NHK Newsline or simply referred as Newsline is the flagship news program, aired on Japan

Japan

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ese International English language

English language

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 news and information TV channel NHK World TV. This program broadcasts on the hour, 24 hours a day for 10 or 30 minutes.

History

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

News Watch 9

, stylized as news Watch 9 is the flagship evening news program of the public Japanese broadcaster, NHK. It is airs weekdays on NHK General Television and worldwide on NHK World and NHK World Premium and is also available on the networks video-on-demand service. Currently, it is presented by NHK...

- 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 differs throughout the broadcast day, with 10 minutes during non-prime time (JST time), and 30 minutes during prime time.

Format

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. Newsline is anchored by established NHK news presenters. The anchors speak entirely in English. English subtitles are used in video footage when the spoken language is other than English. All measurements, including temperatures are given in metrics and degrees Celsius. Monetary figures are measured in Japanese yen

Japanese yen

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, and figures in United States dollars

United States dollar

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 are often also included.

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Ratings

Newsline is rated as one of the top English language news programs in the Asia Pacific region. Newsline competes in the Asian news market with China's CCTV-9 News

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External links

• NHK Newsline official website
• NHK World TV Anchors and Reporters