Tokyo Broadcasting Company
TBS Television, headquartered at the TBS Broadcasting Center in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, is one of Japan’s five major private broadcasters and serves as the flagship station of the Japan News Network in the Kantō region. The broadcaster evolved from Radio Tokyo Inc. (株式会社ラジオ東京), which was established on May 17, 1951, with broadcasting beginning on December 25, 1951. Television operations launched on April 1, 1955, making it Japan’s second private TV station after Nippon Television. Radio Tokyo changed its name to Tokyo Broadcasting System on November 29, 1960. The company underwent restructuring in 2009 when Tokyo Broadcasting System became TBS Holdings, with television operations transferred to a subsidiary. In 2017, TBS Holdings and five other major media firms announced Premium Platform Japan, with TBS Holdings becoming the largest shareholder.
