About Us
Corporate Profile
What Is TV JAPAN?
TV JAPAN is the only 24 hours a day, 7days a week Japanese language broadcasting service in the United States and Canada. TV JAPAN provides a variety of dramas and movies currently popular in Japan, in addition to daily news and programs sent from Japan via satellites over the Pacific Ocean.
This premium pay network is delivered directly to viewers’ homes by DISH Network satellites and affiliated cable systems and IPTV via Telephone companies.
TV JAPAN is available in 300 hotels throughout the United States (nearly 135,000 guest rooms), and on JAL, ANA, and American Airlines with their in-flight TV news and programming for trans-Pacific routes. TV JAPAN viewers have been increasing steadily since our network launched in 1991, and currently total over 67 thousand household subscribers. Recent activities have included the introduction of many programs that were taped and produced for HDTV.
Capital
$23 Million
Major Shareholders
NHK Enterprises, Inc.
Media International Corporation
ITOCHU Corporation
Japan Airlines Corporation
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Officers
Susumu Tanimura, President & CEO
Masataka Kawamura, Executive Vice President
Koki Matsumoto, Executive Vice President
Yuichi Tatsumi, Senior Vice President