News Watch 9

News Watch 9
News Watch logo since 2006
Format	News
Created by	NHK News
Starring	Ookoshi Kensuke (2010–present) Yuko Aoyama (2008–present)
Country of origin	Japan
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NHK
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	April 3, 2006 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	NHK News 9 NHK News 10

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 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 Political correspondent Ookoshi Kensuke and announcer Yuko Aoyama. The program has been broadcast by the network since 1961, although it has been using its current title only from 2006.

It is broadcast on weekdays, from 9.00pm to 10.00pm (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.

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 popular 55-minute news magazine program. Aside from consolidating the two shows into a single, one-hour newscast, the new show was put into the 9.00pm time slot, when most Japanese are at home and awake.[1]

The show was launched on April 3, 2006, and was presented by Hideo Yanagisawa, who provided the commentary, and newsreader, Toshie Ito. Yanagisawa left the program on October 31, 2007 due to complications of lung disease. The commentary was provided by several NHK News contributors, before Hidetoshi Huzisawa joined the program two weeks later, on November 19. Ito and Huzisawa left news program on March 28, 2008. The show relaunched on March 31, 2008 with a new set and updated graphics, with Goro Taguchi and former News Watch sportscaster Yuko Aoyama providing commentary and news respectively. Ookoshi Kensuke is the latest commentator, replacing Taguchi on March 29, 2010.

Chronology

The table lists the chronology of programs 9.00pm NHK news programs.

Title	Air date	Time slot
NHK Today's News (NHKきょうのニュース?)	1961/04 - 1963/03	21:30 - 22:00 (30 min.)
	1963/04 - 1964/03	21:30 - 21:40 (10 min.)
NHK News (NHKニュース?)	1964/04 - 1969/03	21:00 - 21:18 (18 min.)
	1969/04 - 1972/03	21:30 - 21:55 (25 min.)
	1972/04 - 1974/03	21:00 - 21:15 (15 min.)
News Center 9 (ニュースセンター9?)	1974/04 - 1988/03	21:00 - 21:40 (40 min.)
NHK News Today (NHKニュースTODAY?)	1988/04 - 1988/09	21:00 - 22:20 (80 min.)
	1988/10 - 1990/03	21:00 - 22:00 (60 min.)
NHK News 21 (NHKニュース21?)	1990/04 - 1993/03	21:00 - 22:00 (60 min.)
NHK News 9 (NHKニュース9?)	1993/04 - 2000/03	21:00 - 21:30 (30 min.)
	2000/04 - 2006/03	21:00 - 21:15 (15 min.)
NHK News Watch 9 (ニュースウオッチ9?)	2006/04 - Present	21:00 - 22:00 (60 min.)

Presenters

Main Presenters

• Ookoshi Kensuke - Presenter (March 2010 - Present)
• Yuko Aoyama - News reader (March 2008 - Present)
• Goro Taguchi (March 2008 - March 2010)
• Hideo Yanagisawa (April 2006 - October 2007)
• Hidetoshi Huzisawa (November 2007 - March 2008)
• Toshie Ito - News reader(April 2006 - March 2008)

Correspondents

• Yasutaka Ozawa (March 2010 - Present)
• Masatomo Takai (March 2009 - Present)
• Kyoko Tashiro (March 2009 - Present)
• Jun Hori (April 2006 - March 2010)
• Araki Miwa (March 2008 - March 2010)
• Mitiko Abe (April 2006 - March 2008)

Sports Presenters

• Ayako Ichiyanagi (March 2008 - Present)
• Yuko Aoyama (April 2006 - Present)

Weather

• Nobuyuki Hirai (April 2006 - Present)

International Broadcast

The program is available on NHK World Premium and TV JAPAN. It was also available on its global news and information channel, NHK World until January 30, 2009 where it was aired with an English voice-over.

External links

• News Watch 9 Official Website (Japanese)
• NHK News (Japanese)
• NHK News (English)