NHK Newsline (stylized as NHK NEWSLiNE, formerly and also simply known as Newsline) (Japanese: NHKニュースラインNHK Nyūsurain) is a foreign news program aired on NHK's international broadcasting service NHK World TV. The program broadcasts on the hour, 24 hours a day.
History
NHK Newsline started 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 to air at the top of every hour, 24 times a day. The length of the program was typically 30 minutes during the week, and 10 minutes on weekends and Japanese holidays. The program has been referred to as NHK Newsline since Late March 2016.[1]
On April 1, 2019, NHK Newsline changed to a 15-20 minute format on weekdays at most times, while other Newsline-branded programs fill the remaining time until the bottom of the hour. These include Newsline Biz, which features a latest business, financial, and economic news, with added analysis from studio guests, and Newsline In Depth, with a colorful variety of feature stories. Newsline is replaced by the daily news program Newsroom Tokyo on weekdays, except holidays, at 20:00 JST (replaying at 3:00 JST the following morning).[2]
On March 30, 2020, NHK implemented a new policy for referring to Japanese names, following the common practice in the Japanese language of listing the surname first followed by the given name. The new policy extends to all of NHK's English-language programming, including NHK Newsline. For example, Shinzō Abe (the former Prime Minister) is referred to as Abe Shinzō under the new policy.[3]
Format
NHK Newsline updates viewers on the latest hard news with a focus mainly on Japan, the rest of Asia, and then finally around the world. Some editions feature segments focusing on Southeast Asia hosted by an anchor based in Bangkok. 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. During periods of breaking news, Newsline is usually extended past its normal time slot.
Anchors and reporters
News
Weekdays (15–minute program)
08:00 JST/23:00 UTC - 12:00 JST/02:00 UTC Hajime Koga / Ryuichi Yoshikawa / Hiroaki Yamaguchi (every other week)
13:00 JST/03:00 UTC - 18:00 JST/09:00 UTC Rika Kawasaki[nb 1] / Miki Yamamoto / Erika Morishita[nb 2] /
19:00 JST/10:00 UTC - 07:00 JST/22:00 UTC Raja Pradhan / Yoshi Ogasawara (every other week)
Weekends (10-minute program)
08:00 JST/23:00 UTC - 12:00 JST/02:00 UTC Keiko Kitagawa
13:00 JST/03:00 UTC - 19:00 JST/10:00 UTC Gene Otani / Ramin Mellegard (every other week)
20:00 JST/10:00 UTC - 04:00 JST/19:00 UTC Kanako Sachno
05:00 JST/20:00 UTC - 11:00 JST/02:00 UTCRoss Mihara
National holidays, New Year's Day or end of year (10-minute program)
08:00 JST/23:00 UTC - 12:00 JST/02:00 UTC Miki Yamamoto / Keiko Kitagawa
13:00 JST/03:00 UTC - 07:00 JST/22:00 UTC Kanako Sachno / Yoshi Ogasawara / Raja Pradhan
Politics
Masayo Nakajima - Senior political commentator / deputy editor-in-chief NHK's Tokyo HQ
Akihiro Mikoda - Senior political / economics commentator
Shogo Takahashi - NHK World Executive Producer
Takashi Ichinose - Special Affairs commentator / NHK's Tokyo HQ
Miki Ebara - editor-in-chief, NHK's Washington Bureau
Mayuko Ambe - Politics reporter
Tomoko Kamata - Politics reporter
Kimberly Gale - Politics reporter (freelance work for CBC News / NHK World)
Kim Chan-ju - NHK Seoul Bureau
Business
(all times listed are in Japanese Standard Time)
Yuko Fukushima - Anchor / Presenter, Newsroom Tokyo and Newsline
Gene Otani - Anchor / Presenter, Newsline Asia 24 and Direct Talk
Shaula Vogue - Reporter / Presenter, Biz Stream and Design Talks Plus
Ramin Mellegard - Anchor / Presenter, Newsline Biz and Newsline Asia 24
Weather
Yuumi Hirano - meteorologist for Newsroom Tokyo and other Newsline programs
Jonathan Oh - meteorologist for Newsroom Tokyo and other Newsline programs
Tsietsei Monare - meteorologist for Newsline Asia 24 and other Newsline programs
Yoko Komagata - meteorologist for Newsline Asia 24 and other Newsline programs
Sayaka Mori - meteorologist for Newsroom Tokyo and other Newsline programs (Currently off-air, making intermittent quarterly appearances)
Irregular anchors
Yuko Fukushima - business anchor for Newsroom Tokyo (previously as regular anchor from 2009 to 2012)
Kyoko Tashiro - (previously as regular anchor from 2017 to 2023)
