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). (Official Website)
History It started broadcasting in its current form on April 5, 1993. For about 20 years, the main news service on NHK was at 9pm, but the corporation decided to move the main news to 7pm as part of reforms.
Chronology
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 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 MoritaHitoshi Takada (vacant) 1994.4.4 1995.4.2 Osamu MiyataKoji Murayama 1995.4.3 1996.3.31 Miyuki Morita1996.4.11997.3.30 (vacant)1997.3.311998.3.291998.3.301999.3.28Akihiko TaguchiHitoshi Takada 1999.3.29 2000.3.26Satoshi Hatakeyama 2000.3.27 2000.10.1 Satoshi Hatakeyama Norio Ishizawa Nami FujiiNaoko Shimazu (vacant) 2000.10.2 2002.9.29 2002.9.30 2003.3.30Eriko Arashima 2003.3.31 2004.3.28Hirohide Itō 2004.3.29 2005.3.27 Masao SuedaSae NakaraiEriko Arashima 2005.3.28 2006.4.2Shiori Yamamoto 2006.4.3 2008.3.30 Wataru Abe 2008.3.31 2011.4.3 Shinichi TaketaMasaiko Nomura 2011.4.4 2012.4.1 Tomoko KogoNatsumi TerakawaMamiko Okamura 2012.4.2 2014.3.30Mamiko OkamuraNatsumi Terakawa2014.3.312014.8Nami Morimoto2014.92014.12.23Natsumi TerakawaMamiko Okamura2014.12.242015.3.29 （vacant）2015.3.302016.4.3Mai Kikuchi2016.4.42017.4.2Kozo TakaseRyōko Fukuoka2017.4.32017.11.5Naoko SuzukiAsahi Inoue2017.11.62018.2.25Mai KikuchiRan Watanabe2018.2.262018.4.1Yūmi Hirano2018.4.22019.3.31Mika Kunimoto2019.4.12020.3.29Takeshi TakigawaMinoru Aoi2020.3.302021.3.28Miku Nakamura2021.3.292021.12.12Akari YamagamiKōjirō MukasaKōjirō Mukasa2021.12.132022.4.32022.4.42023.4.2Masatomo TakaiAyane HareyamaDateNewscasterWeather informationMon. - Thu.Fri.WeekendsWeekdaysWeekends2023.4.32024.3.31Mayuko Wakuda/Takeshi TakigawaShōma Imai/Erika MorishitaAyane HareyamaKōjirō Mukasa2024.4.12026.3.29Yōji Itoi/Mei Soejima2026.3.30Nao Kondō
International broadcast 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 and NHK World-Japan in English audio. The program also airs in Australia on SBS WorldWatch nightly at 11pm (AEST/AEDT).
References
External links
NHKニュース7 – NHK Broadcast History