TV Japan (テレビジャパン) was a 24-hour Japanese-language television channel geared towards the Japanese diaspora in the United States and Canada.
(A modified version of Nippon Television launched through DirecTV in 2019, and on Telus Optik TV in western Canada in 2020.
After the closing date, NHK Cosmomedia continues to serve the North American market through its Jme [jp] streaming platform.
[3] In response to the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the Northern area of Japan on the afternoon of March 11, 2011, cable and satellite TV providers across the United States and Canada provided a free-to-air broadcast giving viewers who may have friends and family in Japan with the latest news and information via a live simulcast from parent NHK.
[4][additional citation(s) needed] The network's website confirmed the closure on February 17, with programming to transfer to Dlibrary Japan, a service which would rebrand as Jme on March 20.