List of Japanese language television channels

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Television channels in Japan

Tokyo

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

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

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

Fukuoka

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

  • VHF1 - KBC TV - commercial, ANN
  • VHF3 / UHF28[3] - NHK General TV - public
  • VHF4 - RKB TV - commercial, JNN
  • VHF6 / UHF22[2] - NHK Educational TV - public
  • VHF9 - TNC - commercial, FNN
  • UHF19 - TVQ - commercial, TXN
  • UHF37 - FBC - commercial, NNN

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

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

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 - HigashiNippon Hoso - commercial, ANN
  • UHF34 / UHF24[4] - Miyagi TV - commercial, NNN

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

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

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

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

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))

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 - (SDTV)

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.
  • WOWOW is the only pay TV station listed above. Apart from WOWOW and certain premium data services, the only fees for digital satellite television are the NHK licence fee and equipment costs. This corresponds roughly to the situation of Freeview in the United Kingdom.

Television stations outside of Japan that broadcast in Japanese

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Los Angeles, California, USA

New York City, New York, USA

San Francisco, California, USA

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada