Radio Japan schedule update

Babcock changes effective from Sept.27:

Radio Japan NHK World

Radio Japan QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

All times UTC

0800-1000 on 12015 ASC 250 kW / 245 deg to SoAm Japanese Mon-Sat, ex Daily
0800-1000 on 12015 GB  250 kW / 148 deg to SoAm Japanese Sun, ex ASC
BBC
1200-1230 on 17640 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf French Mon-Sat, ex Daily
1200-1230 on 17640 DHA 250 kW / 275 deg to WeAf French Sun, ex ASC
1200-1230 on 21630 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf French Mon-Sat, ex Daily
1200-1230 on 21630 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAf French Sun, ex ASC
1400-1430 on 17780 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Hausa Mon-Sat, ex Daily
1400-1430 on 17780 DHA 250 kW / 265 deg to WeAf Hausa Sun, ex ASC
1400-1430 on 21630 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa Mon-Sat, ex Daily
1400-1430 on 21630 DHA 250 kW / 265 deg to WeAf Hausa Sun, ex ASC
1600-1700 on 17640 ASC 250 kW / 114 deg to SoAf English Mon-Sat, ex Daily
1600-1700 on 17640 WOF 250 kW / 158 deg to SoAf English Sun, ex ASC
1600-1700 on 17830 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to CEAf English Mon-Sat, ex Daily
1600-1700 on 17830 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to CEAf English Sun, ex ASC
(Ivanov/02 Oct)

QSLing and updating Radio Japan's Russian service

Radio Japan QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

QSL-cards received from the Russian edition of NHK World Radio Japan.4 July 2015, on shortwave via Sitkunai Lithuania relay 6165 kHz. Subject: "A lull in the rainy season" (Yamanashi Prefecture).

Russian

All times UTC

0330-0400 EU MW738msk MW1386sit
0430-0500 EU 6165sit
0530-0600 EaAS 11710
1100-1130 EaAS 6090
1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Friday only DRM mode
1600-1630 EU MW738msk MW927tjk
1730-1800 EU MW1386sit
(Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx July 19/TopNx 1216/23 Jul)

Radio Japan updates winter schedule

Radio Japan NHK World

All times UTC

0130-0200 on  9785 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi
0200-0300 on 11860 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Japanese
0400-0430 on 11730 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Farsi
0500-0530 on  6195 HRI 250 kW / 188 deg to CeAm Spanish
0500-0530 on 17760 DHA 250 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English
0800-1000 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Japanese
0930-1000 on  6195 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg to SoAm Spanish
0945-1030 on  9860 SNG 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1000-1030 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English
1030-1100 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese
1100-1200 on  9760 WOF 100 kW / 105 deg to WeEu English/Russian Fri DRM
1100-1130 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1130-1200 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Thai
1200-1230 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English
1230-1300 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Thai
1300-1330 on 11730 TAC 100 kW / 141 deg to SoAs English
1300-1330 on 11740 SNG 100 kW / 000 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1300-1345 on 12035 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali
1315-1400 on 11925 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1400-1430 on 11695 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs English
1400-1430 on 11925 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English
1430-1500 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese
1500-1700 on 12045 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Japanese
1515-1600 on 13870 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu
(DX Re Mix 764/21 Jan 2013)

Radio Japan's 60th Anniversary

Dear Radio Friends,

Today I am asking your actions regarding our club's 60th anniversary.

As I mentined in our bulletin, our anniversary programs have been aired from some radio stations in the world. My interview was aired from KBS World, CRI Peking, Voice of Russia
Moscow and IRIB, Teheran. All of these were in Japanese. Some of you may remember, I was regularly on the air from Radio Japan a couple of years ago.

Now they have a program called "Friends around the World" every Sunday. NHK home page says Friends Around the World is a program that is designed to connect more of Radio Japan listeners around the world. We read your e-mails and letters, have interviews, and cover other interesting topics based on your requests.

So what are you waiting for? Your messages, comments, questions and even song requests are always welcome !

Please click on Contact Us at the bottom of the page and send us a message.
You can listen to the program from NHK Web site at
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/program/index.html

Please listen to the program and write to Radio Japan and ask about Japan Short Wave Club which is celebrating 60th anniversary, amazing record for the radio hobbiests. Hope NHK responds your request and may remember me and ask me to show up as a quest.

You can also listen by radio
at 0500 UTC on 6110(Canada), 5975UK, 11970(France)
at 1000 UTC on 9695 SNG, 9625 Yamata,
at 1200 UTC on 9695 SNG, 6120 Canada,
at 1300 UTC on 15735 UZB,
at 1400 UTC on 15735 UZB
at 1800 UTC on 15720 MDG

You may tune next Sunday.
www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/contact/index.html

If a special interview is materialized, I will issue the special 60th anniversary QSL to the reports received at JSWC.
Toshi Ohtake, JSWC.
(via Dario Monferini/playdx)

Japan's public broadcaster plays crucial role warning about earthquakes

NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, has an earthquake early warning system that is unique in the world. However, some observers say the station could be more critical of the government's handling of the recent disasters.

