List of Japanese language television channels

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[edit] Television channels in selected cities of Japan

[edit] Tokyo

(Analog Channel / Digital Channel [Digital Remote Button])

VHF1 / UHF27[1] - NHK General TV - public
VHF3 / UHF26[2] - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF4 / UHF25[4] - Nippon TV - commercial, NNN
VHF6 / UHF22[6] - TBS TV - commercial, JNN
VHF8 / UHF21[8] - Fuji TV - commercial, FNN
VHF10 / UHF24[5] - TV Asahi - commercial, ANN
VHF12 / UHF23[7] - TV Tokyo - commercial, TXN
UHF14 / UHF20[9] - Tokyo Metropolitan Television (MXTV) - commercial, independent local station of Tokyo
UHF16 - the University of the Air - Education via television

[edit] Osaka

(Analog Channel / Digital Channel [Digital Remote Button])

VHF2 / UHF24[1] - NHK General TV - public
VHF4 / UHF16[4] - MBS TV - commercial, JNN
VHF6 / UHF15[6] - ABC TV - commercial, ANN
VHF8 / UHF17[8] - Kansai TV - commercial, FNN
VHF10 / UHF14[10] - Yomiuri TV - commercial, NNN
VHF12 / UHF13[2] - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF19 / UHF18[7] - TV Osaka - commercial, TXN

[edit] Nagoya

(Analog Channel / Digital Channel [Digital Remote Button])

VHF1 / UHF21[1] - Tokai TV - commercial, FNN
VHF3 / UHF20[3] - NHK General TV - public
VHF5 / UHF18[5] - CBC TV - commercial, JNN
VHF9 / UHF13[2] - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF11 / UHF22[6] - Metele - commercial, ANN
UHF25 / UHF23[10] - TV Aichi - commercial, TXN
UHF35 / UHF19[4] - Chukyo TV - commercial, NNN

[edit] Fukuoka

(Analog Channel / Digital Channel [Digital Remote Button])

VHF1 / UHF31[1] - KBC TV - commercial, ANN
VHF3 / UHF28[3] - NHK General TV - public
VHF4 / UHF30[4] - RKB TV - commercial, JNN
VHF6 / UHF22[2] - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF9 / UHF34[8]- TNC - commercial, FNN
UHF19 / UHF26[7] - TVQ - commercial, TXN
UHF37 / UHF32[5] - FBS - commercial, NNN

[edit] Sapporo

(Analog Channel)

VHF1 - HBC TV - commercial, JNN
VHF3 - NHK General TV - public
VHF5 - STV - commercial, NNN
VHF12 - NHK Educational TV - public
UHF17 - TVH - commercial, TXN
UHF27 - UHB - commercial, FNN
UHF35 - HTB - commercial, ANN

[edit] Hiroshima

(Analog Channel)

VHF3 - NHK General TV - public
VHF4 - RCC TV - commercial, JNN
VHF7 - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF12 - Hiroshima TV - commercial, NNN
UHF31 - TV Shinhiroshima - commercial, FNN
UHF35 - Hiroshima Home TV - commercial, ANN

[edit] Sendai

(Analog Channel / Digital Channel [Digital Remote Button])

VHF1 / UHF19[1] - TBC TV - commercial, JNN
VHF3 / UHF17[3] - NHK General TV - public
VHF5 / UHF13[2] - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF12 / UHF21[8] - Sendai Hoso - commercial, FNN
UHF32 / UHF28[5] - HigashiNippon Hoso - commercial, ANN
UHF34 / UHF24[4] - Miyagi TV - commercial, NNN

[edit] Shizuoka

(Analog Channel / Digital Channel [Digital Remote Button])

VHF2 / UHF13[2] - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF9 / UHF20[1] - NHK General TV - public
VHF11 / UHF15[6] - SBS TV - commercial, JNN
UHF31 / UHF19[4] - Shizuoka Daiichi TV - commercial, NNN
UHF33 / UHF18[5] - Asahi TV - commercial, ANN
UHF35 / UHF17[8] - TV Shizuoka - commercial, FNN

[edit] Okayama

(Analog Channel)

VHF3 - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF5 - NHK General TV - public
VHF9 - RNC TV - commercial, NNN
VHF11 - RSK TV - commercial, JNN
UHF23 - TSC - commercial, TXN
UHF25 - KSB - commercial, ANN
UHF35 - OHK - commercial, FNN

