News Watch 9
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News Watch 9 (ニュースウオッチ9), stylized as "NEWS WATCH 9," is the flagship evening news program of the public Japanese broadcaster, NHK. It airs weekdays on NHK general television and worldwide on NHK World Premium and is also available on the networks video-on-demand service. Currently[as of?] it is presented by Hitoshi Hirouchi, Mariko Sato and Makoto Hoshi. The program has been broadcast by the network since 1961, although it has been using its current title only from 2006.[citation needed]
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Presented by | Hitoshi Hirouchi Mariko Sato Makoto Hoshi |
Original languages | Japanese (main audio) English (second audio) |
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Production locations | NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
Running time | 60 minutes |
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Network | NHK G NHK World Premium |
Release | April 3, 2006 (2006-04-03) – present |
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It is broadcast on weekdays, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm (JST), and features national and international news, commentary, sports and weather. Unlike most newscasts, NW9 prohibits the use of full scripts and limits the use of teleprompters.