NHK News 7 (Japanese: NHKニュース7, also known and stylized in English as NEWS 7) is the early evening news program broadcast domestically on NHK General TV and internationally on NHK World Premium. It has been on the air daily since April 5, 1993, from 7:00pm to 7:30pm (JST).[1]

NHK News 7
Also known asNEWS 7
Created byYasushi Seito
Presented byYoji Itoi (Monday-Thursday)
Mei Soejima (Monday-Thursday)
Erika Morishita (Friday-Sunday)
Theme music composerToshiyuki Omori
Country of originJapan
Original languages
  • Japanese (Main audio)
  • English (on audio subchannel)
Production
Production locationsNHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes (more than 2 hours, special coverage only)
Original release
NetworkNHK G
NHK World Premium
ReleaseApril 5, 1993 (1993-04-05) –
present
Related
News Watch 9

History

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Chronology

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Air date Weekdays Saturdays Sundays
1993.04.05 - 1996.03.31 19:00 - 19:57(57 min.) 19:00 - 19:27(27 min.) 19:00 - 19:20(20 min.)
1996.04.01 - 1998.03.29 19:00 - 19:40(40 min.)
1998.03.30 - 2000.03.26 19:00 - 19:57(57 min.)
2000.03.27 - 2000.10.01 19:00 - 19:35(35 min.) 19:00 - 19:30(30 min.)
2000.10.02 - 2004.03.28 19:00 - 19:30(30 min.)
2004.03.29 - present 19:00 - 19:30(30 min.)

Anchors

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NEWS 7 chronology of newscasters and weather presenters
Date Newscaster Weather information
Weekdays Weekends Mon. - Wed. Thu. - Fri. Saturday Sunday
1993.4.5 1994.4.3 Yoshiaki Kawabata/Yoko Sakurai Miyuki Morita Hitoshi Takada (vacant)
1994.4.4 1995.4.2 Osamu Miyata Koji Murayama
1995.4.3 1996.3.31 Miyuki Morita
1996.4.1 1997.3.30 (vacant)
1997.3.31 1998.3.29
1998.3.30 1999.3.28 Akihiko Taguchi Hitoshi Takada
1999.3.29 2000.3.26 Satoshi Hatakeyama
2000.3.27 2000.10.1 Satoshi Hatakeyama Norio Ishizawa Nami Fujii Naoko Shimazu (vacant)
2000.10.2 2002.9.29
2002.9.30 2003.3.30 Eriko Arashima
2003.3.31 2004.3.28 Hirohide Itō
2004.3.29 2005.3.27 Masao Sueda Sae Nakarai Eriko Arashima
2005.3.28 2006.4.2 Shiori Yamamoto
2006.4.3 2008.3.30 Wataru Abe
2008.3.31 2011.4.3 Shinichi Taketa Masaiko Nomura
2011.4.4 2012.4.1 Tomoko Kogo Natsumi Terakawa Mamiko Okamura
2012.4.2 2014.3.30 Mamiko Okamura Natsumi Terakawa
2014.3.31 2014.8 Nami Morimoto
2014.9 2014.12.23 Natsumi Terakawa Mamiko Okamura
2014.12.24 2015.3.29 (vacant)
2015.3.30 2016.4.3 Mai Kikuchi
2016.4.4 2017.4.2 Kozo Takase Ryōko Fukuoka
2017.4.3 2017.11.5 Naoko Suzuki Asahi Inoue
2017.11.6 2018.2.25 Mai Kikuchi Ran Watanabe
2018.2.26 2018.4.1 Yūmi Hirano
2018.4.2 2019.3.31 Mika Kunimoto
2019.4.1 2020.3.29 Takeshi Takigawa Minoru Aoi
2020.3.30 2021.3.28 Miku Nakamura
2021.3.29 2021.12.12 Akari Yamagami Kōjirō Mukasa Kōjirō Mukasa
2021.12.13 2022.4.3
2022.4.4 2023.4.2 Masatomo Takai Ayane Hareyama
Date Newscaster Weather information
Mon. - Thu. Fri. Weekends Mon. - Wed. Thu. - Fri. Weekends
2023.4.3 2024.3.31 Mayuko Wakuda/Takeshi Takigawa Erika Morishita Ayane Hareyama Kōjirō Mukasa
2024.4.1 Yōji Itoi/Mei Soejima

International broadcast

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The program is aired internationally on NHK World Premium (except in North America where it is aired on TV Japan instead), in its entirety in Japanese, with English second audio program (SAP) available. The program also airs in Australia on SBS WorldWatch nightly at 11pm.

References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 2012-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (Official Website)
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