List of Japanese language television channels

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Television channels in Japan

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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 (Nittele) - 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
VHF14 / UHF20[9] - Tokyo Metropolitan Television (MXTV) - commercial, independent local station of Tokyo
VHF16 - The University of the Air - Education via television

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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))

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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)

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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.

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