# NHK News 7

NHK News 7 (Japanese: NHKニュース7, also known and stylized in English as NEWS 7) is the early evening news program broadcast domestically on NHK General TV and internationally on NHK World Premium. It has been on the air daily since April 5, 1993, from 7:00pm to 7:30pm (JST).

## Chronology

| Air date | Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays |
| 1993.04.05 - 1996.03.31 | 19:00 - 19:57（57 min.） | 19:00 - 19:27（27 min.） | 19:00 - 19:20（20 min.） |
| 1996.04.01 - 1998.03.29 | 19:00 - 19:40（40 min.） | 19:00 - 19:27（27 min.） | 19:00 - 19:20（20 min.） |
| 1998.03.30 - 2000.03.26 | 19:00 - 19:57（57 min.） | 19:00 - 19:27（27 min.） | 19:00 - 19:20（20 min.） |
| 2000.03.27 - 2000.10.01 | 19:00 - 19:35（35 min.） | 19:00 - 19:30（30 min.） | 19:00 - 19:20（20 min.） |
| 2000.10.02 - 2004.03.28 | 19:00 - 19:30（30 min.） | 19:00 - 19:30（30 min.） | | 19:00 - 19:20（20 min.） |
| 2004.03.29 - present | 19:00 - 19:30（30 min.） | 19:00 - 19:30（30 min.） | 19:00 - 19:30（30 min.） |