On 11 March 2011, NHK was broadcasting live from the Japanese parliament. The MPs were discussing various motions and voting.

All of a sudden, at exactly 2.46 p.m., blue lettering appeared on the screen along with a map. An earthquake had just occurred in the north-eastern part of the main island of Honshu. The reporter, who seconds before had been discussing the debates in parliament, told the viewers which prefectures were affected by the quake.

Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: NHK's main newsroom is in Tokyo's Shibuya districtAs soon as an earthquake occurs anywhere in Japan, the station automatically broadcasts an earthquake warning. The information comes from the tremors themselves.

Additional story from Deutsche Welle at
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6497013,00.html

and incase you missed it, here is the NHK/Radio Japan A-11 summer schedule

Effective: 27 March - 30 October 2011

All times UTC

Arabic
0600-0630 ME 11975iss
2015-2145 ME MW1350yer 89.3+107.2 MHz in Palestine

Bengali
1300-1345 swAS 11685sng

Burmese
1030-1100 seAS 11740sng
1430-1500 seAS 11740sng
2340-2400 seAS 13650

Chinese
0900-0930 AS 6090
1200-1230 AS 6090
1300-1330 AS/seAS 6190 9455
1430-1500 AS 6190
1530-1600 AS 6190
1600-1630 seAS 11730
2230-2250 AS 9560
2240-2300 seAS 13650
2340-2400 AS 15195
2340-2400 seAS 17810

English
0500-0530 AF/EU 5975rmp 11970iss
0500-0530 NoAM 6110sac
1000-1030 OC/Hawaii 9625 9840
1000-1030 seAS 9605
1100-1130 EUR 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1200-1230 NoAM 6120sac
1200-1230 seAS 9695
1300-1330 AS 15735uzb [alt 15660uzb]
1400-1430 seAS 11705
1400-1430 AS 15735uzb [alt 15660uzb]
1400-1430 EU/AF 21560iss

French
0530-0600 AF 11730iss 13840mdg
1230-1300 AF 17690mdg

Hindi
0130 0200 swAS 11740uzb
1430-1515 swAS 15745mdg

Indonesian
0945-1030 seAS 6140sng
1315-1400 seAS 11705
2310-2340 seAS 17810

Japanese
0100-0500 seAS 17810
0200-0500 AS 15195
0200-0300 seAS 11780sng
0200-0400 SoAM 11935bon
0200-0500 ME/AS 17560
0200-0500 CeAM 5960sac
0200-0500 AS 15325
0700-0800 AS 6145 6165
0700-1700 AS 9750
0800-0900 SoAM 9825
0800-1000 seAS/AF 11740sng 15290iss
0900-1000 SoAM 9795sac
1000-1700 seAS 11815
1300-1500 CeAM 11655sac
1500-1700 AF/swAS/SoAS 12045sng
1500-1700 EU/AF 17735iss
1700-1900 AF/ME 15445wer
1700-1900 EU/AF 11945iss
1700-1900 AS 6035 7225
1700-1900 SoAM 9835
1900-2200 CeAS/ME 11670
2000-2400 CeAS/ME 11910
2000-2100 OC 9625
2000-2200 AS 6085
2100-2200 OC 13640
2200-2300 ME 9620wer
2200-2400 AS 13680
2200-2400 SAM 15265bon

Korean
0915-0945 AS 6160
1130-1200 AS 6090
1230-1300 AS 6190
1400-1430 AS 6190
1500-1530 AS 6190
2210-2230 AS 9560

Persian
0400-0430 ME 11730uzb
1430-1500 ME 13680iss 88.0MHz Kabul
1630-1700 ME MW927tjk

Portuguese
0930-1000 SAM 6145chl
2130-2200 SAM 11880chl

Russian
0330-0400 EU MW738mos MW1386sit
0430-0500 EU 6165sit
0530-0600 AS 11715 11760
0800-0830 AS 6145 6165
1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1130-1200 AS 6185
1600-1630 EU MW738mos MW927tjk

Spanish
0400-0430 SAM 6195bon
0500-0530 CAM 6080bon
1000-1030 Ce-SoAM 6120sac 6195bon

Swahili
0315-0400 AF 7395mdg
1730-1800 AF 13730mdg

Thai
1130-1200 seAS 11740sng
1230-1300 seAs 9695
2300-2320 seAS 13650

Urdu
1515-1600 swAS 7410uzb MW927tjk

Vietnamese
1100-1130 9695saAs
1230-1300 9695seAS 11740sng
2320-2340 seAS 13650

Relays:
bon Bonaire, Neth Antilles
chl Santiago, Chile
dhb Al Dhabayya, UAE
iss Issoudun, France
mdg Madagascar
mos Moscow, Russia
rmp Rampisham, wof Woofferton UK
sac Sackville, Canada
sit Sitkunai, Lithuania
sng Kranji, Singapore
tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan
uzb Tashkent, Uzbekistan
wer Wertachtal, Germany
yer Gavar Yerevan, Armenia

URL: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/shortwave/all_201103.pdf
(NHK Radio Japan, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 9;
final updated NHK, via Alexey Zinevich-BLR
(via wb, Germany)

Voice of Russia to assist with messages to Japan

Text of report in English by Japan’s largest news agency Kyodo

Moscow, March 13 Kyodo - Voice of Russia, the Russian government-run international radio station, said Saturday it will air a special programme to convey messages from overseas residents facing difficulty contacting their families and friends in Japan in the aftermath of a massive earthquake.

