TV Japan
Defunct Japanese-language North American television channel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TV Japan (テレビジャパン) was a 24-hour Japanese-language television channel geared towards the Japanese diaspora in the United States and Canada. It was the North American carrier of the NHK World Premium service. The channel was owned by NHK CosmoMedia America Inc., a subsidiary of NHK Enterprises, the commercial arm of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), Japan's national public broadcaster, and was available on many cable providers in the United States and Canada, and through U.S. satellite provider DirecTV.
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Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Northern America |
Headquarters | New York City |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Japanese English (via SAP) |
Picture format | 480i SDTV (widescreen) 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | NHK Cosmomedia America Inc. |
History | |
Launched | April 1, 1991 |
Closed | March 31, 2024 |
Links | |
Website | TV Japan |
While there are a handful of local and regional channels in the United States with primarily Japanese programming, TV Japan was the only such channel available nationwide in both the U.S. and Canada.
The TV Japan linear channel ceased broadcasting on March 31, 2024. After the closing date, NHK Cosmomedia continues to serve the North American market through its Jme streaming platform.[1]