NHK WORLD-JAPAN

NHK WORLD-JAPAN is the English-language international service of Japan's public broadcaster NHK. It draws on the corporation's domestic resources but sets its agenda for an international audience: developments in Japan are explained on the assumption that a foreign viewer does not know the context.

Its documentary output is as prominent as its bulletins, with an extensive archive on Japanese society, technology, food and the country's measures against natural disaster. NHK's institutional capability in disaster coverage feeds straight into the channel: earthquake and tsunami warnings go to air in English immediately.

For a reader who wants Japan and East Asia from the region itself, it is a primary source. Its live feed is free and open on YouTube.