🇯🇵 Japan
NHK World-Japan — HD
1080i · Regional feed
NHK World-Japan — HD is an English and Japanese-language culture and news channel from Japan, on air since 1998. Broadcast Atlas lists 2 public stream sources up to 720p.
Last checked July 29, 2026: the stream responded — 416x234, avc1.640028 video, mp4a.40.2 audio, 29.97fps, adaptive bitrate and live (1 of 2 sources checked).
Launched April 1, 1998 · Also known as HD, NHK World, NHK World-Japan
Direct sources
Available streams
Streams open directly from their source hosts. Broadcast Atlas does not proxy, relay, transcode, or retransmit media.
NHK World-Japan HD
nhk.lls.pbs.org
HTTPS1080pGeo-blocked
Technical details · preference #1 · score 1758
The preference score rewards browser-ready HTTPS, HLS or image support, header-free playback, adaptive bitrate, reliability, and useful resolution. It is a selection heuristic, not a quality guarantee.
- Stream ID
- fad0aa2a-047d-4349-a6b4-e9022641b745
- Preference rank
- #1 of 2
- Preference score
- 1758
- Source host
- nhk.lls.pbs.org
- URL scheme
- HTTPS
- Catalog media type
- Not yet verified
- Detected protocol
- hls
- Manifest type
- hls master
- Container
- Not yet verified
- Supplied quality
- 1080p
- Detected resolution
- 416x234
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Approximate bitrate
- 5.31 Mbps
- Video codec
- avc1.640028
- Audio codec
- mp4a.40.2
- Adaptive bitrate
- Yes
- Live stream
- Yes
- HTTPS status
- https
- Availability note
- Geo-blocked
- Requires referrer
- No
- Requires custom user agent
- No
- Geographic restriction
- Not yet verified
- Authentication
- Not yet verified
- DRM
- Not yet verified
- Health
- healthy
- Browser compatibility
- {"status":"unknown"}
- Device compatibility
- {"status":"unverified"}
- Detection evidence
- {"runId":"11427881-8e02-440d-93e6-e62e22e98293","verifier":"manifest-v1","checkedAt":"2026-07-29T13:21:15.083855+00:00"}
- Last checked
- Jul 29, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC
- Last success
- Jul 29, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC
- Last failure
- Never
- First catalog sighting
- Jul 20, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC
- Last catalog sighting
- Jul 23, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC
- Metadata updated
- Sep 19, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC
- Source revision
- Not yet verified
NHK World-Japan HD
170.83.16.50
HTTP720p
HTTP sources cannot play inside an HTTPS page.
Technical details · preference #2 · score 472
The preference score rewards browser-ready HTTPS, HLS or image support, header-free playback, adaptive bitrate, reliability, and useful resolution. It is a selection heuristic, not a quality guarantee.
- Stream ID
- eb7f0a48-4a2b-490a-a453-5c9ce30463d4
- Preference rank
- #2 of 2
- Preference score
- 472
- Source host
- 170.83.16.50
- URL scheme
- HTTP
- Catalog media type
- Not yet verified
- Detected protocol
- http
- Manifest type
- Not yet verified
- Container
- Not yet verified
- Supplied quality
- 720p
- Detected resolution
- Not yet verified
- Frame rate
- Not yet verified
- Approximate bitrate
- Not yet verified
- Video codec
- Not yet verified
- Audio codec
- Not yet verified
- Adaptive bitrate
- Not yet verified
- Live stream
- Not yet verified
- HTTPS status
- http
- Availability note
- Not yet verified
- Requires referrer
- No
- Requires custom user agent
- No
- Geographic restriction
- Not yet verified
- Authentication
- Not yet verified
- DRM
- Not yet verified
- Health
- unchecked
- Browser compatibility
- {"status":"unknown"}
- Device compatibility
- {"status":"unverified"}
- Detection evidence
- {"classification":"unverified"}
- Last checked
- Never
- Last success
- Never
- Last failure
- Never
- First catalog sighting
- Jul 23, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC
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