WakuWaku Japan

WakuWaku Japan
Launched February 22, 2014 (Indonesia)
June 1, 2014 (Myanmar)
July 6, 2015 (Singapore)
March 28, 2016 (Thailand)
September 1, 2016 (Taiwan)
October 7, 2016 (Sri Lanka)
Owned by WakuWaku Japan Corporation
(SKY Perfect JSAT Group)
Slogan "Experience the Real Japan"
Country  Japan
Language English, Japanese, Indonesian, Mandarin, Thai
Broadcast area Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka
Headquarters Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Website www.wakuwakujapan.tv
Availability
Satellite
Indovision (Indonesia) Channel 168
OkeVision (Indonesia) Channel 32
Transvision (Indonesia) Channel 370
OrangeTV (Indonesia) Channel 209 (Ku-band)
Channel 1209 (C-band)
BiG TV (Indonesia) Channel 281
4TV (Myanmar) Channel 78
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) Channel 131
Cable
First Media (Indonesia) Channel 254
Channel 340 (HD)
StarHub TV (Singapore) Channel 813
bbTV Channel TBA
Top MSO Channel 138
New Taipei City Cable TV Channel 30
IPTV
Singtel TV (Singapore) Channel 616 (Malay) (HD)
Channel 520 (Mandarin) (HD)
Channel 268 (English) (HD)
USeeTV (Indonesia) Channel 520
kbro (Taiwan) Channel 218
TWM Broadband (Taiwan) Channel 218
CHT MOD (Taiwan) Channel TBA

WakuWaku Japan (stylized as WAKUWAKU JAPAN) is a Japanese general entertainment channel that broadcasts Japanese programs to overseas viewers in Asia. The channel broadcasts only Japanese programs 24 hours a day. Malay, Mandarin, and English language versions of these programs are broadcast on this channel. Subtitles and dubbing are available in some countries.

History

Before WakuWaku Japan was launched, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation started the channel project in 2011. WakuWaku means "feeling of excitement," "pleasing", "thrilling" and "more" in Japanese. In order to keep everything on track, the Japanese government allocated funds amounting to 15.5 billion yen (or approximately US $126.17 million) to finance the channel. These funds were to be used for the cost of dubbing and making subtitles, as well as the costs of promotion, administration and production.[1] On February 22, 2014, at 17:00 JKT (19:00 JST), WakuWaku Japan officially launched in Indonesia with its first program, WakuWaku Japan Music Festival.

On its first broadcasting day, WakuWaku Japan used the 12-hour system, but when it was launched in Myanmar, it changed to the 24-hour system; it reverted to the 12-hour system on February 29, 2016.

At that time, the channel was only available on Indovision and OkeVision. On June 1, 2014, WakuWaku Japan became available on Transvision, OrangeTV, BiG TV and First Media.[2] On the same day, WakuWaku Japan officially launched in Myanmar, though it was only available on 4TV, a Burmese terrestrial pay television.

On March 4, 2015, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation planned to expand Japanese content to overseas by establishing WakuWaku Japan Corporation.[3][4] On July 1, 2015, WakuWaku Japan Corporation was officially established, taking over its ownership from SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation.

On July 6, 2015, at 17:00 SGT (18:00 JST), WakuWaku Japan officially launched in Singapore and is currently available on Singtel TV and StarHub TV.[5][6] On January 26, 2016, WakuWaku Japan announced that it will begin broadcasting in Thailand on March 26, through Ch3SD, a Thai terrestrial pay television. On March 26, WakuWaku Japan began temporarily broadcast in Thailand until March 27 under the name 'WakuWaku Japan Hour', which broadcast from 9:00 AM until 10:30 AM.

On July 28, 2016, WakuWaku Japan announced that it will begin broadcasting in Taiwan in September.[7] It was officially launched in Taiwan on September 1, 2016, at 19:00 NST (20:00 JST), with its first program, Shiki-Oriori: Japan Food & Festival. WakuWaku Japan becomes the first Japanese entertainment TV channel to launch in Sri Lanka along with its debut on Dialog TV on October 7, 2016.[8]

On November 8, 2016, WakuWaku Japan announced that it will begin broadcasting in Vietnam through VTVcab, a Vietnamese cable pay television.[9] On December 1, WakuWaku Japan will begin temporarily airing in Vietnam under the name 'WakuWaku Japan Hour', from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM on three different channels are: VTVcab22 Life, VTVcabe8BiBi, and VTVcab Technical.

Programming

WakuWaku Japan has original programming oriented towards music, sports and children's content. They also re-broadcast imported programs from a variety of genres, including anime, superhero programs like Kamen Rider, live-action drama series, culture programs, entertainment shows like Iron Chef, sports and documentary series. WakuWaku Japan also re-broadcasts music programs and has a portion of re-broadcast programming set aside for children under the block name "WakuWaku Kids", as well as an entertainment block called "NHK Family Time".. In Drama section, currently there are four time slots: Drama Woman, which broadcasts NHK Asadora; Drama Legend, which broadcasts Japanese dramas from 1990s to 2000s; Drama Hits, which broadcasts Japanese dramas; and Drama NEO, which broadcast the latest Japanese drama every Friday night.

Original programming

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