[edit] Toyama

(Analog Channel / Digital Channel [Digital Remote Button])

VHF1 / UHF28[1] - KNB TV - commercial, NNN
VHF3 / UHF27[3] - NHK General TV - public
VHF10 / UHF24[2] - NHK Educational TV - public
UHF32 - Tulip TV - commercial, JNN
UHF34 - Toyama TV - commercial, FNN

[edit] Kumamoto

(Analog Channel)

VHF2 - NHK Educational TV - public
VHF9 - NHK General TV - public
VHF11 - RKK Kumamoto Hoso - commercial, JNN
VHF16 - KAB Kumamoto Asahi Hoso - commercial, ANN
VHF22 - KKT Kumamoto Kenmin TV - commercial, NNN
VHF34 - TKU TV Kumamoto - commercial, FNN

[edit] Analog Satellite television

BS7 - NHK-BS1
BS11 - NHK-BS2
BS5 - WOWOW-Pay TV
BS9 - NHK BS Hi-vision (Analog MUSE HDTV Broadcasting. Same as BS digital channel 103))

[edit] Digital Satellite Television

(Digital Channel [Digital Remote Button])

BS101[1] - NHK-BS1 - (SDTV) same as analog BS1
BS102[2] - NHK-BS2 - (SDTV) same as analog BS2
BS103[3] - NHK BS Hi-Vision - (HDTV)
BS141~143[4] - BS Nittele - (HDTV) Operated by Nippon Television
BS151~153[5] - BS Asahi - (HDTV) Operated by TV Asahi
BS161~163[6] - BS-i - (HDTV) Operated by TBS Television
BS171~173[7] - BS Japan - (HDTV) Operated by TV Tokyo
BS181~183[8] - BS Fuji - (HDTV) Operated by Fuji Television
BS191[9] - WOWOW Pay TV - (HDTV)
BS200[10] - Star Channel BS - (HDTV)

[edit] Notes

For terrestrial broadcasts, a licence fee of ¥1395 per month or ¥15490 per annum pays for the NHK channels.
For satellite broadcasts, the NHK licence fee is ¥2340 per month or ¥26100 per annum.
Apart from WOWOW, the satellite channels listed above are free-to-air. The only charges incurred for receiving these channels are the NHK licence fee and equipment costs. This corresponds roughly to the situation of Freesat in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Table of television networks in Japan

[edit] Nation wide broadcast

Broadcasting system	NHK	NTV network (NNN, NNS)	TBS network (JNN)	CX network (FNN, FNS)	EX network (ANN)	TX network (TXN)	Others
Terrestrial television	NHK Educational Television ^R
Broadcast satellite (BS)	NHK BS1 Television ^{AS DS}	BS Nippon (BS Nittele) ^DH	BS-i ^DH	BS Fuji ^DH	BS Asahi ^DH	BS Japan ^DH	WOWOW ^{AS DH} Star Channel ^DH
	NHK BS2 Television ^{AS DS}
	NHK BS Hi-Vision ^{AH DH}
Communications satellite (CS) ¹		CS Nippon (Nittele NEWS24, Nittele G+.)	TBS Newsbird, TBS Channel. MBS affiliated: GAORA	Fuji TV CS division (Fuji TV 721, Fuji TV 739, Fuji TV Dinos.) KTV affiliated: Kansai TV Kyoto Channel	TV Asahi Channel, Japan Cable Television (CNNj) EX and Asahi Shimbun affiliated: Satellite Channel (Asahi Newstar) ABC affiliated: Sky A Sports Plus	Anime Theater X Nihon Keizai Shimbun affiliated: Nikkei CNBC (Joint establishment with CNBC)	Numerous others. See the list of SKY PerfecTV! channels.
Internet television		Nippon TV 2	TBS BooBo BOX, Tresola	Fuji TV on Demand, Fuji TeleBB, Tresola	TV Asahi BB, Tresola	Ani-Tele Theater	GyaO, Yahoo! Japan movies, SKY PerfectBB, and others

Notes:

^A : BS Analog

^D : BS Digital

^S : SDTV

^H : HDTV (HDTV channels may broadcast SDTV programs occasionally.)

^R : The channel also has a radio station.

