News Watch 9

network = NHK num_episodes = first_aired = April 3, 2006 last_aired = present preceded_by = NHK News 9
NHK News 10 }}

or NW9 is the "mainstay" evening news program for 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 News bureau director Goro Taguchi and announcer Hiroko Aoyama. The program has been broadcast by the network since 1961, although it has only used its current title since 2006.

It is broadcast on weekdays, from 9.00pm to 10.00pm ( JST), and features national and international news, commentary, sports and weather.

History

News Watch 9 was conceived as a part of NHK General TV's reformatting. It replaced two news programs; NHK News 9 and NHK News 10, the former being a fifteen minute broadcast and the latter a 55-minute news magazine program.

The consolidation of the programs into a single one-hour newscast was a move by the network to attract more viewers, as it had argued that the 9.00pm time slot had the highest proportion of Japanese that are awake and at home. >

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Category: News television series