News Watch 9

[2] The show was launched on April 3, 2006, and was presented by Hideo Yanagisawa, who provided the commentary, and newsreader, Toshie Ito.

The commentary was provided by several NHK NEWS contributors, before Hidetoshi Fujisawa joined the program two weeks later, on November 19.

On April 3, 2017, they were replaced by News Check 11 hosts Maho Kuwako and Yoshio Arima, which previously they left the show.

Minoru Aoi, who previously left NHK News 7, joined the show as its third anchor.

However on January 17, 2024, Aoi quit the program and resigned from NHK, leaving only Tanaka and Hayashida as the remaining news presenter.

It was also available on its global news and information channel, NHK World until January 30, 2009, where it was aired with an English voice-over.