## Anchors

NEWS 7 chronology of newscasters and weather presenters :
| Date | Date | Newscaster | Newscaster | Newscaster | Weather information | Weather information | Weather information | Weather information |
| Date | Date | Weekdays | Weekdays | Weekends | Mon. - Wed. | Thu. - Fri. | Saturday | Sunday |
| 1993.4.5 | 1994.4.3 | Yoshiaki Kawabata/Yoko Sakurai | Yoshiaki Kawabata/Yoko Sakurai | Miyuki Morita | Hitoshi Takada | Hitoshi Takada | (vacant) | (vacant) |
| 1994.4.4 | 1995.4.2 | Yoshiaki Kawabata/Yoko Sakurai | Yoshiaki Kawabata/Yoko Sakurai | Osamu Miyata | Koji Murayama | Koji Murayama | | (vacant) | (vacant) |
| 1995.4.3 | 1996.3.31 | Miyuki Morita | Miyuki Morita | | Osamu Miyata | Koji Murayama | Koji Murayama | (vacant) | (vacant) |
| 1996.4.1 | 1997.3.30 | Miyuki Morita | Miyuki Morita | Osamu Miyata | (vacant) | (vacant) | | (vacant) | (vacant) |
| 1997.3.31 | 1998.3.29 | Miyuki Morita | Miyuki Morita | Osamu Miyata | (vacant) | (vacant) | (vacant) | (vacant) |
| 1998.3.30 | 1999.3.28 | Miyuki Morita | Miyuki Morita | Osamu Miyata | Akihiko Taguchi | Hitoshi Takada | (vacant) | (vacant) |
| 1999.3.29 | 2000.3.26 | Miyuki Morita | Miyuki Morita | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Akihiko Taguchi | Hitoshi Takada | (vacant) | (vacant) |
| 2000.3.27 | 2000.10.1 | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Norio Ishizawa | Nami Fujii | Naoko Shimazu | Naoko Shimazu | (vacant) |
| 2000.10.2 | 2002.9.29 | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Norio Ishizawa | Nami Fujii | Naoko Shimazu | Naoko Shimazu | (vacant) |
| 2002.9.30 | 2003.3.30 | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Norio Ishizawa | Nami Fujii | Eriko Arashima | Eriko Arashima | | (vacant) |
| 2003.3.31 | 2004.3.28 | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Hirohide Itō | Nami Fujii | Eriko Arashima | Eriko Arashima | (vacant) |
| 2004.3.29 | 2005.3.27 | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Masao Sueda | Sae Nakarai | Sae Nakarai | Eriko Arashima | Eriko Arashima |
| 2005.3.28 | 2006.4.2 | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Satoshi Hatakeyama | Masao Sueda | Sae Nakarai | Sae Nakarai | Shiori Yamamoto | Shiori Yamamoto |
| 2006.4.3 | 2008.3.30 | Wataru Abe | Wataru Abe | | Masao Sueda | Sae Nakarai | Sae Nakarai | Shiori Yamamoto | Shiori Yamamoto |
| 2008.3.31 | 2011.4.3 | Shinichi Taketa | Shinichi Taketa | Masaiko Nomura | Sae Nakarai | Sae Nakarai | Shiori Yamamoto | Shiori Yamamoto |
| 2011.4.4 | 2012.4.1 | Shinichi Taketa | Shinichi Taketa | Tomoko Kogo | Natsumi Terakawa | Natsumi Terakawa | Mamiko Okamura | Mamiko Okamura |
| 2012.4.2 | 2014.3.30 | Shinichi Taketa | Shinichi Taketa | Tomoko Kogo | Mamiko Okamura | Mamiko Okamura | Natsumi Terakawa | Natsumi Terakawa |
| 2014.3.31 | 2014.8 | Shinichi Taketa | Shinichi Taketa | Nami Morimoto | Mamiko Okamura | Mamiko Okamura | Natsumi Terakawa | Natsumi Terakawa |
| 2014.9 | 2014.12.23 | Shinichi Taketa | Shinichi Taketa | Nami Morimoto | Natsumi Terakawa | Natsumi Terakawa | Mamiko Okamura | Mamiko Okamura |
| 2014.12.24 | 2015.3.29 | Shinichi Taketa | Shinichi Taketa | Nami Morimoto | Natsumi Terakawa | Natsumi Terakawa | （vacant） | （vacant） |
| 2015.3.30 | 2016.4.3 | Shinichi Taketa | Shinichi Taketa | Nami Morimoto | Natsumi Terakawa | Natsumi Terakawa | Mai Kikuchi | Mai Kikuchi |
| 2016.4.4 | 2017.4.2 | Shinichi Taketa | Shinichi Taketa | Kozo Takase | Ryōko Fukuoka | Ryōko Fukuoka | | Mai Kikuchi | Mai Kikuchi |
| 2017.4.3 | 2017.11.5 | Naoko Suzuki | Naoko Suzuki | Asahi Inoue | Ryōko Fukuoka | Ryōko Fukuoka | Mai Kikuchi | Mai Kikuchi |
| 2017.11.6 | 2018.2.25 | Naoko Suzuki | Naoko Suzuki | Asahi Inoue | Mai Kikuchi | Mai Kikuchi | Ran Watanabe | Ran Watanabe |
| 2018.2.26 | 2018.4.1 | Naoko Suzuki | Naoko Suzuki | Asahi Inoue | Yūmi Hirano | Yūmi Hirano | | Ran Watanabe | Ran Watanabe |
| 2018.4.2 | 2019.3.31 | Naoko Suzuki | Naoko Suzuki | Asahi Inoue | Yūmi Hirano | Yūmi Hirano | Mika Kunimoto | Mika Kunimoto |
| 2019.4.1 | 2020.3.29 | Takeshi Takigawa | Takeshi Takigawa | Minoru Aoi | Yūmi Hirano | Yūmi Hirano | Mika Kunimoto | Mika Kunimoto |
| 2020.3.30 | 2021.3.28 | Takeshi Takigawa | Takeshi Takigawa | Minoru Aoi | Yūmi Hirano | Yūmi Hirano | Miku Nakamura | Miku Nakamura |
| 2021.3.29 | 2021.12.12 | Takeshi Takigawa | Takeshi Takigawa | Minoru Aoi | Akari Yamagami | Kōjirō Mukasa | Kōjirō Mukasa | Kōjirō Mukasa |
| 2021.12.13 | 2022.4.3 | Takeshi Takigawa | Takeshi Takigawa | Minoru Aoi | Akari Yamagami | Kōjirō Mukasa | Kōjirō Mukasa | Kōjirō Mukasa |
| 2022.4.4 | 2023.4.2 | Takeshi Takigawa | Takeshi Takigawa | Masatomo Takai | Ayane Hareyama | Ayane Hareyama | | Kōjirō Mukasa | Kōjirō Mukasa |
| Date | Date | Newscaster | Newscaster | Newscaster | Weather information | Weather information | Weather information | Weather information |
| Date | Date | Mon. - Thu. | Fri. | Weekends | Mon. - Wed. | Thu. - Fri. | Weekends | Weekends |
| 2023.4.3 | 2024.3.31 | Mayuko Wakuda/Takeshi Takigawa | Erika Morishita | Erika Morishita | Ayane Hareyama | Ayane Hareyama | Kōjirō Mukasa | Kōjirō Mukasa |
| 2024.4.1 | | Yōji Itoi/Mei Soejima | Erika Morishita | Erika Morishita | Ayane Hareyama | Ayane Hareyama | Kōjirō Mukasa | Kōjirō Mukasa |

## International broadcast

The program is aired internationally on NHK World Premium (except in North America where it is aired on TV Japan instead), in its entirety in Japanese, with English second audio program (SAP) available. The program also airs in Australia on SBS WorldWatch nightly at 11pm (AEST/AEDT).