The station will accept such messages in Japanese, English and Russian on a 24-hour telephone hotline and will deliver them in its Japanese-language programme aired daily between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. Japan Time, as well as on its website pages featuring some other Asian and European languages.

The phone number for the services is 7-495-9506484. The broadcaster also accepts messages via e-mail at letters@ruvr.ru .

(Source: Kyodo News Service, Tokyo, in English 0142 gmt 13 Mar 11 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Japan English service

All times UTC / target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) na (North America) pa (Pacific)

0500-0530 5975eu 6110na 9770af 15205as 17810as
1000-1030 9605as 9625pa 9840pa 11780as
1200-1230 6120na 9625pa 9790eu
1200-1300 9695as
1300-1330 9875as
1400-1430 5955as 9875as 21560af
(Alexey Zinevich, Bulgaria/BCDX 986/Top News)

WYFR, RRI and NHK make schedule adjustments

Kazakhstan
Additional transmission of WYFR Family Radio from Dec 13:
1300-1500 UTC 5835 A-A 500 kW 121 deg to SoEaAS in English
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 16)

Romania
Frequency change of Radio Romania International in English:
0100-0157 new freq 7355#GAL 300 kW 310 deg to NoAM, x7325* // 6145
# co-ch VOIROI/IRIB in Tajik
* to avoid VOA in English
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 16)

Uzbekistan
Frequency changes of Radio Japan NHK World from Dec 13:
1300-1345 new freq 9720 TAC 100 kW 131 deg to SoAS in Bengali x11860
1345-1430 new freq 9720 TAC 100 kW 163 deg to SoAS in Hindi x11825
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 16)
(DX Mix News 656 via wb, Germany & Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria)

Uzbekistan frequency changes

Via Uzbekistan relays

All times UTC

Frequency changes of Radio Japan NHK World:
1300-1345 new freq 7400 TAC 100 kW 131 deg,x15215 in Bengali >> from Jan.11
1345-1430 new freq 7400#TAC 100 kW 163 deg,x9585 &in Hindi >> future change
1430-1515 new freq 6200*TAC 100 kW 170 deg,x9795 @in Urdu >>>>> from Jan.18
# China Radio International in Japanese from 1400 same
* strong co-ch Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran in Azeri
& to avoid QRM BBC in Burmese 1345-1430 9580
@ to avoid China Radio International in English till 1457 UT.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 18)

Frequency change of FEBA Radio in Bengali from Jan 17:
1500-1530 new freq 7485 TAC 100 kW 131 deg, x7365 to avoid CNR-1 in Chinese
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 18)
(DX Mix News # 608 via Alokesh Gupta, India & wb, Germany)

Radio Japan changes multilingual frequencies

Germany
Frequency changes of Radio Japan NHK World via Media Broadcast

All times UTC

1300-1345 new freq 15215 WER 500 kW / 075 deg to South Asia in Bengali (ex 17595)
1345-1430 new freq 15215 WER 500 kW / 090 deg to South Asia in Hindi (ex 17595)
1430-1515 on 17595 WER 500 kW / 090 deg to SoAs in Urdu, co-channel Radio Exterior-Espana in Spanish
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX June 16/ DX Mix News #525 via wb, Germany)

Radio Japan changes frequencies

NHK Radio Japan frequency changes wef 8th June, 2008

Bengali : 1300-1345 UTC on 15215 (ex 17595)
Hindi : 1345-1430 UTC on 15215 (ex 17595)
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)

Japan's NHK World relaunches its website

The website of NHK World was relaunched on 31 March. According to the website itself, these are the core improvements:
Much expanded English language content including…
Easy-to-see English news video
Weather information on video, too!
Program search by genre on the program page
A new FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page
A search engine for the NHK site (Japanese and English pages)
The addresses of the English and Japanese pages have changed to:
English: www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
Japanese: www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/japanese/
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Japan to introduce reduced South Asian service

Radio Japan will introduce a reduced service in South Asian languages in A08 (commencing 30 March). Afternoon transmissions in Bengali, Hindi and Urdu will be dropped, and the evening transmissions will be 45 minutes instead of 30 minutes long. That means a reduction of 15 minutes per day in each language. The new schedule will be Bengali 1300-1345, Hindi 1345-1430 and Urdu 1430-1515 UTC, all on 17595 kHz.
(Source: DXAsia)