service would be acquired by Nippon TV in 2014, and has since branched off from its American counterpart.
Type of business | Subsidiary |
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Type of site | OTT video streaming platform |
Headquarters | Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Hiroyuki Oho (President) Kazuo Takaya (CEO) |
Parent | Nippon TV |
URL | www |
Advertising | Yes |
Registration | Required |
Users | 2.8 million (as of 5 October 2021[update])[1] |
Launched | September 1, 2011; 12 years ago (September 1, 2011) |
Current status | Active |
Hulu Japan offers a library of television series from Nippon and other broadcasters (including NHK, TBS Television, Fuji Television, and TV Tokyo among others), as well as original programming.
As of October 5, 2021[update], Hulu Japan has a total of 2.8 million subscribers in Japan.[1] In March 2015, Hulu Japan subscription's numbers had risen to 1 million memberships in all time record for the service.[3] This service was the sixth highest-grossing subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in Japan as of 2022.[4]