¹ : There are multiple platforms of CS Digital, including Sky Perfect Communications (SKY PerfecTV!, SKY PerfecTV! 110), WOWOW Digital Plus, and MobaHO!. Most CS channels are SDTV. CS Analog was once broadcasted, but now discontinued.

[edit] Prefectural or regional broadcast

Prefecture		NHK General Television ^R	NTV network (NNN, NNS)	TBS network (JNN)	CX network (FNN, FNS)	EX network (ANN)	TX network (TXN)	Others

Kanto region
Tokyo		NHK Broadcasting Center (Analog broadcasting includes Ibaraki.)	Nippon Television Network (NTV)	Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)	Fuji Television (CX)	tv asahi (EX)	TV Tokyo (TX)	Tokyo Metropolitan Television ^U (MX) University of the Air (UD) (For all Kanto.)
Gunma								Gunma Television ^U (GTV)
Tochigi								Tochigi Television ^U (GYT)
Saitama								Television Saitama ^U (TVS)
Chiba								Chiba Television Broadcasting ^U (CTC)
Kanagawa								Television Kanagawa ^U (tvk)
Ibaraki		NHK Mito Broadcast Station
Hokkaido
Hokkaido ²	Sapporo	NHK Sapporo Broadcast Station	The Sapporo Television Broadcasting (STV)	Hokkaido Broadcasting ^R (HBC)	Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting (uhb)	Hokkaido Television Broadcasting (HTB)	Television Hokkaido Broadcasting (TVH)
	Muroran	NHK Muroran Broadcast Station	STV Tomakomai-Muroran Broadcast Station	HBC Muroran Broadcast Station ^R
	Hakodate	NHK Hakodate Broadcast Station	STV Hakodate Broadcast Station	HBC Hakodate Broadcast Station ^R
	Asahikawa	NHK Asahikawa Broadcast Station	STV Asahikawa Broadcast Station	HBC Asahikawa Broadcast Station ^R
	Obihiro	NHK Obihiro Broadcast Station	STV Obihiro Broadcast Station	HBC Obihiro Broadcast Station ^R
	Kushiro	NHK Kushiro Broadcast Station	STV Kushiro Broadcast Station	HBC Kushiro Broadcast Station ^R
	Abashiri	NHK Kitami Broadcast Station	STV Abashiri Broadcast Station	HBC Abashiri Broadcast Station ^R
Tohoku region
Aomori		NHK Aomori Broadcast Station	RAB Aomori Broadcasting Corporation (RAB) ^R	Aomori Television Broadcasting (ATV)	(uhb), (MIT), (AKT)	Asahi Broadcasting Aomori (ABA)	(TVH)	American Forces Network
Iwate		NHK Morioka Broadcast Station	Television Iwate (TVI)	Iwate Broadcast (IBC)	Iwate Menkoi Television (mit)	Iwate Asahi TV (IAT)
Akita		NHK Akita Broadcast Station	Akita Broadcasting System (ABS)	(IBC) (ATV) (TUY) (TBC)	Akita Television (AKT)	Akita Asahi Broadcasting (AAB)
Miyagi		NHK Sendai Broadcast Station	Miyagi Television Broadcasting (MMT)	Tohoku Broadcasting Company ^R (TBC)	Sendai Television Incorporated (OX)	Higashinippon Broadcasting (KHB)
Yamagata		NHK Yamagata Broadcast Station	Yamagata Broadcasting ^R (YBC)	TV-U Yamagata (TUY)	Sakuranbo Television Broadcasting (SAY)	Yamagata Television System (YTS)
Fukushima		NHK Fukushima Broadcast Station	Fukushima Central Television (FCT)	TV-U Fukushima (TUF)	Fukushima Television Broadcasting (FTV)	Fukushima Broadcasting (KFB)	(TX)
Chubu region
Niigata		NHK Niigata Broadcast Station	Television Niigata Network (TeNY)	Broadcasting System of Niigata (BSN) ^R	Niigata Sogo Television (NST)	The Niigata Television Network 21 (UX)
Nagano		NHK Nagano Broadcast Station	TV Shinshu Broadcasting (TSB)	Shin-etsu Broadcasting ^R (SBC)	Nagano Broadcasting Systems (NBS)	Asahi Broadcasting Nagano (abn)	(TX) (TVA)
Yamanashi		NHK Kofu Broadcast Station	Yamanashi Broadcasting System ^R (YBS)	UHF Television Yamanashi (UTY)	(CX) (NBS) (SUT)	(EX) (abn) (SATV)	(TX)	(MX)
Shizuoka		NHK Shizuoka Broadcast Station	Shizuoka Daiichi Television (SDT)	Shizuoka Broadcasting System ^R (SBS)	Shizuoka Telecasting (SUT)	Shizuoka Asahi Television (SATV)	(TX) (TVA)	(tvk)
Aichi		NHK Nagoya Broadcast Station	Chukyo TV Broadcasting (CTV)	Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting ^R (CBC)	Tokai Television Broadcasting (THK)	Nagoya Broadcasting Network (NBN)	Aichi Television Broadcasting (TVA)	(MTV)
Mie		NHK Tsu Broadcast Station					(TVA)	Mie Television ^U (MTV)
Gifu		NHK Gifu Broadcast Station					(TVA)	Gifu Broadcasting System ^{R U} (GBS)
Toyama		NHK Toyama Broadcast Station	Kitanihon Broadcasting ^R (KNB)	TulipTelevision (TUT)	Toyama Television Broadcasting (BBT)	(HAB)
Ishikawa		NHK Kanazawa Broadcast Station	TVkanazawa (KTK)	Hokuriku Broadcasting ^R (MRO)	Ishikawa TV (ITC)	Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting (HAB)
Fukui		NHK Fukui Broadcast Station	Fukui Broadcasting Corporation (FBC)	(MRO) (MBS)	Fukui Television Broadcasting (FTB)	(Fukui Broadcasting Corporation)		(BBC) (KBS) (GBS)

