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12:00 News, :20 Local Foods, 12:00 Japan’s Traditional 1:55 Info Variety: Miyane-ya 1:00 Tetsuko’s Interview, 1:55 Info Variety: Go Go Smile 1:35 (B) U.S. Movie: Six Days 2:45 Drama: Signal 3:45 12:00 Drama, :55 News 1:00 12:00 TV Shopping 1:00 :45 Drama 1:00 News, :05 Performing Arts, :55 Topics 3:50 News: Every :30 Cooking, :45 Report, :49 3:49 News Studio Seven Nights 3:40 Info Variety: Evening News TV Shopping 2:00 Korean TV Taiwanese TV Series: Bromance Trans-Japan News 2:00 1:05 News, :10 Welfare, :40 Drama: Kasoken no Onna 3:43 Yoji-goji Days 4:54 News 5:00 Series: Home for Summer (Subtitled in Japanese), :29 News, Weather, :05 Wonder Health 2:00 High School Drama: Aibo 4:40 News: Super TV Shopping, :30 Primary & (Subtitled in Japanese), :30 TV Shopping 2:30 Tokyo of Nature, :35 Topics, :50 Correspondence Course 3:00 J Channel Educational Program for Baby, TV Shopping 3:00 Taiwanese Metropolitan Assembly 4:30 Commentary 3:00 News, Rakugo, :30 Nursery & Primary :55 Music & Dance: Fun Fun TV Series: Someday or One TV Shopping 5:00 Evening Weather, :10 Documentary: Programs Kitty Day (Subtitled in Japanese), Wide Show Adverse Change 4:00 News, :55 Weather, News 4:00 TV Weather, :05 Natural Views, :20 Shopping, :30 Info Variety 5:00 Drama: Hanako to Anne, :50 TV Shopping Local News & Topics

6:10 Metropolitan Network 6:00 Cartoons, :20 Genius TV, 7:00 Ariyoshi Seminar Special 6:45 Quiz Variety: Q-sama 7:00 Music: Count Down TV 6:25 Variety: Why Did You 7:00 Game Variety: Take a Tail 6:00 News, :15 Topics, :30 TV 6:00 TV Shopping 7:00 7:00 (B) News 7, :30 Tsurube’s :45 Comedy, :55 Hobbyists 9:00 One-minute Deep Stories Special 9:48 Topics, :54 News: Live Special 10:57 News 11:00 Come to Japan? 8:00 Who 9:00 FNS Network Drama Best Shopping 7:00 Kanagawa Info Cartoons 8:00 News: Tokyo Trip without a Plan 8:45 News 7:25 Educational Quiz Show Special 10:54 Topics 11:00 Hodo Station 11:10 See the News23, :56 Young Comedians’ Wants to Come to Japan? Scenes Awards 10:54 Topics Variety Special 9:00 Comedy Flag 9:00 Cartoon 10:00 9:00 (B) News Watch 9 10:00 8:00 Welfare, :30 Health, News Zero, :59 Meddling World by Train, :15 Radically Variety 12:55 Business Click, Grand Prix 9:54 Topics 10:00 11:00 Boy Idols’ Variety, :40 Show, :30 News 10:00 Drama, :30 Cartoons 11:30 Documentary: Adverse Change, :45 Sign Language News Talk Variety 12:54 Guide, Unusual People 12:15 Variety: :58 TV Guide 1:28 Info, :30 World Business Satellite, :58 News & Info 12:25 Drama: Someone You Care About Comedians’ Variety 12:00 :45 Drama: Inai-kamo Shirenai 9:00 Cooking, :30 World of :59 Drama: Dekke Furoba de Lessons of the Past, :45 Guide, Music Band’s Variety 2:00 Topics 11:06 Drama: Yuru- Zenzen Shiranai Machi wo Special, :55 Weather 11:00 Cartoon, :30 TV Shopping 11:15 News, Weather, :40 Hobbies 10:00 Confectionery Mattemasu 1:29 Girl Idols’ :50 Variety: Ranking Show Event Info, :07 Points for Camp Special 12:00 Topics, :05 Aruite mita-monono, :55 Illustrator/Writer Kin Shiotani’s 1:00 Cartoons, :40 Kyoto Encore Hour 3:11 Music & Making, :25 Great Books, :50 Variety, :59 TV Guide 2:59 TV 1:20 Topics, :26 Music Info Upcoming Lower House Variety: Comedians’ Creations, Comedians’ Midnight Variety Variety, :30 Music & Talk 12:00 Stroll 2:10 TV Shopping, :40 Pictures 4:40 Commentary Cartoon 11:20 English, :30 Shopping (4:30) Variety, :56 Summers’ Talk Election 3:07 TV Shopping, :35 :35 Start-Up Businesses 1:05 3:25 TV Shopping, :55 Weather Music, :30 TV Shopping 1:00 Gunma-based Variety 3:10 (5:00) German Conversation 12:00 Variety 2:16 Comediennes’ Info, :45 News (4:25) Girl Idols’ Wannabes, :35 4:00 MLB Spring Training Music, :30 Gunma-based TV Shopping, :39 Cruising Trip Arabic Conversation, :25 Midnight Variety, :36 Variety: Cartoon: Osomatsu-san 2:05 Game: Twins vs. Pirates Variety 2:00 TV Shopping 3:00 4:00 TV Shopping (5:00) Documentary: A Genial Realtor Ano Channel, :56 Guide 3:00 Cartoon: Wave, :35 Guide, :40 (If cancelled, Variety), :55 Topics 1:05 Medical Study Show, :35 TV Shopping (4:00) Entertainment Info, :55 Music: Morning TV (8:00) Topics (1:55) Melodix 3:25 Anime Info, :55 Music 4:00 Variety: May I Come Home with You? (4:15)

