News 7, joined the show as its third anchor. Chronology The table lists the chronology of programs 9:00 pm NHK news programs. Presenters Main Presenters Masayoshi Tanaka - Presenter (March 2021 – Present) Minoru Aoi - News reader (April 2022 – Present) Izumi Yamauchi - News reader (April 2022 – Present) Hideo Yanagisawa (April 2006 - October 2007) Hidetoshi Fujisawa (November 2007 - March 2008) Toshie Itō - News reader (April 2006 - March 2008) Yuko Aoyama - (March 2008 - March 2011) Goro Taguchi (March 2008 - March 2010) Kensuke Ōkoshi - Presenter (March 2010 - March 2015) Asahi Inoue - News reader (April 2011 - March 2015) Kenji Kōno - Presenter (March 2015 – March 2017) Naoko Suzuki - News reader (March 2015 – March 2017) Yoshio Arima - Presenter (April 2017 – March 2021) Maho Kuwako - News reader (March 2017 – March 2020) Mayuko Wakuda - News reader (March 2020 – April 2022) Correspondents Yōji Nakamichi (March 2021 – Present) Miki Toyoshima (April 2022 – Present) Masayuki Sanjō (March 2015 – March 2017) Daisuke Kobayashi (March 2015 – March 2017) Izumi Tanaka (March 2015 – March 2017) Nozomi Kurihara (April 2017 – April 2019) Sayuri Hori (April 2017 – March 2018) Mitsuki Uehara (April 2018 – March 2019) Hitoshi Fukagawa (April 2019 – March 2021) Makoto Hoshi (April 2019 – April 2022) Tomohiro Hatta (April 2020 – April 2022) Hikaru Urushibara (April 2021 – April 2022) Sports Presenters Shuhei Takayanagi (April 2022 – Present) Miki Toyoshima (April 2022 – Present) Yuko Aoyama (April 2006 – March 2008) Ayako Ichinayagi (March 2008 – April 2011) Tomomi Hirose (April 2011 – March 2015) Aya Sasaki (March 2015 – March 2017) Tadayuki Ichihashi (April 2017 – March 2021) Takuya Tadokoro (March 2021 – April 2022) Weather Kimiharu Saita (April 2016 – Present) Nobuyuki Hirai (April 2006 – April 2011) Hiroko Ida (April 2011 – March 2016) International Broadcast The program is available on NHK World Premium and TV Japan. 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. External links NHK News (Japanese) Official Twitter account Japanese television news shows 2006 Japanese television series debuts 2010s Japanese television series NHK original programming Flagship evening news shows NHK