Prefecture		NHK General Television ^R	NTV network (NNN, NNS)	TBS network (JNN)	CX network (FNN, FNS)	EX network (ANN)	TX network (TXN)	Others

Kinki region
Osaka		NHK Osaka Broadcast Station	Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)	Mainichi Broadcasting System ^R (MBS)	Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV)	Asahi Broadcasting Corporation ^R (ABC)	Television Osaka (TVO)	(SUN)
Shiga		NHK Otsu Broadcast Station					(TVO)	Biwako Broadcasting ^U (BBC)
Kyoto		NHK Kyoto Broadcast Station					(TVO)	Kyoto Broadcasting System ^{R U} (KBS)
Hyogo		NHK Kobe Broadcast Station					(TVO) (TSC)	Sun Television ^U (SUN)
Nara		NHK Nara Broadcast Station					(TVO)	Nara Television ^U (TVN)
Wakayama		NHK Wakayama Broadcast Station					(TVO)	Television Wakayama ^U (WTV)
Chugoku, Shikoku region
Tottori		NHK Tottori Broadcast Station	Nihonkai Telecasting (NKT)	Broadcasting System of San-in ^R (BSS)	San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting	(ABC) (KSB) (HOME) (yab)	(TSC)	(SUN)
Shimane		NHK Matsue Broadcast Station	Nihonkai Telecasting (NKT)	Broadcasting System of San-in ^R (BSS)	San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting	(ABC) (KSB) (HOME) (yab)	(TSC)	(SUN)
Okayama		NHK Okayama Broadcast Station	Nishinippon Broadcasting ^R (RNC)	Sanyo Broadcasting ^R (RSK)	Okayama Broadcasting (OHK)	Setonaikai Broadcasting (KSB)	TV Setouchi Broadcasting (TSC)	(SUN)
Kagawa		NHK Takamatsu Broadcast Station	Nishinippon Broadcasting ^R (RNC)	Sanyo Broadcasting ^R (RSK)	Okayama Broadcasting (OHK)	Setonaikai Broadcasting (KSB)	TV Setouchi Broadcasting (TSC)	(SUN)
Hiroshima		NHK Hiroshima Broadcast Station	Hiroshima Telecasting (HTV)	RCC Broadcasting Company (RCC)	Shinhiroshima Telecasting (tss)	Hiroshima Home Television (HOME)	(TSC)
Yamaguchi		NHK Yamaguchi Broadcast Station	Yamaguchi Broadcasting (KRY)	TV Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems (tys)	(TNC) (TSS) (TSK)	Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting (yab)	(TVQ)	American Forces Network
Tokushima		NHK Tokushima Broadcast Station	Shikoku Broadcasting ^R (JRT)	(MBS) (RSK)	(KTV) (OHK)	(ABC) (KSB)	(TVO) (TSC)	(SUN) (WTV)
Ehime		NHK Matsuyama Broadcast Station	Nankai Broadcasting ^R (RNB)	i-Television (ITV)	Ehime Broadcasting (EBC)	Ehime Asahi Television (eat)	(TSC)
Kochi		NHK Kochi Broadcast Station	Kochi Broadcasting ^R (RKC)	Television Kochi (KUTV)	Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting (KSS)
Kyushu region
Fukuoka	Fukuoka	NHK Fukuoka Broadcast Station	Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation ^R (FBS)	RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation ^R (RKB)	Television Nishinippon Corporation (TNC)	Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting ^R (KBC)	TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting (TVQ)
