Japan’s broadcasting industry harmonizes traditional public broadcasting (NHK) with hyper-creative commercial networks and anime culture audio. Broadcast masts from Tokyo Skytree and Mount Ikoma in Osaka blanket Japan’s islands with high-fidelity Wide-FM and medium-wave broadcasts.
Japan National Broadcast
International voice of Japan broadcasting from Tokyo.
Station page →Tokyo’s premier 24/7 anime and vocaloid music station.
Japanese FM radio spans 76.0 to 95.0 MHz (76-90 MHz traditional FM, 90-95 MHz Wide-FM for AM disaster resilience). NHK operates Radio 1, Radio 2, and NHK-FM across all 47 prefectures.
NHK-FM and commercial prefectural networks
Simulcast of AM stations for disaster mitigation
NHK Radio 1 and Radio 2 high-power relays
Japan historically allocated the 76-90 MHz band to radio broadcasting and the 90-108 MHz band to analog television Channel 1-3. Following the digital TV transition, 90-95 MHz was repurposed for "Wide-FM" to rebroadcast AM stations for disaster resilience.