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Universe Works 1:00 3:00 Wheeler Dealers Evil and Vile 2:15 Documentary, :50 Japan, :50 Scenery Orca, :45 A Century Smartphones 3:30 Japanese) 11:00 Christine Romans and Report 2:00 World Season Preview 1:00 10:00 JS-3 WWE Raw Infomercial, :30 Car 5:00 Combat Dealers Mother (in Korean) News 10:00 World 7:00 Mountains, :15 on Film Topics, :40 The Chinese TV Series: Go Laura Jarrett 7:00 (B) News, :30 World JS-2 Japan Handball Highlights Fix 2:00 Wheeler 4:30 Santa in Training Report, :40 Trains, Drama: Aguri, :30 EVENING 7:00 Last Lecture 4:15 Ahead (Subtitled in New Day with Alisyn Business Report 3:00 League Playoffs AFTER MIDNIGHT Dealers 3:00 Top Gear STAR CHANNEL 1 (6:15) :50 News 11:00 MLB Drama: Ochoyan, :46 Farmers’ Dishes, :30 International Orchid Japanese) Camerota and John World News, :30 1:00 JS-4 (B) Bicycle 12:00 JS-4 Bicycle 4:00 Future Weapons MORNING 7:15 News, :45 News, Info Trip 8:00 Wildlife 9:00 Japanese Mountains Festival (5:00) AFTERNOON 12:00 Berman 9:30 (B) Talking Business 4:00 Racing 1:30 JS-3 J Racing News 5:00 Infomercial, Zombieland: Double (or Tennis) NHK Archives 10:45 8:00 Wildlife 9:00 The Voice (Subtitled World Sport 10:00 (B) World News, :30 (B) SPORTS Document :30 Codes and Tap 9:00 All Is True AFTER MIDNIGHT Japanese Mountains U.S. Movie: Mission — WOWOW PRIME in Japanese) 1:30 U.S. First Move with Julia Our World 5:00 World 2:30 JS-1 Top League DISCOVERY CHANNEL Conspiracies 10:50 Big Little Lies 12:10 Trans-Japan 11:15 Great Traverse, Impossible (Subtitled MORNING 6:30 U.S. Movie: Contact 4:15 Chatterley 11:00 (B) News, :30 (B) Hard Rugby: Brave Lupus MORNING 6:00 EVENING 6:30 Naked AFTERNOON 1:00 Info 1:07 Parasports :45 Trip in Japanese) 11:00 Movie: How to Lose Drama: Shizumanu Connect the World Talk vs. ShiningArcs 3:00 Infomercial, :30 Car and Afraid XL 7:30 Chernobyl 2:15 Topics 2:00 Scenery AFTERNOON 12:00 Drama: Ochoyan, :15 a Guy in 10 Days 8:30 Taiyo with Becky Anderson, EVENING 6:00 (B) JS-2 Japan Handball Fix 7:00 Wheeler Infomercial 8:00 Ready or Not 4:00 4:30 Japanology Plus Fishing, :30 Japanese Kids’ Drama: Ultra Korean TV Series: EVENING 8:00 :45 World Sport News 7:00 (B) World League Playoffs4:45 Dealers 8:00 Top Gear Kindig Customs 9:00 April Fool’s Day 5:45

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