Fukuoka	Kitakyushu	NHK Kitakyushu Broadcast Station	Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation ^R (FBS)	RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation ^R (RKB)	Television Nishinippon Corporation (TNC)	Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting ^R (KBC)	TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting (TVQ)
Saga		NHK Saga Broadcast Station	(FBS)	(RKB)	Saga Television Station (sts)	(KBC)	(TVQ)
Nagasaki		NHK Nagasaki Broadcast Station	Nagasaki International Television Broadcasting (NIB)	Nagasaki Broadcasting Company (NBC)	TV-Nagasaki Broadcasting (TVN)	Nagasaki Culture Telecasting (NCC)	(TVQ)
Kumamoto		NHK Kumamoto Broadcast Station	Kumamoto Kenmin Television (KKT)	RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting ^R (RKK)	TV Kumamoto (TKU)	Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting (KAB)	(TVQ)
Oita		NHK Oita Broadcast Station	(TV Oita)	Oita Broadcasting System ^R (OBS)	TV Oita (TOS)	Oita Asahi Broadcasting (OAB)	(TVQ)
Miyazaki		NHK Miyazaki Broadcast Station	(Miyazaki Telecasting)	Miyazaki Broadcasting ^R (MRT)	Miyazaki Telecasting (UMK)	(Miyazaki Telecasting)
Kagoshima		NHK Kagoshima Broadcast Station	Kagoshima Yomiuri Television (KYT)	Minaminihon Broadcasting ^R (MBC)	Kagoshima Television Station (KTS)	Kagoshima Broadcasting Corporation (KKB)
Okinawa	Okinawa	NHK Okinawa Broadcast Station	(KYT)	Ryukyu Broadcasting Corpration ^R (RBC)	Okinawa Television Broadcasting (OTV)	Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting (QAB)		American Forces Network
	Sakishima	NHK Okinawa Broadcast Station		Ryukyu Broadcasting Corpration ^R (RBC)	Okinawa Television Broadcasting (OTV)
	Daito	NHK Broadcasting Center		Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)	Fuji Television (CX)	TV Asahi (EX)

Prefecture		NHK General Television ^R	NTV network (NNN, NNS)	TBS network (JNN)	CX network (FNN, FNS)	EX network (ANN)	TX network (TXN)	Others

Notes:

(Acronym in brackets only, no full name) : The channel is broadcasted for some neighboring region, but also viewable all day in some parts of this region.

(Full name in brackets only, no acronym) : The channel belongs to multiple networks, and this network is a sub-network to the channel.

^R : The channel also has a radio station.

^U : So called independent UHF channels (独立UHF放送局).

² : Hokkaido is divided into seven different broadcasting regions. Below are the regions for NHK (other stations may divide the regions differently, especially for Sapporo and Muroran areas.)

Sapporo area — Ishikari Subprefecture, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, middle and sourthern Sorachi Subprefecture.

Muroran area — Iburi Subprefecture, and Hidaka Subprefecture.

Hakodate area — Oshima Subprefecture, and Hiyama Subprefecture.

Asahikawa area — Kamikawa Subprefecture, northern Sorachi Subprefecture, Rumoi Subprefecture, and Soya Subprefecture.

Obihiro area — Tokachi Subprefecture.

Kushiro area — Kushiro Subprefecture, and Nemuro Subprefecture.

Abashiri or Kitami area — Abashiri Subprefecture.